NUR 456: Integrated Nursing Practice

3 credits

This practicum provides students with the opportunity to demonstrate leadership and management abilities by assessing, planning, conducting, and evaluating a community based nursing intervention. This course assists the RN to BSN student to transition to baccalaureate level proficiency in to include competency development in systems-based organizations, evidence-based practice, interprofessional collaboration and communication, and clinical prevention and population health. The community as client is emphasized. Students will integrate prior learning and experiences. The student will conduct original work. This course also includes a portfolio requirement. The portfolio should be a reflection of the nursing student’s accumulated works supporting the achievement of the ten program outcomes for baccalaureate prepared nurses graduating from UMFK. Please see the Portfolio Guidelines link at the end of this syllabus. Offered Fall and Spring.

Prerequisite(s): >2.5 GPA; NUR 301R.
Co-requisite(s): None.