NRS 115 - LPN Transition to OCNE

4 Credit(s)

Prerequisite(s): NRS 230 and NRS 232 and full acceptance to the RCC Nursing Program. This course is only for LPNs accepted into the advanced placement process.

Course Description: Introduces the learner to the framework of the RCC and Oregon Consortium for Nursing Education (OCNE) curriculum including the OCNE competencies and benchmarks and the clinical judgment model. The student is introduced to the role and practice of the registered nurse. Concepts and applicability of the ANA Code of Ethics will be emphasized. Students will be introduced to evidenced based care including levels of evidence. Concepts of health promotion, chronic care and acute care as applied to nursing practice will be explored. Case studies, concept-based learning activities, and patient care activities will be used to provide students opportunities to demonstrate critical thinking in the provision of simulated and actual patient care. The course will be delivered through a variety of methods, e.g. face to face classroom and seminar, skills lab, high fidelity simulation, and hospital clinical experiences. Participation in weekly NRS115 seminar sessions and all scheduled NRS 115C clinical experiences (including required preparation for clinical care) will typically require a five day per week availability. Clinical is graded on a P/NP basis.

Course Level: Career/Tech Preparatory

Course Learning Outcomes:

CLO#1: Discuss and compare own practice using the 10 OCNE Competencies and benchmark rubric.
CLO#2: Construct plans of care that are family-centered, developmentally and culturally appropriate, using evidence including clinical guidelines and integrative literature reviews to implement care plans safely for patients with common chronic and acute conditions/processes.
CLO#3: Demonstrate the use of therapeutic communication skills in the simulated care of patients and families. (ILO: Communication)
CLO#4: Compose a health behavior change for self, use effective communication to establish a therapeutic relationship and advocate for a health behavior change in a client. (ILO: Information Literacy)
CLO#5: Demonstrate a beginning integration of selected nursing frameworks, including the legal and ethical basis for practice, and their application to the practice of nursing.
CLO#6: Explain the importance and relevance of reflection and its influence on personal and professional behavior and demonstrate consistent utilization of reflective practice including active participation in simulation and debriefing.
CLO#7: Identify potential legal and ethical issues and reflect on application of the ANA Code of Ethics in previous patient care experiences.
CLO#8: Identify levels of evidence appropriate to various kinds of decision making in nursing practice.
CLO#9: Demonstrate safe and competent practice (at beginning level) of the following skills: medication administration, IV maintenance for both primary and secondary bags, urinary catheterization, sterile technique, dosage calculations. (ILO: Quantitative Literacy and Reasoning)
CLO#10: Describe selected concepts of health promotion, chronic care, acute care and their application in the care of patients and groups of patients.
CLO#11: Identify similarities and differences between the role of the LPN and the role of the RN, recognizing differences in scope of practice as delineated in the Oregon Nurse Practice Act.