This course is designed for students to practice the clinical nurse specialist and clinical case manager roles with a preceptor in student's chosen clinical focus. Students do an in depth study of and apply advanced practice nursing interventions. This course is designed to introduce students to the components of the curricular process. Emphasis is on the interrelationship of philosophy, organizing framework, terminal objectives, design and evaluation of curricular programs in nursing and allied health programs. N510 or consent of instructor.
Course is made up of two credits of seminar and two credits of clinical practicum.
In addition to class, student is responsible for 120 hours of practicum experience including instruction and evaluation. The purpose of the practicum is to provide the student teacher with a guided experience in the process of teaching. N510, N624, N670 or consent of instructor. This may include such projects as clinical investigations, case studies, evaluation projects, outcome studies on interventions or changes in interventions, or programmatic applied research. The intent of Professional Study I is to do the preliminary work to implement the project and may include planning, approval, and implementation phases of the project.