NUR 767: Level IV DNP Practicum
NUR 767: Level IV DNP Practicum
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This is your final clinical semester! Here you will begin to pull it all together, wrapping up your final course project, applying everything you know, and independtly seeing patients through your full visits. In this semester you will have the opportunity to participate in some specialty hours and learn about the many ways that a pediatric nurse practitioner can be involved in pediatric health. As you embark on this final semester of graduate school, take time to explore where you're interested in being an expert and starting to define the path that your future career will take. You've got this!
Course Objectives
Course Objectives
At the end of the course, the student will be able to:
Demonstrate evidence-based management of acute and critical health dysfunctions of children/adolescents.
Influence others in the use of nursing and related research findings in the assessment, management, and evaluation of outcomes of health care of the target population across the healthcare continuum.
Implement a clinical practice model that reflects the roles of the APN as a member of an interdisciplinary team in health care of children/adolescents across the healthcare continuum.
Enact one or more APN roles appropriate to the situational demand and potential impact on clients and the client system.
Demonstrate professional accountability to self, client, health care agency, the public, and the nursing profession.
Choose technology supportive of the adaptation of the target population to alterations in their health patterns, considering economic and geographic factors affecting efficiency of the technology for individual clients and the health care system.
Technology
Technology
Typhon: Typhon is a software system that you will use through the next 3 semesters to log your clinical patient experiences. You will continue to use the same account. You can find more instructions under "Typhon information" in your NUR763 Bb course.
Textbooks
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks for this section BUT (pro tip) students have found this text to be VERY useful in preparing for clinical and simulations:
Kliegman, R.M., Behrman, R.E., Jenson, H.B. & Stanton, B.F. (Eds.). (current edition). Nelson textbook of pediatrics St. Louis, MO: Mosby.
What's What for Clinical
How many hours?
How many hours?
Clinical hours are determined by a number of things. First, your board certifying and licensing bodies tell us (your educational institution) what you MUST have. Then we assess what you ACTUALLY need to meet expected competencies to safely enter practice, the requirements of your other courses, and if you are meeting course learning objectives over time.
For Winter semester, your clinical hour minimum is 135 hours.
You will have 585 clinical hours at the completion of your program.
What to document?
What to document?
Each day you are at clinical you should document patients you see in Typhon within 72 hours of your clinical day. You can check your course site for detailed instructions on what to document. Most students do this while they are in their clinical site.
Make the most of it
Make the most of it
Every semester faculty will ask you to create SMART goals. These goals should inspire you to seek new learning opportunities AND hold you accountable to your action plan. Spend time thinking about what you need to learn, identify measurable and specific goals that you can realistically achieve over your semester, and then work to meet them! We will reflect on goals at mid and end of term.
Working Ahead on Clinical hours
Working Ahead on Clinical hours
In the final semester most students like to work ahead on clinical hours and thats great! We want you to be successful so as you schedule your hours, keep in mind students must continue at least 8 hours per week in their clinical sites until the middle of April. This will help you prepare to sit for boards with all the recent practice fresh in your mind!
1/20/2023:
On Site Class
2/10/2023:
On Site Class
3/3/2023
On Site Class
3/24/2023:
On Site Class
4/14/2023
NO PM CLASS
Other assignments for NUR 763
Simulations
Simulations
Simulations are your opportunity to shine! This is where you take the reigns and apply what you've learned. Your first couple simulations will still align with our content and then we will move into review! These activities will deepen your understanding and give you an opportunity to reflect on your practice.
Documentation
Documentation
Documenting is a major piece of nursing practice. Each semester you will practice your documentation in SOAP notes, virtual simulations, and in your clinical logs. This semester SOAP Notes are due FRIDAY
Reflection
Reflection
Reflection is KEY to retained knowledge. By critically thinking and reflecting on your experiences in clinical and simulation, you will deepen knowledge to recall on in your future career. EMBRACE reflection as much as you can, what you give you will get back 10 fold!
Clinical
Clinical
Each semester you will spend time in your clinical setting experience direct patient care and learning more about your role as an NP. This semester you will have 135 hours of direct clinical time caring for patients!
Formative Assessments:
SOAP Notes (x4) 400 points
Class Participation (x4) 200 points
Simulation and reflection (x4 in class) 100 points
Summative Assessments:
Clinical Schedule 25 points
Evaluations 50 points
Typhon Logs 75 points
SMART Goals 150 points
Total course points: 1,000
NUR 766/767 Winter 2023 Calendar
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