In this course, students engage in a variety of learning activities. Learning activities may occur in nursing practice settings, the nursing laboratory, and praxis seminars. In the nursing laboratory, students have opportunities to develop practice skills and to engage in simulations that enable them to provide safe nursing care. Praxis involves the examination of the dynamic interplay between theory and practice. Praxis is operationalized through critical reflection, journal writing and participation in seminars. Nursing practice experience provides students with opportunities to apply knowledge, concepts and theories and creates a “need to know” generating the topics of discussion, exploration and integration in praxis seminars and the stimulus for self-directed learning. The learning experiences may include experiences in simulation and online learning activities.
In Nursing Practice I, clients’ experiences with health and the meta-concepts health promotion and caring are emphasized. Learning activities provide opportunities to practice basic nursing skills including assessment skills with a healthy individual in the community, through simulated and online teaching and learning opportunities and through discussion in praxis seminars. In the nursing laboratory, students have opportunities to develop basic assessment and other selected nursing skills.
In praxis seminars, a variety of concepts from semester courses are addressed such as:
- Praxis
- Personal meaning and experience of health and healing – others
- Community as context
- Relationship
- § Engagement
- Legal issues
- § Documenting care
- Medical asepsis
- Nursing practice decision-making (introduction)
- Assessment
- § Basic physical assessment
- § Health profile
- § Individual/family
- Critical thinking
- Evidence-based practice
- Mobility (basic body mechanics)
- Basic hygiene care
- Personal safety
In Nursing Practice I, clients’ experiences with health and the meta-concepts health promotion and caring are emphasized. This course provides opportunities for students to:
- Learn basic health assessment and other selected basic psychomotor nursing skills
- Gain a beginning understanding of clinical decision-making
- Explore the breadth of the role of the professional nurse in the practice setting
- Examine the diversity of nurses’ work in a variety of settings
- Examine personal perceptions and values of health, healing and health promotion
- Synthesize learning from other first semester courses
Course evaluation is consistent with Douglas College Curriculum Development and Approval policy. An evaluation schedule is presented at the beginning of the course. Respect for individual choice and an openness to negotiation guide decisions about methods of evaluation.
This is a mastery course.
1. Planned Praxis Experiences
- Personal experience
- May include practice experiences with healthy individuals within a controlled setting (e.g. CHCP)
- Nursing laboratory/simulation
2. A list of recommended textbooks and materials is provided for students at the beginning of each semester.
3. Other Resources
- Selected readings from books and professional journals
- Health professionals
- Selected audiovisual and computer resources
- Nursing laboratory equipment and supplies