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DAKOTA NURSING PROGRAM
Bismarck State College • Dakota College at Bottineau • Lake Region State College • Williston State College
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Client Centered
Care
4.
Demonstrate competence
in complex nursing skills
in the lab and clinical
settings.
5.
Use the nursing process to
care for clients in the role
of the practical nurse
6.
Participate in teaching
self-care, health
promotion, and disease
prevention to culturally
diverse clients across the
lifespan
Skills will be demonstrated by clinical/lab
faculty. Students will practice and then
demonstrate the skill back to the
clinical/lab faculty. Assessment of the
client as a whole and the nursing process is
taught in lab through case studies,
Simulations, and student/faculty
discussions. SimChart is utilized after
student demonstrations to reiterate the
nursing process and documentation.
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Clinical performance
evaluation
•
Patient assessment
documentation
•
Care Plans
•
Lab performance
Evidence Based
Practice and
Nursing
Judgment
7.
Explain evidence based
rationales for
prioritization of care and
nursing interventions.
8.
Demonstrate clinical
reasoning skills when
assessing, choosing
nursing interventions from
an established plan of
care, monitoring, and
reporting changes in the
patient's condition.
Textbooks and skills are evaluated each
semester and update according to evidence
based practice. Students are encouraged to
read scholarly journals. Evidence based
reports will be shared with the students as
they pertain to the skills they are learning.
Students will use the nursing process to
improve their clinical reasoning skills and
help them develop and understand nursing
care plans.
•
Clinical performance
evaluation
•
Patient assessment
documentation
•
Care Plans
•
Lab performance
Quality
Improvement and
Safety
9.
Demonstrate safe,
effective nursing care,
incorporating therapeutic
communication for the
client across the lifespan
with stable or predictable
health problems and assist
with those whose
conditions are critical or
unpredictable.
Students are shown and then must
demonstrate skills prior to being allowed to
complete the skill at any clinical facility.
Students will participate in Simulations to
further their knowledge and confidence in
caring for all clients and in communicating
with both the client and their families.
•
Clinical performance
evaluation
•
Patient assessment
documentation
•
Care Plans
•
Lab performance
Informatics
10.
Demonstrate use of online
technology to acquire
information on clients,
document client
information, and research
nursing information and
interventions.
Students use SimChart, Skyscape, and are
orientated to EHR at each clinical site prior
to their clinical rotation. They must use and
cite reliable nursing sources used when
writing papers and nursing care plans.
•
Clinical performance
evaluation
•
Patient assessment
documentation
•
Care Plans
•
Lab performance
GRADE BREAKDOWN:
45% - Clinical written work
45% - Clinical performance
5% - Lab skills, quizzes, videos and posttests, lab assignments
5% - ATI NCLEX-PN Review (ATI Mental Health, Maternal-Newborn
Nursing, and Nursing Care of Children non-proctored and proctored exams)
GRADING POLICY:
The following grading scale is used:
92.0 - 100.00 = A
84.0 - 91.99 = B
76.0 - 83.99 = C
68.0 - 75.99 = D