Subject Title
Healing Practices for the Practical Nurse IV

Subject Description
This course continues from PNH 301 and explores the nursing practices and interventions that support health and enhance healing for clients and families experiencing various health challenges from acute to chronic.

 

Credit Status
Successful completion of this required course provides one credit towards the Practical Nursing Diploma

 

Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this subject the student will be able to:

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

1. Develop a therapeutic relationship with clients across the lifespan respecting individual rights, beliefs, and unique needs.
2. Utilize a theory-based approach to all aspects of nursing care.
3. Collaborate with clients to perform a holistic assessment demonstrating nursing knowledge and understanding of client needs.
4. Use evidence informed literature to develop and prioritize a plan of care with emphasis on specific health challenges.
5. Use clinical knowledge and judgement to recognize and respond to changes in client status.
6. Create teaching plans to enhance client health and wellness.
7. Share relevant information to the inter professional team through written and verbal communication to enhance care and to support individual client needs.
8. Utilize the nursing process with specific health challenges to develop and implement collaborative plans of care for clients and families.

CNO Entry to Practice Competencies

6.     Initiates, maintains, and terminates the therapeutic nurse-client relationship.
9.     Supports clients in making informed decisions about their healthcare and respects their
        decisions.
35.   Documents according to established legislation, practice standards, ethics and
         organizational policies.
36.   Obtains informed consent to support the client's informed decision-making.
37.   Completes comprehensive health assessments of clients across the lifespan.
37.   Completes comprehensive health assessments of clients across the lifespan.
38.   Selects and utilizes information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the delivery of
         client care.
39.   Researches and responds to relevant clinical data.
40.   Engages in evidence-informed practice by considering a variety of relevant sources of
         information.
41.   Comprehends, responds to and reports assessment findings.
42.   Formulates clinical decisions consistent with client needs and priorities.
43.   Identifies nursing diagnoses.
45.   Implements nursing interventions based on assessment findings, client preferences and
         desired outcomes.
44.   Develops the care plan with the client, healthcare team and others.
46.   Responds to clients’ conditions by organizing competing priorities into actions.
47.   Assesses clients’ health literacy, knowledge and readiness to learn.
48.   Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates the teaching and learning process.
49.   Provides information and access to resources to facilitate health education.
50.   Evaluates the effectiveness of health education.
51.   Applies principles of client safety.
53.   Evaluates the effectiveness of nursing interventions by comparing actual outcomes to
         expected outcomes.
54.   Reviews and revises the plan of care and communicates accordingly.
55.   Assesses implications of own decisions.
56.   Uses critical thinking, critical inquiry and clinical judgment for decision-making.
57.   Demonstrates professional judgment in utilizing information and communication
         technologies (ICTs) and social media.
61.  Demonstrates knowledge of nursing theory, pharmacology, health sciences, humanities
        and ethics.
63.   Engages clients in identifying their health needs, strengths, capacities and goals.
64.   Communicates collaboratively with the client and the healthcare team.
65.   Provides essential client information to the client and the healthcare team.
66.   Promotes effective interpersonal interaction.
74.   Fosters an environment that encourages questioning and exchange of information.
76.   Applies the principles of team dynamics and group processes in interprofessional team
         collaboration

Essential Employability Skills

    •  Communicate clearly, concisely and correctly in the written, spoken and visual form that fulfils the purpose and meets the needs of the audience.

    •  Use a variety of thinking skills to anticipate and solve problems.

    •  Analyze, evaluate, and apply relevant information from a variety of sources.

    •  Interact with others in groups or teams in ways that contribute to effective working relationships and the achievement of goals.

    •  Manage the use of time and other resources to complete projects.

    •  Take responsibility for one's own actions, decisions, and consequences.

Academic Integrity
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Please visit the Academic Integrity website http://open2.senecac.on.ca/sites/academic-integrity/for-students to understand and learn more about how to prepare and submit work so that it supports academic integrity, and to avoid academic misconduct.

Discrimination/Harassment
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Accommodation for Students with Disabilities
The College will provide reasonable accommodation to students with disabilities in order to promote academic success. If you require accommodation, contact the Counselling and Accessibility Services Office at ext. 22900 to initiate the process for documenting, assessing and implementing your individual accommodation needs.

Camera Use and Recordings - Synchronous (Live) Classes
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Students joining a live class online may be required to have a working camera in order to participate, or for certain activities (e.g. group work, assessments), and high-speed broadband access (e.g. Cable, DSL) is highly recommended. In the event students encounter circumstances that impact their ability to join the platform with their camera on, they should reach out to the professor to discuss. Live classes may be recorded and made available to students to support access to course content and promote student learning and success.

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