NURS 230 Consolidated Practice Experience II

School of Health and Human Services

NURS 230 Consolidated Practice Experience II n this consolidated practice experience, opportunities are provided to develop caring relationships for the purpose of healing and health promotion with individuals and families experiencing increasingly complex health challenges. The community and society are considered as contextual influences on the promotion of health for the individual and the family. Learners have opportunities to consolidate learning from the first and second year of the program in a variety of settings, including maternal child settings, pediatric settings, and mental health settings.

Prerequisites: AHSC 228, NURS 260, NURS 226, and NURS 229 all with a minimum grade of 60%

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Transfer Agreements

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Course Details
Total number of weeks6
Total Credits
Total Hours210
Typical hours per week breakdown
Practicum/PreceptorshipPracticum: 35

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the learner will be able to:

  1. Utilize learning theory to address individual and family learning needs, and evaluate effectiveness of health education
  2. Apply critical thinking, clinical judgment, organizational and decision-making skills when caring for people in a variety of situations
  3. Perform comprehensive nursing assessments independently on diverse individuals integrating nursing knowledge, data collection, observation, and inquiry
  4. Initiate safe practice through their ability to practice relational skills, organizational skills, decision making skills, inquiry skills and psychomotor skills in collaboration with the interprofessional healthcare team
  5. Invite and use feedback from instructors, individuals, families, and interprofessional health care team members
  6. Develop confidence appraising evidence to inform nursing practice, influence health outcomes and advocate for change
  7. Participate constructively in addressing inter-group conflict in collaboration with instructors, peers, and colleagues
  8. Develop cultural humility through self-reflection and self-awareness to understand self, conflicting values, and system biases which impact health outcomes
  9. Identify and demonstrate appropriate use of a variety of information and communication technologies (e.g., point of care systems, EHR, EMR, capillary blood glucose, hemodynamic monitoring, telehomecare, fetal heart monitoring devices, etc.) to deliver safe nursing care
  10. Discuss mitigation strategies for local climate related health concerns with peers and/or the interprofessional team

Teaching and Learning Approach

This is an experiential instructor led practice course that takes place in an approved health care facility. The practicum will provide opportunities for the learner to relate theory to practice, as well as to develop the professional skills required in the work setting. The support and guidance of the instructor is critical to the process by providing structured and specific on-site feedback. The college instructor will be on site each day of the clinical rotation and will observe the student’s practice intermittently during the practicum.

Learning Resources

Required: All textbooks listed for previous Nursing, Biology, and Applied Health Science courses in Study Semesters 1-4. Computer access to NURS 230 Moodle site. Recommended: Evolve resources for textbooks, Clinical Procedures for Safer Patient Care https://opentextbc.ca/clinicalskills/

Assessment

TitleLearning OutcomesValue
Practice Appraisal Form (satisfactory/unsatisfactory performance)Pass/Fail
Total100%

Grading Table

Competency-based Grades

This grading system is based on satisfactory acquisition of defined skills or successful completion of the course learning outcomes. It is used where standard numerical grades are not generally applied, for example in evaluating practicum performance or work placements, in pass/fail courses or for non-credit courses.

Grade Description
AAV ABOVE AVERAGE -The student has mastered all or most course objectives/requirements in a minimum time frame and has exemplified good work and study habits.
COM COMPLETE – denotes that the student has mastered a satisfactory number of course objectives/requirements in a non-credit course
CRG CREDIT GRANTED - denotes that the student performance was satisfactory in a credit course.
NCG NO CREDIT GRANTED - denotes that the student performance was unsatisfactory.
PCG PARTIAL CREDIT GRANTED – denotes that the student has successfully completed a portion of the course objectives in a credit course.

See the Academic Calendar for General Information including how to withdraw from course(s) and other regulations.

Disclaimer

Information contained in this course outline is correct at the time of publication. Content of the course is revised on an ongoing basis to ensure relevance to changing educational, employment and market needs. The instructor will endeavor to provide notice of changes to students as soon as possible. The instructor reserves the right to add or delete material from courses.