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NURS 412

Foundations of Nursing: Practicum

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelUpper Division
Standard

Overview

Description

This clinical practicum course focuses on the fundamentals of nursing practice including psychomotor skill development needed to implement safe and effective patient care. Using the nursing process, students will acquire and practice critical thinking and critical reasoning skills.

Requirements

Prerequisites

  • Admission to the Accelerated Second Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ASBN) Program.
Original catalog text

Prerequisites

Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Accelerated Second Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ASBN) Program.

Units

Internship Practicum3

Catalog Details

Offering

Offered: Every Spring

Terms

spring

Restrictions

Admission to the Accelerated Second Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ASBN) Program.

Attributes

Standard

Learning Outcomes

  • demonstrate acquired knowledge and skills necessary to perform a health assessment and physical examination on a healthy adult.
  • apply the principles underlying all nursing intervention procedures related to providing safe, ethical and appropriate care to diverse patient populations in different care settings.
  • exhibit the ability to determine the method and rationale for implementing safe and appropriate patient-centered nursing care
  • organize and coordinates self to demonstrate beginning clinical competencies, accountability, and successful transition into the role of student nurse.
  • apply foundational knowledge, fundamental skills, and attitudes required to implement and monitor selected nursing interventions and technologies.
  • utilize therapeutic communication skills during assessment, intervention, evaluation and teaching.
  • utilize the nursing process to acquire data to determine and revise nursing actions and goals in collaboration with diverse patient populations.
  • develop and perform psychomotor skills for nursing care of individuals in introductory clinical settings.