Course

Nursing Practice: Pathways

Faculty
Health Sciences
Department
Nursing
Course code
NURS 4618
Credits
11.50
Semester length
Variable
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 in a specialty area. This is an intensive preceptorship experience which enables students to gain work-ready skills. Under the supervision of experienced practitioners (preceptors), students demonstrate increasing autonomy and the ability to manage a reasonable client workload similar to that of a new graduate RN. Working in collaborative partnerships with the Health Authorities, this may be an extended preceptorship experience. Students must undergo a selection process and receive approval to take this course.
Course content

Theory Integration

  • Health care policy
  • Resource management
  • Quality improvement
  • Risk management
  • Organizational culture and climate
  • Power and politics
  • Leadership and management
  • Health promotion
  • Illness and injury prevention

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. Learning activities depend on the practice setting and may include online learning modules, skills labs, role play, simulation, and observation. Students engage in guided study, following a rigorous curriculum provided by the Health Authority and the BSN program.

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 and help students develop and integrate nursing knowledge into professional nursing practice. Essential to the experience is ongoing interaction with preceptors and faculty. Although not a part of the Douglas College course evaluation, students may be required to complete additional curriculum components, including examinations or certification courses. Students must complete all required Health Authority learning components for potential employment in that specialty area.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this course, successful students will be able, with minimal supervison, 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

No corequisite courses.

Equivalencies

NURS 4611 AND NURS 4613

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 4618
There are no applicable transfer credits for this course.

Course Offerings

Winter 2025

CRN Days Instructor Status
Maximum seats
8
Currently enrolled
1
Remaining seats:
7
On waitlist
0
Building
Off Campus Location
Room
None
Times:
-