Evaluation of Curriculum through Application of National Guidelines

Course Name
Nursing 471: The Practice of Nursing V (Decker School of Nursing at Binghamton University: Traditional Baccalaureate Program)

Course Description
Practice of Nursing V is the final course of the clinical practice series and provides the student with an arena for synthesis of the
nursing education experience for the first professional degree. Health of human systems as affected by the external environment
provides the framework for the continuous focus of preventative, supportive, and restorative care.

Nursing process continues to serve as the fundamental scientific approach to nursing care, but the focus is expanded to encompass
an integrated approach to healthcare delivery. Nursing case management, with an interdisciplinary approach to client/family health
and illness, is used in both hospital-based and community-based practice settings.

The theoretical content of this course focuses on the application of theories and principles of leadership, administration,
management, quality assurance/improvement, and change process relative to nursing practice and the healthcare delivery system.
The nature of authority, accountability, and responsibility with specific application to nursing will be studied. Power will be
approached as a vital and positive force necessary for the attainment of individual and organizational goals/outcomes in the delivery
of healthcare.

The clinical laboratory will provide students with the opportunity to: apply management principles, exercise personal leadership in
the management of a caseload of clients, and evaluate the care given by themselves and others. Special emphasis will be placed on
process- and outcome-based evaluation as an important focus of leadership. Experiences in the clinical laboratory focus on the role
of the professional nurse in providing health and nursing care to individuals, families, and communities with culturally diverse
backgrounds. As part of the laboratory experience, students will use simulation to enhance clinical knowledge and skill
development, and will conduct peer teaching of specific skills.

List of student outcomes

1. Apply concepts derived from leadership and management theories in the provision of healthcare services to clients, families,
and community.

2. Participate in the change process to influence nursing practice and healthcare system policies and practices.
 3. Examine socioeconomic, cultural, and political variables that influence the availability and utilization of healthcare services.

4. Analyze a particular aspect of care in a selected healthcare setting using principles of quality management and evidence-
based practice.

5. Develop confidence in and an increased capacity for enacting professional roles as provider of care, designer/manager of
care, and member of a profession.

6. Exhibit behavior consistent with professional nursing values, ethical principles, social policy, and the scope and standards of
the nursing practice.
Program Outcomes Student Learning QSEN Competencies
Outcome
BS Essential I: Liberal Education for Baccalaureate 3, 6 Patient-Centered Care, Knowledge (3)
Generalist Nursing Practice
Patient-Centered Care, Attitudes (3)
Synthesize concepts and principles from
science, nursing and humanities into nursing Safety, Knowledge (6)
practice.
Safety, Skills (6)

Safety, Attitudes (6)

BS Essential II: Basic Organizational and Systems
Leadership for Quality Care and Patient Safety
Use leadership skills to enhance the quality of
nursing and health practices.
1, 4, 5 Teamwork and Collaboration, Knowledge (1, 5)
Teamwork and Collaboration, Skills (1, 5)
Teamwork and Collaboration, Attitudes (1)

Quality Improvement, Knowledge (4)

Quality Improvement, Attitudes (4)

Evidence-Based Practice, Knowledge (4)

 Evidence-Based Practice, Attitudes (4)

Patient-Centered Care, Knowledge (5)

Informatics, Knowledge (5)

BS Essential III: Scholarship for Evidence-Based 2, 4 Quality Improvement, Knowledge (2, 4)

Practice
Quality Improvement, Skills (2)
Critique research findings for applicability for
evidence-based nursing practice. Quality Improvement, Attitudes (2, 4)
Provide professional nursing care at the
primary, secondary and tertiary levels of Evidence-Based Practice, Knowledge (4)
prevention based on knowledge from theory,
evidence-based practice and research. Evidence-Based Practice, Attitudes (4)

BS Essential IV: Information Management and 2, 5 Quality Improvement, Knowledge (2)

Application of Patient Care Technology
Quality Improvement, Skills (2)
Participate in efforts to meet emerging health
needs through implementation of evolving Quality Improvement, Attitudes (2)
nursing roles.
Teamwork and Collaboration, Knowledge (5)

Teamwork and Collaboration, Skills (5)

Patient-Centered Care, Knowledge (5)

Informatics, Knowledge (5)

BS Essential V: Healthcare Policy, Finance and 2, 3 Quality Improvement, Knowledge (2)

Regulatory Environments
Quality Improvement, Skills (2)
 Exhibit basic knowledge of healthcare policy,
finance and regulatory environments that
influence nursing practice.
BS Essential VI: Interprofessional Communication
and Collaboration for Improving Health Outcomes
Participate collaboratively with other healthcare
providers and members of the community in
promoting the health, safety and well-being of
all.
Participate in efforts to meet emerging health
needs through implementation of evolving
nursing roles.
BS Essential VII: Clinical Prevention and
Population Health
Provide professional nursing care at the
primary, secondary and tertiary levels of
Quality Improvement, Attitudes (2)
Patient-Centered Care, Knowledge (3)
Patient-Centered Care, Attitudes (3)
1, 2, 5, 6 Teamwork and Collaboration, Knowledge (1, 5)
Teamwork and Collaboration, Skills (1, 5)
Teamwork and Collaboration, Attitudes (1)
Quality Improvement, Knowledge (2)
Quality Improvement, Skills (2)
Quality Improvement, Attitudes (2)
Patient-Centered Care, Knowledge (5)
Informatics, Knowledge (5)
Safety, Knowledge (6)
Safety, Skills (6)
Safety, Attitudes (6)
1, 4 Teamwork and Collaboration, Knowledge (1)
Teamwork and Collaboration, Skills (1)
Teamwork and Collaboration, Attitudes (1)
 prevention based on knowledge from theory,
evidence-based practice and research.
Apply nursing process to assist diverse client
systems in a variety of settings to achieve
optimal health.
BS Essential VIII: Professionalism and Professional
Values
Demonstrate accountability for professional
standards of moral, legal and ethical conduct.
BS Essential IX: Baccalaureate Generalist Nursing
Practice
Demonstrate accountability for professional
standards of moral, legal and ethical conduct.
Use communication processes effectively with
individuals and groups.
Quality Improvement, Knowledge (4)
Quality Improvement, Attitudes (4)
Evidence-Based Practice, Knowledge (4)
Evidence-Based Practice, Attitudes (4)
5, 6 Teamwork and Collaboration, Knowledge (5)
Teamwork and Collaboration, Skills (5)
Patient-Centered Care, Knowledge (5)
Informatics, Knowledge (5)
Safety, Knowledge (6)
Safety, Skills (6)
Safety, Attitudes (6)
1, 5, 6 Teamwork and Collaboration, Knowledge (1, 5)
Teamwork and Collaboration, Skills (1, 5)
Teamwork and Collaboration, Attitudes (1)
Patient-Centered Care, Knowledge (5)
Informatics, Knowledge (5)
Safety, Knowledge (6)
 Safety, Skills (6)

Safety, Attitudes (6)

CCNE standards met by the course

Student Learning Outcome 1 meets CCNE Standards: I-A, IV-E

Student Learning Outcome 2 meets CCNE Standards: III-A, III-B

Student Learning Outcome 3 meets CCNE Standards: III-F, IV-E

Student Learning Outcome 4 meets CCNE Standards: I-A, III-D

Student Learning Outcome 5 meets CCNE Standards: III-A, III-B

Student Learning Outcome 6 meets CCNE Standards: III-A, III-B