PNURSE 117 - Med-Surg Nursing I Simulation

Credits: 1
On campus and virtual simulation scenarios related to content in Med Surg I will provide the student with the opportunity to apply clinical skills using the nursing process and clinical judgement to give culturally sensitive care, and continue to develop clinical reasoning skills in a safe simulation environment.

Enrollment Requirement: Admission into the Practical Nursing Program

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

Identify scientific principles when performing basic nursing care in a safe and effective simulation care environment.
Use the nursing process and clinical judgement with nursing care for one or more clients who are in different stages of the life cycle in a simulation environment.
Document nursing care provided and client/family teaching in a simulation environment.
Provide nursing care in a simulation environment within legal and ethical guidelines.
Perform culturally sensitive nursing care, including a focus on racial, socio-economic, sexual, gender, ethnicity, religious, social determinants of health, and spiritual needs of a client in a simulation environment.
Communicate with other health care team members to provide for continuity of care in a simulation environment.
Integrate principles of safety, quality, collaboration, relationship-centered care, systems-based care, and personal/professional development when providing care in a simulation environment.
Demonstrate safe administration of non-parenteral and parenteral medications, as well as other nursing skills in a simulation environment.

Program Outcomes

Provide safe, quality, evidence-based, innovative client-centered nursing care to diverse clients across the lifespan.
Engage in clinical judgement that integrates evidence, nursing, physical and psychosocial sciences, to ensure healthcare quality and safety, and make client/relationship centered care decisions within the scope of practice of the practical nurse.
Participate in collaboration and teamwork with the inter-professional team, the client, and the client’s support persons to provide and improve client care and communication.
Integrate quality improvement activities and advocacy skills to enhance client care.
Utilize information technology and supportive resources to improve client care processes within the healthcare system.
Incorporate legal and ethical guidelines within the scope of practice of a practical nurse to enhance client care and professional development.