Writing proficiency is required for a passing grade in this course. Emphasis is on long term care and rehabilitation. Clinical experiences are designed to develop skills in tertiary prevention. Students work with persons across the life span who have a chronic or irreversible deficit or disability for the purpose of preventing further disability or reduced functioning in these persons. Clinical experiences are designed to develop skills in primary prevention.
Clinical experiences focus on enactment of the professional nurse role in a concentrated practicum.
Leadership and management principles are applied as students enhance direct care delivery skills, critical thinking, and decision making. Clinical experiences focus on enactment of the professional nurse role in a concentrated practicum. Leadership and management principles are applied as students enhance direct care delivery skills, critical thinking, and decision making. The student selects the geographic and clinical area with the restriction that the setting may not be his or her regular work environment.