ADN 821 - Nursing Seminar

1. Participate in clinical preceptorship to assist in transition from nursing student to entry level nurse
   1. Define clinical preceptorship
   2. Discuss the roles of the student, preceptor, and faculty liaison in preceptorship and community-based experience
   3. Develop personal/professional learning objectives for the preceptor experience
   4. Develop plan of action to achieve learning objectives
   5. Communicate effectively with clients, preceptor, faculty liaison, and other members of the health team
   6. Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to coordinate client teaching and discharge planning
   7. Evaluate progress toward meeting personal learning objectives and practicum objectives
   8. Document perceptions (journaling) as an on-going process and analyze responses to experiences encountered during the preceptor and community-based experience
   9. Communicate effectively with clients, preceptor/mentor, and other members of the health care team
   10. Manage client care assignments effectively
   11. Participate in a comprehensive plan of care
   12. Administer medications with sound judgment
   13. Perform skills efficiently
   14. Provide competent care
   15. Evaluate client’s response to nursing care and revise as necessary
   16. Actively seek out learning experiences
   17. Meet all personal learning objectives
2. Explore the individual nurse’s role in supporting nursing as a profession
   1. Examine participation in nursing organizations as a professional responsibility
   2. Compare and contrast the nursing organizations that the professional nurse may join
   3. Identify the roles that nursing organizations have in professional practice
   4. Examine current issues affecting nursing practice
   5. Identify the steps in the research process
   6. Compare differences between conducting research and research utilization
   7. Explore the utilization of nursing research to guide nursing practice
   8. Describe the components of a nursing research article
   9. Discuss the steps involved in performing a critique of a nursing research article
   10. Discuss the function of the National Institute of Nursing Research
3. Demonstrate self assessment as a basis for continued educational or professional development
   1. Analyze the four domain concepts of a nursing philosophy
   2. Value the development of a personal philosophy of nursing
   3. Develop a personal philosophy of nursing incorporating the four domain concepts
   4. Describe issues related to the professionalization of nursing
   5. Explore mechanisms/systems that establish standards for nursing practice
   6. Discuss legal responsibilities of professional practice
   7. Discuss methods of preparation to ensure success on the NCLEX-RN
   8. Examine HESI results as a mechanism to improve success on the NCLEX-RN
   9. Discuss the continuing education requirement in nursing practice
   10. Identify educational preparation for advanced practice nursing
   11. Explore the issues of entry into practice and differentiated practice
   12. Analyze the concepts of Career Ladder and Clinical Ladder as a mechanism for professional development
4. Apply the nursing process to the care of clients in acute care and community-based settings
   1. Utilize the nursing process when managing small groups of clients, reflecting theory, competent clinical skills, and standards of practice
   2. Determine actual and potential risks and implement measures to ensure client safety
   3. Discuss principles of community-based nursing
   4. Analyze advantages and disadvantages of community-based nursing
   5. Compare and contrast the roles of the nurse in community-based and acute care settings
   6. Discuss the image of the professional nurse in the community-based setting
   7. Discuss career opportunities for the ADN in the community-based setting
   8. Discuss planning and implementation of community-based nursing experience
   9. Evaluate nursing experience in the community-based setting
   10. Assess the client/family in the acute care and community-based settings
   11. Participate in a comprehensive plan of care
   12. Implement nursing interventions
   13. Evaluate client’s response to nursing care