Following completion of NURS 455, students will be able to: 1. Identify issues and factors that impact individual and population health based on knowledge and information.

Following completion of NURS 455, students will be able to:
1. Identify issues and factors that impact individual and population health based on
knowledge and information.
2. Apply clinical reasoning skills and optimize use of resources to develop and
implement interventions that improve health or prevent debility.
3. Evaluate their role within the inter-professional health team in service learning.
4. Practice communication skills, professionalism, and leadership behaviors.
5. Recognize the impact of diversity, values and ethics, and socioeconomic and
political dimensions in the delivery of care to communities and populations.
6. Describe personal areas of self-learning, resources and skills development needed
to make a successful transition as a baccalaureate prepared nurse.
7. Complete a capstone project that integrates knowledge, skills, and experiences
related to RN to BSN program outcomes.
Course Format:
This is a practicum course, meaning most of the requirements of the course are based on
planned experiences and project work in the field. There will be 120 hours of clinical
time expected in this course. These hours will be tracked, documented and signed off by
the preceptor every week of activity unless otherwise directed. These tracking forms will
be turned in to the instructor remotely following the calendar schedule. Some of the 120
hours may be taken to research the topic and prepare materials. These hours also need to
be documented on the clinical log tracking form, however the preceptor will still be
required to initial these activities. If the hours are not completed by the end of the
semester, an incomplete grade will be given and the student may continue with the
project until hours requirement is met. The presentation will be on the project progress
up until the point that they are currently at.
The project selected for the clinical site should follow the guidelines below:
Students will undertake meaningful projects or activities with a project-based
emphasis that have identified objectives and outcomes set by the instructor,
preceptor and student. Initial project design may emanate from faculty-community
partnerships but may originate from student-led initiatives typically based in their
work settings- but not on a unit where they are directly employed. The project will
be conducted under the supervision of a Baccalaureate degree or higher preceptor
in the clinical setting and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team. All
Capstone projects will have a patient impact that will be measured by the student.
This patient contact must promote the objective of improving patient care and/or
improving patient outcomes. The student must have a mechanism to evaluate the
impact of their project on patient care or outcomes and this will be reported in the
Final Capstone paper