NUR 5382 CNS Practicum: Nurses Sphere of Impact

This practicum course cultivates CNS students’ ability to provide specialty-based, point-of-care clinical education, classroom teaching, and clinical consultation. CNS students use Benner’s Novice-to-Expert ideas to assess, develop, coach, and mentor nurses. Students guide nurses’ use of evidence-based practice to provide high-quality, safe patient care. Other topics include: assessing nurses’ work environment, technology, policy awareness, forming nurses’ knowledge acquisition skills, addressing low health literacy, planning formal education for staff nurses, and estimating its fiscal value. Online Synchronous and Asynchronous distance format. 3 credits, 167 clinical hours [Co/Pre-requisite: NUR 5381]

Grading format: Pass/Fail

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Corequisite/Prerequisite: NUR 5381

Distribution

Nursing