Jul 04, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

NRSE 4212 - Professional Nursing Practice Capstone


Students apply clinical judgment and clinical reasoning to the concepts of person-centered care for adults experiencing acute, chronic, and complex physical health alterations. Students integrate concepts of quality and safety, professionalism, interprofessional care, informatics, and systems-based practice into the care of adult clients with health alterations. Laboratory and clinical experiences assist students in comprehensive development of skills and integration of theory into practice. This course meets the University BRICKS requirement for Capstone and Bridge: Learning and Doing.

Requisites: NRSE 4102, 4112, 4122, 4132. WARNING: No credit if NRSE 4401
Credit Hours: 8
OHIO BRICKS Bridge: Learning and Doing, Capstone: Capstone or Culminating Experience
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.5 lecture, 1.0 laboratory, 8.0 clinical
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to demonstrate evidence-based clinical reasoning and clinical judgment to deliver person-centered care to adult clients with acute, chronic, and complex health alterations.
  • Students will be able to support quality improvement strategies in the care of adult clients with health alterations.
  • Students will be able to support a culture of client, provider, and work environment safety.
  • Students will be able to integrate professionalism and effective communication with nursing faculty and staff, clients, families/caregivers, members of the community, and members of the interprofessional team.
  • Students will be able to apply effective collaboration skills as interprofessional team members to optimize the health of individuals and families.
  • Students will be able to analyze the impact of health disparities and social determinants of health on care outcomes for adult clients with acute, chronic, and complex health alterations.
  • Students will be able to integrate information and communication technology to deliver safe and cost-effective nursing care and support documentation of care to adult clients with acute, chronic, and complex health alterations.
  • Students will be able to demonstrate the nurse’s legal, ethical, and professional standards of care with regards to care of the adult client with acute, chronic, and complex health alterations.
  • Students will be able to integrate principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion into the care of adult clients with acute, chronic, and complex health alterations.
  • Students will be able to reflect upon commitment to personal well-being and growth that enables professional practice and leadership.


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