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NURS 465

Adult Health & Geriatric Medical Surgical: Practicum

Catalog2026-2027
Credits5 units
LevelUpper Division
Average gradeA-
Standard

Overview

Description

This clinical practicum course applies critical thinking, clinical management, and concepts of nursing care to adult and geriatric patients with acute and complex health alterations within the acute care setting.

Requirements

Prerequisites

  • Admission to the Accelerated Second Baccalaureate BSN (ASBSN) Program.

Corequisites

NURS 464
Original catalog text

Prerequisites

Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Accelerated Second Baccalaureate BSN (ASBSN) Program.

Corequisites

Corequsite: NURS 464.

Units

Internship Practicum5

Catalog Details

Offering

Offered: Every Summer

Terms

summer

Restrictions

Admission to the Accelerated Second Baccalaureate BSN (ASBSN) Program.

Attributes

Standard

Learning Outcomes

  • implement nursing judgment to clinical situations using standards of nursing care, critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and evidence based research.
  • design and implement an individualized nursing plan of care for patients experiencing acute and complex healthcare alterations.
  • analyze the concepts of prioritization and delegation skills to the nursing process and care of patients with complex alterations in the clinical setting.
  • apply an expanding range of knowledge to promote health and well-being to prevent complications in adult and geriatric populations experiencing illness and disease.
  • demonstrate professional nursing behaviors and values in all clinical interactions, situations, and settings.
  • utilize nursing knowledge, information technologies and evidence-based research to construct and implement safe, effective, patient-centered nursing care.