Course Overview
Building on BSNC 6030 and BSNC 7030, this course further develops and consolidates the learner’s knowledge base, practice capacity and confidence to provide safe and appropriate nursing care to more complex clients in acute care settings. This course integrates a tutorial directed study that focuses on clinical decision making and guides the learner to apply this learning to the practice environment. The emphasis will also be on developing practice capacity and independent decision making through selection of specific client assignments. Learners will develop consistency with appropriately focused assessments, effective and efficient nursing interventions, time management strategies and evaluation of client responses to their nursing care. Prioritizing care needs and client teaching will also be emphasized. The latter half of the clinical experience is the Developing Independent Practice Experience. Learners will work more closely with their most responsible nurse (MRN) and will continue to engage with their clinical instructor to meet their learning needs. There will be a greater emphasis on independent decision making while the learner partners more with their MRN and assumes more of the role of the nurse. This experience will help promote transition to preceptorship in Term 9. This course includes an applied learning experience in a simulated environment.
Prerequisite(s)
- BSNC 7000 and BSNC 7020 and BSNC 7030 and BSNC 7055
- BSNC 8020‡ and BSNC 8055‡ (‡ must be taken concurrently)
- Successful Completion of a BCIT Specialty Nursing Theory 1 Elective Course. Concurrent enrollment (or successful completion) in BCIT Specialty Nursing Theory 2 Elective Course (for a total minimum of 6 BCIT Specialty Nursing Theory credits upon completion of Term 8.
Credits
7.0
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Learning Outcomes
Course Competencies: After successful completion of this course the learner meets the following competencies related to the graduate attributes:
Advocate
- Collaborates with health-care team members and/or professional organizations to raise awareness of health inequities, unethical health and social policies, 3
- Examines and challenges the influence of power within organizational, social, economic and political contexts that influence health and well-being within the context of the nurses' role in the delivery of care3
- Collaborates with others for social justice and to advocate for laws, policies, and procedures designed to promote equity, safety and quality of care3
- Uses resources in a fiscally responsible manner to make fair and equitable decisions based on the needs of clients
- Advocates for policies and programs that effectively address the determinants of health3
- Promotes acceptance of diversity and supports client empowerment to reduce stigma
Collaborator
- Works to prevent and resolve conflict, and negotiate solutions in interactions with clients and the healthcare team
- Demonstrates the ability to collaborate with diverse clients, adapt relational approaches appropriately, and accommodate varying contextual factors in diverse practice situations.
Communicator
- Communicates effectively with clients and healthcare team members to support safe, high quality, client-centred healthcare in diverse situations and contexts
Decision Maker
- Independently plans nursing care with clients, within the context of critical inquiry and relational practice, that integrates knowledge from nursing, health sciences and other related disciplines as well as knowledge from practice experiences, client knowledge, patterns and preferences, and influences within the healthcare context
- Effectively manages complex clinical scenarios and time sensitive situations.
- Monitors the effectiveness of clients' outcomes to inform future care planning within all contexts and situations
- Actively participates in the continuous improvement of health care quality and client safety
- Articulates clinical reasoning process in support of nursing practice
Global Citizen
- Practices culturally safe and equitable nursing care in diverse contexts and situations1
- Accurately assesses the impact of public policies on the performance of one's domain of responsibility and the ability to influence public policymaking at both local and federal levels
- Recognizes and addresses factors that influence the socio-political, economic and historical factors that lead to inequalities in healthcare
- Integrates knowledge of emerging community and global health issues, population health issues and related research into nursing practice
Leader
- Collaborates with and acts as a resource for members of the healthcare team to meet client needs
- Promotes teamwork and garners commitment and participation of others that will optimize nursing practice and client care
- Facilitates organizational change initiatives
Lifelong Learner
- Participates in testing and disseminating nursing knowledge
- Collaborates with the interprofessional team to implement evidence-based practice
- Promotes sustainability and continuous quality improvement in healthcare
- Contributes to the learning experiences of colleagues through support and teaching
- Integrates interprofessional perspectives and current trends in nursing and healthcare into nursing practice
Professional
- Displays initiative, confidence and self- awareness in nursing practice
- Provides knowledge translation to support the professional development of other learners and healthcare team members
- Acts to enhance the quality of the practice environment
- Understands the role of the regulatory body and the relationship of the regulatory body to one's own practice
- Advocates for policies and practices consistent with the standards of the profession
- Independently assesses own practice and undertakes activities to improve practice and meet identified learning goals
- Participates in professional activities to keep abreast of current trends and issues in nursing
Effective as of Spring/Summer 2021
Related Programs
Practice of Nursing 8 (BSNC 8030) is offered as a part of the following programs:
School of Health Sciences
- Nursing
Bachelor of Science in Nursing Full-time
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