RFPNUR 103 - Refresher LPN Laboratory

Credits: 2
Designed to help LPNs re-entering the profession acquire and practice the essential nursing skills needed before beginning clinical practice. Participants will engage in structured skill-building exercises covering foundational nursing procedures, including patient assessment, vital signs, medication administration, wound care, and infection control. This lab-based course emphasizes the development of technical proficiency, safety, and accuracy in nursing interventions. Participants will demonstrate effective communication and teamwork skills necessary for delivering patient-centered care. The course aims to build confidence and competence in practical nursing skills that will be applied in clinical settings. This is a pass/no credit course.

Enrollment Requirement: Application and Admission

Course Fee: $750.00

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

Acquire and demonstrate proficiency in core practical nursing skills, including patient assessment, vital signs, and medication administration.
Demonstrate safe and effective infection control techniques, including proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
Develop the ability to communicate effectively with patients, families, and interdisciplinary healthcare teams.
Apply critical thinking and problem-solving in simulated patient care situations.
Build readiness for clinical practice by mastering the technical and interpersonal skills required for safe and ethical patient care.

Program Outcomes

Effectively utilize the nursing process and clinical judgement to deliver safe, patient-centered care across the lifespan and within diverse healthcare settings.
Make informed, evidence-based decisions to manage complex patient care scenarios and optimize health outcomes.
Incorporate legal and ethical guidelines within the scope of practice of Washington State Nurse Practice Act and the Scope of Practice Decision Tree.
Demonstrate strong communication, reporting, and documentation skills to collaborate with interdisciplinary healthcare teams and interact with patients and families.
Deliver patient-centered care that respects and addresses the diverse cultural, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds of individuals and communities.
Exhibit confidence and preparedness to transition into practice by applying nursing knowledge and skills in clinical experiences, emphasizing safety, efficiency, and quality of care.

College-wide Outcomes

Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.