NRS 240 Transition to Practice Student Orientation Session

NRS 240 Transition to Practice Student Orientation Session

Course Co-Coordinators Professor Donna Penn (MS 125) Professor Lisa Dunn (MS 149)

Precepted Clinical Oversight Faculty Professor Lisa Dunn Professor Donna Penn Professor Lopa Patel Professor Annette Conklin Professor Lisa Golini

Nursing Program Documentation Receipt of Student Handbook (Print copy for Fall 2015 semester) Graduation Application (Due 1/26 to nursing office) Pin Order Form (Due 2/15 to nursing office) Health Records Update Clinical Preference Form (due 2/9) NRS 240 Course Outline (To be posted in March on nursing website)

NRS 240 - Texbooks Required: North Carolina Concept-Based Learning Editorial Board. (2011). Nursing A Concept-Based Approach to Learning, Volumes One & Two. Upper Saddle River: Pearson. Pickar, G. D. , Abernethy, A. P. (2013) Dosage Calculations. (9 th ed. ) Clifton Park: Thompson Delmar Learning Silvestri, L. A. (2015). Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN Examination. (6 th edition). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier-Saunders. Highly Recommended: La. Charity, L. A. , Kumagai, C. , and Bartz B. (2014). Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment. St. Louis: Elsevier Mosby. IBSN: 978 -0 -323 -11343 -4. Rupert, D. (2013). NCLEX-RN Alternate-Format Questions. 5 th Edition. Phila: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. : 978 -1 -4511 -8545 -4.

NRS 240 Theory Class Leadership Development Legal Issues Collaboration Ethics Evidence Based Accountability practice Informatics Quality Improvement Clinical decision making Advocacy Communication Conflict Resolution Delegation Prioritization

NRS 240 Transition to Practice Professional Behaviors Interview Strategies Planning for BSN NCLEX-RN prep and readiness to test Licensure NCLEX-RN Test Plan NCLEX-RN Prep course Taking the NCLEX-RN

NRS 240 Course Requirements Summative Dosage Calculation Exam (given week 1) HESI Exit Exam Version 1 (given week 1) HESI remediation Completion of Licensure application Completion of Resume Weekly reflective journals HESI Exit Exam Version 2 (given week 5) 4 evolve case studies

NCLEX Prep Support HESI 3 Day Live On Campus NCLEX Review Course Tentative dates: April 12, 13 & 14 (this is mandatory) Access to NCSBN Online NCLEX Review Course

NRS 240 - Grading Course Grading Requirements: % of Grade: Completion of Resume……………………. . . 10% Hesi RN Version 2* …………. . . ………………. . . . 10% Clinical Preceptorship Journal #1…………………. . 20% Clinical Preceptorship Journal #2………………. …. 20% Clinical Preceptorship Journal #3………………. . … 20% Clinical Preceptorship Journal #4………………. …. 20% 100% All NRS 240 are required to complete the HESI NCLEX Review Course All NRS 240 are required to pass the Dosage Calculation. Passing score for this exam is 100%.

Nursing Program Grade Scale Effective (5 week curriculum) A = 93% - 100% A= 90% - 92. 99% B+ = 87% - 89. 99% B = 83% - 86. 99% B= 80% - 82. 99% C+ = 77% - 79. 99% C (Pass) 76% - 76. 99% C (Non-Pass) 70% - 75. 99% D = 60% - 69. 99% F = 0% - 59. 99%

NRS 240 Clinical Hours a. Preparatory Clinical Orientation Meeting: b. Weekly Debriefing meeting/5 weeks: c. Weekly Journal of selected topic/4 weeks d. Precepted clinical experience: e. HESI NCLEX Review Course: f. HESI EXIT V 1 remediation g. evolve case studies h. Summative Clinical Meeting i. Testing (HESI & Dosage Calc) Total Hours 1 hour 5 hours 15 hours 60 hours 24 hours 16 hours 4 hours 1 hour 9 hours 135 hours

Precepted Clinical Experience 60 hours over 5 weeks (12 hrs per week) Paired with RN in local health care facility MCCC oversight faculty Weekly journaling Preceptor and Self Evaluation Clinical skill assessment Facility orientation Weekly debriefing sessions with oversight faculty

Facilities for Precepted Clinical RWJ Hamilton (Med-Surg, Telemetry ER/ICU) Princeton Medical Center (Med-Surg, OB, Telemetry) Day, Night, Weekend shifts available)

Save the Date MCCC May Nursing Pinning Ceremony May 17 th 6 pm Kelsey Theatre