Course Code:
NUR4955

Credit Hours:
3

Effective beginning:
2023-24

Sections:
700

Course Description:
This capstone course must be taken in the last semester and will highlight all the professional endeavors of the student’s past and present academic and work achievements. Students will complete a practicum experience through the selection of a community agency of interest with a focus on a select patient population. Current ethical, legal, and health care issues will be addressed that are pertinent to the practicing professional and will be summarized as the student formulates guidelines to deal with selected issues. Political action, community service, and professional image will be promoted as activities that contribute to the professional growth of the nurse and the profession of nursing.

Instructors:

Dr. Chastity R. Duke, Ed.D, MSN, RN
dukec@chipola.edu

Assignment/course outline:

See first-day handout.

Discipline-level learning outcomes:

N1 Apply effective interpersonal relationship and leadership skills in the management concepts, decision making, delegation, and provision of high quality nursing care in a variety of settings.

N2 Critically evaluate evidences-based findings from various sources, determine relevance and application to improve patient outcomes.

N3 Evaluate needs within various practices including acute care, long term care, and community settings and formulate teaching plans based on identified issues, and improved health care delivery.

N4 Serve as a change agent and client advocate in the practice of professional nursing with individuals, families, groups, and communities.

N5 Apply the nursing professional role and foundation, to promote effective teambuilding in the delivery of health teaching and counseling skills throughout the lifespan of the client.

N6 Identify and deliver culturally sensitive care to diverse populations served within various practice settings.

Healthy People 2030

National Patient Safety Goals

ACEN Standards

Course-level learning outcomes:

Means of accomplishing learning outcomes:

The instructor will:

• Design assignments such as discussion boards to help students engage with the course material.
• Provide timely feedback on assignments.
• Provide necessary paperwork for practicum preceptor orientation, consent, and evaluation.
• Facilitate student placement in an appropriate and approved clinical environment for completion of practicum hours.
• Assign a practicum teaching project to be carried out within an individualized clinical arena.
• Hold weekly virtual office hours to address further questions and student needs outside of class time.

The students will:

• Complete and participate in class discussion boards.
• Review and read all feedback provided by instructor for improvement purposes.
• Compose and present the practicum teaching project within the individualized clinical arena.
• Complete and submit all practicum paperwork to the appropriate Canvas assignment.
• Submit all original practicum paperwork to instructor following the instructions in the First Day Handout by the deadline posted to the Canvas course.