Advanced Nursing Practice

This course will provide the learner with opportunities to consolidate the roles and responsibilities of the entry level Practical Nurse, and when promoting health, and in a supportive, preventative, therapeutic, palliative, and rehabilitative clinical environment. The learner will continue to apply the five competency frameworks from the Entry to Practice Competencies for Registered Practical Nurses (College of Nurses of Ontario, 2019): professional practice, ethical practice, legal practice, foundations of practice, and collaborative practice. The learner will assess, plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care for their preceptor's clinical assignment; practice previously acquired theoretical and practical nursing knowledge (all nursing skills and nursing assessments to date); and safely apply current theoretical and practical nursing knowledge (including medical-surgical theory, pharmacology, pathophysiology). By the end of this clinical experience, learners are expected to care for the assigned preceptor's clinical assignment (autonomously and safely). Learners continue to refine their critical thinking skills by contributing to self-reflection exercises and participating in simulation experiences.

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