This course focuses on applying and implementing the nursing process in the care of adults in a variety of health care settings while incorporating concepts of health education, communication, ethical, and legal principles in nursing. This course focuses on respiratory, cardiovascular, hematology, metabolic and endocrine, and gastrointestinal disorders. Students are required to achieve certain core clinical competencies appropriate for their level as an outcome of this course and they will be tracked by the collected matrix for BSN program clinical competencies.
Field Experience:
This course offers a total of 135 contact hours of clinical training in a variety of carefully selected and identified Nursing Clinical Teaching Units (NCTU) as centers of excellence in both clinical teaching and nursing practice College faculty will direct and supervise overall students’ clinical education through application of course’s objectives and consistent clinical follow-up as guided by the specification. Whereas the identified clinical teaching unit in collaboration with its field staff will provide a conducive learning environment that is most supportive and highly beneficial to facilitate students’ professional nursing development. Jointly, faculty and field staff will ensure to carry out a comprehensive evaluation of the student’s experience, achievement, and progress in relation to the clinical learning objectives and outcomes.
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