ADVANCED CONCEPTS IN COMPLEX NURSING PRACTICE: EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

NURSING 436

Spend concentrated time in two settings focusing on care to individuals across the lifespan, families, and communities. The concept-based learning activities are aligned with those taught in the companion didactic courses and build on previous learning and experiences. Provide direct care from an evidenced-based perspective, at an increasingly independent level. The learning activities are guided by nursing preceptors in practice settings and by School of Nursing faculty in simulation and seminar settings.

NURSING 316

Introduces psychomotor and assessment skills necessary to provide person-centered, evidence-based nursing care. Experience opportunities to promote wellness and respond to health problems by participating in direct client care in community and acute-care settings. Develop confidence with the application of skills and clinical judgment in a simulation lab and through concept-based learning experiences in care settings.

NURSING 443

Learn about complex health or health alterations and their management in regard to sexuality, reproduction, protection and movement, cognitive function, and maladaptive behavior. Emphasizes the nurse's role in management of complex health alterations within the health system, the community, and for transitions to home. The nursing process will frame learning activities that foster understanding the nursing role in providing evidence-based care to individuals, families, and communities experiencing related health and illness concerns in collaboration with an interprofessional team.

NURSING 445

Integration of learning acquired throughout the nursing program. Learning outcomes integrate concepts associated with five nursing program meta concepts (professionalism; person, family, community, and systems-centered care; health and illness; health care context; and scholarship for evidence-based practice). Using processes of analysis, synthesis, reflection, and application, advance in your transition to becoming a professional nurse. Includes mentoring through co- facilitation by faculty, academic staff, and practice professionals.

NURSING 326

Builds on psychomotor and assessment skills necessary to provide direct care to individuals and families across the lifespan. Develop clinical judgment, knowledge, communication skills, and professional behavior while providing nursing care that is safe, evidence-based, and patient centered. Experiential learning takes place in simulated and clinical settings.