NURS 4005: Integrated Nursing Practice 4
Department
Practical Nursing
Description
This practical course emphasizes the development of nursing skills aimed at promoting health and healing with individuals experiencing acute health challenges across the lifespan. Classroom, laboratory, simulation, and integrated practice experiences will help students build on theory and practice from Levels One, Two or Access, and Level Three, to integrate new knowledge and skills relevant to the acute care setting.
Year of study
1st Year Post-secondary
Corequisites
NURS 4001, NURS 4002, NURS 4003, NURS 4004.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate understanding of the BCCNP Standards of Practice for LPNs: Scope of Practice Standards; Professional Standards; Practice Standards (2014), and Entry to Practice Competencies for LPNs (CCPNR, 2013) in acute care settings.
- Perform comprehensive nursing assessment and interventions with clients experiencing acute illness.
- Apply critical thinking, clinical judgment and knowledge of assessment to plan, implement and evaluate care of clients experiencing acute illness.
- Practice in collaboration with clients, the interprofessional healthcare team, peers and faculty.
- Provide a caring environment for clients by connecting, sharing and exploring with them in a collaborative relationship.
- Provide culturally safe, person-centred care that recognizes and respects the uniqueness of each individual and is sensitive to culture and diversity.
- Identify own values, biases, and assumptions as a self-reflective, responsible and accountable practitioner.
- Identify own learning needs to enhance competence.
- Demonstrate competency with mathematical drug calculations in client in the acute care setting.
- Examine practical applications associated with leadership, management and followership.
Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR)
None
Hours
Lecture, Online, Seminar, Tutorial: 40
Clinical, Lab, Rehearsal, Shop, Kitchen, Simulation, Studio: 140
Total Hours: 180
Instructional Strategies
Course guides provide direction of learning in preparation, in course activities and reflection of the content. The instructor acts as facilitator and expert to promote an environment conducive for learning through activities such as guided discussion, debate, audio-visual presentation, group activities, online activities, skill building exercises and simulation.
Grading System
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Passing grade
75% in theory for overall grade of S. S Must achieve S in all practical components.
Evaluation Plan
Type
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Percentage
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Assessment activity
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Exam
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65
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2 exams
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Final Exam
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35
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Comprehensive.
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Lab Work
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s/u
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Formative skills assessments
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Lab Work
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s/u
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Integration lab assessment
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Field Experience
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s/u
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Instructor and Self evaluation
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Course topics
- Comprehensive Health Assessment: Physical assessment across the lifespan, Mental Health Assessment, Acute pain assessment, Nutritional assessment (including fluid intake and output and clients receiving total parenteral nutrition), Focused (priority) assessment, Infusion Therapy 2
- Clinical Decision Making: Using the nursing process in the acute care setting; Applying clinical decision making tools to clients across the lifespan; Lab (diagnostic) values; Evidence-informed practice; Clinical practice guidelines specific to acute care setting;
- Nursing Interventions with Clients Experiencing Acute Illness: Catheterization and Continuous bladder irrigation, Risk management, Principles of infection control, Remove sutures, staples and drains, insert and remove packing, IV insertion (converting IV to an intermittent infusion device, flushing an intermittent infusion device, discontinuing a peripheral infusion device), Inserting (knowledge and lab practice only) maintaining and removing nasogastric tubes, management of chest tubes, epidural catheter, drainage tubes, suprapubic catheter, tracheostomy, ostomy,
- Care of the medical/ surgical client; Individualizing nursing care plans in acute care setting
- Reporting and Documentation in acute care setting, Communication tools in acute care setting, electronic health records
- Medication administration: Client in the acute care setting
Pain management: Client in the acute care setting
IV medication administration—theory/ knowledge only
- Leadership Competencies
Notes:
- Course contents and descriptions, offerings and schedules are subject to change without notice.
- Students are required to follow all College policies including ones that govern their educational experience at VCC. Policies are available on the VCC website at:
https://www.vcc.ca/about/governance--policies/policies/.
- To find out if there are existing transfer agreements for this course, visit the BC Transfer Guide at https://www.bctransferguide.ca.