GNUR 525 Nursing Practice in Multiple Clinical Settings provides opportunities for participants to experience the RN roles and responsibilities working with older adults. Participants will experience interdisciplinary team collaboration, and have opportunities to be health educators and mentorship of novice students. They will work in professional roles with groups, families and individuals, in communities, agencies and care facilities, to consolidate their learning.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of all courses in Semester 1 and 2 of the Post Graduate Diploma in Gerontological Nursing program.
Accessibility Services Notice
Students who would like an academic accommodation and who have a documented disability should contact Accessibility Services, if they have not already done so.Course Details| Total number of weeks | 10 |
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| Total Credits | |
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| Total Hours | 160 |
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Typical hours per week breakdown| Other | 16 |
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the learner will be able to:
- Exhibit responsibility, accountability and self-evaluation practices consistent with the BCCNP Nursing Practice Standards within a variety of nursing contexts
- Demonstrate safe, ethical, and professional nursing practice
- Deliver client-focused nursing care plans
- Apply theory from previous and current studies in the Post-graduate Diploma in Gerontological Nursing Program
- Utilize critical thinking, clinical judgment, organizational and decision-making skills when caring for clients in a variety of settings
- Organize time according to nursing priorities and coordinate care in a variety of clinical settings
- Identify appropriate rationale when performing nursing skills
- Demonstrate effective communication skills
- Develop professional and collaborative relationships with older adults, their families and the health care team
- Demonstrate leadership and mentorship to peers
Grading Table
Competency-based Grades
This grading system is based on satisfactory acquisition of defined skills or successful completion of the course learning outcomes. It is used where standard numerical grades are not generally applied, for example in evaluating practicum performance or work placements, in pass/fail courses or for non-credit courses.
| Grade | Description |
| AAV | ABOVE AVERAGE -The student has mastered all or most course objectives/requirements in a minimum time frame and has exemplified good work and study habits. |
| COM | COMPLETE – denotes that the student has mastered a satisfactory number of course objectives/requirements in a non-credit course |
| CRG | CREDIT GRANTED - denotes that the student performance was satisfactory in a credit course. |
| NCG | NO CREDIT GRANTED - denotes that the student performance was unsatisfactory. |
| PCG | PARTIAL CREDIT GRANTED – denotes that the student has successfully completed a portion of the course objectives in a credit course. |
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Disclaimer
Information contained in this course outline is correct at the time of publication. Content of the course is revised on an ongoing basis to ensure relevance to changing educational, employment and market needs. The instructor will endeavor to provide notice of changes to students as soon as possible. The instructor reserves the right to add or delete material from courses.