Mar 29, 2024  
Course/Program Inventory 
    
Course/Program Inventory

ALHS 1815 - Practical Nursing Practicum II



Credit hours: 8

Prerequisites: This is a required course in the AAS Health Science for a Practical Nursing. Department Approval granted through Articulation Agreement. As required by experience. The student will document completion of approved coursework, which includes a minimum of 320 contact hours along with professional certification.

Course Description:
Learning experiences in defined competencies, goals, and learning outcomes in the TCAT Practical Nursing program.  A minimum of 47 contact hours per credit hour awarded.  Documentation of approved departmental assessment is required. Not part of a TN Transfer

Student Learning Outcomes:
Students will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate competency in the specialty.
  2. Demonstrate knowledge and assessment of OB/ Maternity patients and their medical care.
  3. Demonstrate competence in organizing and implementing nursing care for pediatric patients utilizing appropriate communication and observation skills in performing an assessment of the pediatric patient that demonstrates an understanding of the disease process and growth and development from newborn to adolescent.
  4. Demonstrate knowledge in the clinical area of disease processes affecting each group including symptoms, diagnostic methods, treatment regimes, and nursing care responsibilities and pharmacological calculations.
  5. Externship (practicum) in pediatric and women/ mother-baby.