2021-2022 Pierce College Catalog 
    
    Oct 06, 2024  
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NURS 263 Nursing Practicum (5 credits)



Prerequisite Enrollment in the Associate Degree Nursing Program.

Course Description
Practicum experience with synthesis of cognitive and effective skills, health promotion, critical thinking and psychomotor nursing skills acquired through supervised clinical practice in a selected healthcare agency and disciplinary process. Includes a focus on assessments of patients across the lifespan, formulating nursing diagnoses, and documentation in the clinical and/or simulation setting.

Student Outcomes
1) Demonstrate assessments using knowledge of patient’s disease process across the lifespan.
2) Create a plan of care utilizing the nursing process to minimize risk of harm to patients and families.
3) Develop advanced nursing skills as a provider of care, manager of care, and member of the discipline of nursing, utilizing the Nursing Process Model.
4) Plan nursing care and clinical skills/procedures for patients within acceptable nursing standards.
5) Model processes demonstrating improved patient outcomes.
6) Implement processes for quality improvement in the patient care setting.
7) Integrate effective use of strategies to reduce risk of harm to self or others.
8) Use information technology to support safe processes of care including protecting patient health information.



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