RNSG-2363 Clinical-Rn: Adv Cncpt Cln Decision Maki
This course offers a health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional. Clinical 12, Cr 3
Outcomes
- Member of the Profession: Function within the nurse's legal scope of practice and in accordance with the policies and procedures of the employing health care institution or practice setting.
- Member of the Profession: Assume responsibility and accountability for the quality of nursing care provided to patients and their families.
- Member of the Profession: Participate in activities that promote the development and practice of professional nursing.
- Member of the Profession: Demonstrate responsibility for continued competence in nursing practice, and develop insight through reflection, self-analysis, self-care, and lifelong learning.
- Provider of Patient-Centered Care: Use clinical reasoning and knowledge based on the associate degree nursing program of study and evidence-based practice outcomes as a basis for decision making in nursing practice.
- Provider of Patient-Centered Care: Determine the physical and mental health status, needs, and preferences of culturally, ethnically, and socially diverse patients and their families based upon interpretation of comprehensive health assessment findings compared with evidence-based health data derived from the associate degree nursing program of study.
- Provider of Patient-Centered Care: Analyze assessment data to identify problems, formulate goals/ outcomes, and develop plans of care for patients and their families using information from evidence-based practice in collaboration with patients, their families, and the interdisciplinary health care team.
- Provider of Patient-Centered Care: Provide safe, compassionate, comprehensive nursing care to patients and their families through a broad array of health care services.
- Provider of Patient-Centered Care: Implement the plan of care for patients and their families within legal, ethical, and regulatory parameters and in consideration of disease prevention, wellness, and promotion of healthy lifestyles.
- Provider of Patient-Centered Care: Evaluate and report patient outcomes and responses to therapeutic interventions in comparison to benchmarks from evidence-based practice, and plan follow-up nursing care.
- Provider of Patient-Centered Care: Develop, implement, and evaluate teaching plans for patients and their families to address health promotion, maintenance, and restoration.
- Provider of Patient-Centered Care: Coordinate human, information, and materiel resources in providing care for patients and their families.
- Patient Safety Advocate: Demonstrate knowledge of the Texas Nursing Practice Act and the Texas Board of Nursing Rules that emphasize safety, as well as all federal, state, and local government and accreditation organization safety requirements and standards.
- Patient Safety Advocate: Implement measures to promote quality and a safe environment for patients, self, and others.
- Patient Safety Advocate: Formulate goals and outcomes using evidence-based data to reduce patient risks.
- Patient Safety Advocate: Obtain instruction, supervision, or training as needed when implementing nursing procedures or practices.
- Patient Safety Advocate: Comply with mandatory reporting requirements of the Texas Nursing Practice Act.
- Patient Safety Advocate: Accept and make assignments and delegate tasks that take into consideration patient safety and organizational policy.
- Member of the Health Care Team: Coordinate, collaborate, and communicate with patients, their families, and the interdisciplinary health care team to plan, deliver, and evaluate patient-centered care.
- Member of the Health Care Team: Serve as a health care advocate in monitoring and promoting quality and access to health care for patients and their families.
- Member of the Health Care Team: Refer patients and their families to resources that facilitate continuity of care; health promotion, maintenance and restoration, and ensure confidentiality.
- Member of the Health Care Team: Communicate and collaborate in a timely manner with members of the interdisciplinary health care team to promote and maintain optimal health status of patients and their families.
- Member of the Health Care Team: Communicate and manage information using technology to support decision making to improve patient care.
- Member of the Health Care Team: Assign and/ or delegate nursing care to other members of the health care team based upon an analysis of patient or unit need.
- Member of the Health Care Team: Supervise nursing care provided by others for whom the nurse is responsible by using evidence- based nursing practice.