Course

Nursing Practice: Professional Transition

Faculty
Health Sciences
Department
Nursing
Course code
NURS 4613
Credits
10.00
Semester length
15 weeks
Max class size
16
Method(s) of instruction
Practicum
Course designation
None
Industry designation
None
Typically offered
To be determined

Overview

Course description
This clinical course emphasizes the transition to professional practice. While working with clients with complex health challenges under the supervision of experienced practitioners (preceptors), students demonstrate increasing autonomy and ability to manage a reasonable client workload similar to that of a new graduate RN. Student placements are primarily in medical-surgical settings and occasionally specialty areas.
Course content

Role of the Nurse

  • Clinician
  • Professional
  • Communicator
  • Collaborator
  • Coordinator
  • Leader
  • Advocate
  • Educator
  • Scholar

Nursing Process

  • Assessment
  • Diagnosis
  • Planning
  • Implementation
  • Evaluation

BCCNM

  • Entry-level Competencies
  • Professional Standards
  • Practice Standards
  • Scope of Practice: Standards, Limits, and Conditions

CNA Code of Ethics

Learning activities

Faculty will facilitate the student's integration of nursing theory and promote the development of critical inquiry, clinical reasoning and judgement through learning activities such as decision-making analysis, discussion, reflective writing, and practice appraisal.

Means of assessment

This is a mastery course. The means of assessment are consistent with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy. The instructor's course outline will be available to students by the first class and list the evaluative components of the course. Faculty members function as educational collaborators with students and preceptors within the practice setting. Essential to the experience is ongoing interaction with preceptors and faculty. 

 
Learning outcomes

Upon the successful completion of the course, students will be able, with minimal supervision, to:

  1. Provide safe, ethical, competent, compassionate, and evidence-informed nursing care that is grounded in professional integrity and pride and that honours the perspectives of self and others as unique beings who affect and are affected by their context or environment;

  1. Formulate nursing practice decisions that promote health through critical inquiry, reflection, and analytical reasoning processes that are informed by multiple sources of knowledge; 

  1. Engage with individuals, families, groups, and communities in various settings to promote health and well-being, using a relational perspective, an ethic of caring, and a trauma and violence-informed approach;

  1. Demonstrate leadership qualities that promote and support an international collaborative model of client-centered care and influence the future of nursing practice at a political, social, and professional level to attain quality care for clients and quality work environments for nurses;

  1. Meet the BC College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) requirements for professional practice as identified in the Entry-level Competencies for Registered Nurses in BC, the BCCNM Standards for Practice, and the Canadian Nurses Association’s (CNA) Code of Ethics for Registered Nurses. 

Textbook materials

The instructor's course outline will be available to students by the first class and list the required textbooks and materials that students must purchase.

Requisites

Prerequisites

NURS 4511 AND NURS 4512 AND NURS 4513 AND NURS 4515

Students in the BSN program are required to maintain a passing grade of 65% (C+) in all courses in order to progress in the program.

Students must complete all clinical requirements before the first day of clinical practice, or access to the clinical site will be denied. The Health Authorities and Public Health orders mandate the clinical requirements, which will be communicated by the program to each student.

Corequisites

NURS 4611

Equivalencies

No equivalent courses.

Course Guidelines

Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.

(Current)

Course Transfers

These are for current course guidelines only. For a full list of archived courses please see https://www.bctransferguide.ca

Institution Transfer details for NURS 4613
There are no applicable transfer credits for this course.

Course Offerings

Winter 2025

CRN Days Instructor Status
Maximum seats
16
Currently enrolled
14
Remaining seats:
2
On waitlist
0
Building
Off Campus Location
Room
None
Times:
-
Section notes

NURS 4613 080 - This section runs from Jan 6 - Apr 16, 2025, primarily off campus. Students are permitted to register into NURS 4611 concurrently with NURS 4613, however, NURS 4611 must be successfully completed prior to progressing into NURS 4613.

CRN Days Instructor Status
Maximum seats
16
Currently enrolled
13
Remaining seats:
3
On waitlist
0
Building
Off Campus Location
Room
None
Times:
-
Section notes

NURS 4613 081 - This section runs from Jan 6 - Apr 16, 2025, primarily off campus. Students are permitted to register into NURS 4611 concurrently with NURS 4613, however, NURS 4611 must be successfully completed prior to progressing into NURS 4613.

CRN Days Instructor Status
Maximum seats
16
Currently enrolled
15
Remaining seats:
1
On waitlist
0
Building
Off Campus Location
Room
None
Times:
-
Section notes

NURS 4613 082 - This section runs from Jan 6 - Apr 16, 2025, primarily off campus. Students are permitted to register into NURS 4611 concurrently with NURS 4613, however, NURS 4611 must be successfully completed prior to progressing into NURS 4613.

CRN Days Instructor Status
Maximum seats
16
Currently enrolled
15
Remaining seats:
1
On waitlist
0
Building
Off Campus Location
Room
None
Times:
-
Section notes

NURS 4613 084 - This section runs from Jan 6 - Apr 16, 2025, primarily off campus. Students are permitted to register into NURS 4611 concurrently with NURS 4613, however, NURS 4611 must be successfully completed prior to progressing into NURS 4613.