Clinical Practicum for Advanced Practice in the CNS role
This practicum course guides the student toward a synthesis of concepts and content from nursing and related sciences, and toward the application of this knowledge to the advanced practice nursing of patients across the adult age spectrum. Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) students are prepared to impact three spheres: client, nurse/ nursing practice and the healthcare system. This course prepares students to make important contributions to health care including: disseminating new knowledge; designing and evaluating innovative strategies to improve quality of care and safety in all settings; improving systems of care; providing leadership that promotes interprofessional collaboration; and influencing and shaping health policy. Clinical experiences are provided in clinical areas related to the student's population as well as area of specialization in order to demonstrate achievement of quality, cost-effective, patient focused outcomes across all three spheres of impact.
Prerequisite: MSN 447 CNS Practice Across the Adult Age Spectrum.
Outcomes: At the end of the course the student will be able to: 1) Apply nursing health related models in the clinical practice setting; 2) Collaborate with the interprofessional team to support and improve patient outcomes; 3) Demonstrate the role of the CNS across the three spheres of impact: client, nurse/ nursing practice, and the healthcare system; 4) Design, deliver and evaluate evidence-based solutions to health-care problems that represent translation of best evidence into practice; 5) Utilize technology to manage information, support decision-making, deliver care, and evaluate outcomes; 6) Incorporate teaching-learning principles in meeting the educational needs of patients, their families, professional nursing staff, and the community at large; and 7) Analyze psychosocial, legal, ethical, political, and spiritual factors relevant to advanced nursing practice across the three spheres of impact.
Prerequisite: MSN 447 CNS Practice Across the Adult Age Spectrum.
Outcomes: At the end of the course the student will be able to: 1) Apply nursing health related models in the clinical practice setting; 2) Collaborate with the interprofessional team to support and improve patient outcomes; 3) Demonstrate the role of the CNS across the three spheres of impact: client, nurse/ nursing practice, and the healthcare system; 4) Design, deliver and evaluate evidence-based solutions to health-care problems that represent translation of best evidence into practice; 5) Utilize technology to manage information, support decision-making, deliver care, and evaluate outcomes; 6) Incorporate teaching-learning principles in meeting the educational needs of patients, their families, professional nursing staff, and the community at large; and 7) Analyze psychosocial, legal, ethical, political, and spiritual factors relevant to advanced nursing practice across the three spheres of impact.