NRSG 509 Clinical Nurse Leader Laboratory I
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Course Title: NRSG 509 Clinical Nurse Leader Laboratory I
Credits: 2 (clinical lab)
MN Essentials: 1 - 9
MN Programs Objectives: 1-11
Semesters Offered: Fall
Prerequisites: NRSG 604, NRSG 608, or consent of instructor
Course Description:
Students will engage in activities that promote development of CNL competencies. Strategies used to promote patient-centered care and interprofessional collaboration in selected settings will be examined.
Course Objectives:
- Explore the use of nursing and healthcare systems engineering theories, concepts and tools to assess current structure, processes and outcomes selected healthcare microsystems.
- Examine collaborative, interprofessional approaches and strategies in the design, coordination, and evaluation of an intervention that influences healthcare outcomes.
- Utilize information and communication technologies to assess an intervention that influences healthcare outcomes.
- Analyze an education plan, evaluating the role of the team, the teaching learning methods used, the client interactions, the expected and actual outcomes.
Student Learning Outcomes:
Students will analyze a microsystem.
Recommended Content:
- Conduct a microsystem assessment with interdisciplinary team
- Identify purpose, patient population(s), professionals, processes, patterns Identify metrics used to assess outcomes of selected microsystem (clinical status,
- financial costs, functional status, satisfaction) Identify potential themes for improvement Present findings to administrative personnel
- Using an existing database, examine aggregate care outcomes to evaluate the effectiveness of specific nursing interventions used with a selected group of patients or microsystem.
- Lead interprofessional team reviews of patient plans of care; ensure revisions are evidence- based, contribute to achievement of patient outcomes, and reflect client/family input.
- Integrate best practice guidelines and EBP into patient plans of care.
- Develop, implement, and evaluate a health education plan for a unit-specific issue common to multiple clients.
- Evaluate the role of the team, teaching/learning method used, client interactions, expected and actual outcomes.
- Conduct health education of individual patient or cohort based on risk profile. Analyze interprofessional patterns of communication, collaboration, and conflict.
Approved by GAAC: 12/9/13; 11/9/2020
Approved by Faculty: 1/7/14; 12/4/2020