Nursing (NURS) 401

Overview

Nursing 401: Professional Practice with Adults Experiencing Health Alterations is a paced online clinical practicum course that provides students with the opportunity to integrate and apply theory from NURS 400 in the provision of nursing care for adults experiencing acute and/or chronic alterations in health and their families. NURS 401's clinical practice takes place on general medical-surgical nursing units at selected health care facilities.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of NURS 401, the student will achieve or exceed the following learning outcomes:

• Apply concepts presented in NURS 400; and
• Comply with the College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CARNA) Entry-to-Practice Competencies (September, 2005).

Course Structure

Introduction and Orientation to Clinical Agency Practicum Guidelines.

Evaluation

NURS 401 is graded on a Pass/Fail basis. To receive credit for NURS 401, all clinical practice and assignment requirements must be successfully completed. Effective January 1, 2010, all papers submitted must follow the guidelines of the APA Publication Manual (6th ed.) (2010). The required assignments are as follows:

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.