Clinical Objective: Students will remain in compliance with policies and procedures of the school of nursing and the clinical partner. Students will maintain safety during their clinical practice and will remain in compliance with the School of Nursing School and Clinical Partner. Knowledge Skills Attitudes Safe Patient Care Situations Discuss National Patient Safety for the organization Transfer of patients: Student will use correct body mechanics with patients and self. Student will discuss their plan in maintaining safe practice while caring for patients. Student will appreciate their role in maintaining patient safety during their clinical experience. Safety with medications: Discuss possible and use of inappropriate abbreviations. Administer medications according to both clinical partner and school of nursing guidelines. Student will communicate with clinical partner role in medication administration. Discuss root cause analysis and plan for safety in clinical with medications. Practice root cause analysis and how to perform this activity in near miss or medication error. Student will appreciate their role in preventing medication errors. Suggested Activities: Orientation Provide students an example of a near miss and discuss how to manage this situation. Discuss with students how to give medications safely in clinical area. Review the expectations of the nursing school, clinical rotation course, and clinical facility. Discuss with students unsafe patient situations and how to communicate safety. Discuss plan for medication administration in clinical agency. How many students will give medications Times medications will be given Types of medications that will be given Types of medications that will NOT be given Monitoring and patient assessment when giving medications
strategies. Suggested Activities: Orientation During the orientation have students define the members in the hospital healthcare team. Additional Semester Activities Have students role play inter-collaborative communication. Possible scenarios: a) rounding with provider, b) when to call the team members, and c) advocating for their patient. Have students communicate about a situation to the clinical faculty, nurse or a phone call to the physician using a tool: SBAR: Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation CUS: a) “I am Concerned”, b) “I am Uncomfortable”, c) “This is a Safety Issue” Informatics QSEN Definition: Use information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate and support decision making. Objective: Students will utilize technology and equipment in the clinical unit while maintaining the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA). Knowledge Skills Attitudes Identify steps in using the computerized medical record system, which will help them in gathering necessary patient care information. Log onto the computerized system. Locate pertinent patient care information in the medical record necessary for patient care. Appreciate the skills involved in learning a new computerized system with each clinical rotation. Discuss how the technology and computer system can help the students in monitoring their patient. Have students track and analyze trends in the patient data in order to understand critical changes in the patient from shift to shift. Value how technology can help to build a care plan for the patient based on data that is current and trending.