Nursing Student Handbook - Wayne County Community College

Educational Goals
Educational goals for students enrolled in level one and level two classes are described in the table below:
Level I
Level II
Semester One Semester Two Semester Three Semester Four
NUR 110, 111, 112, 118 NUR 114, 116, 119 NUR 210, 212, 218 NUR 214, 216, 219
Demonstrate increased
Demonstrate accountability
Describe metaparadigm
accountability for Practice nursing with
for professional nursing
concepts.
professional nursing professional accountability.
practice.
practice.
Identify effective
communication skills.
Use the nursing process to
meet the health needs of
clients.
Consider variables when
providing care.
Describe caring constructs.
Describe effective teaching
and learning principles.
Describe roles of health care
team members.
Consider knowledge from
nursing and general
education courses when
planning care.
Integrate communication
skills into professional
interactions.
Develop nursing care
strategies, using the
nursing process, to meet
the health needs of clients.
Apply critical thinking
skills when providing care.
Apply caring constructs
when performing nursing
procedures.
Apply principles of
teaching and learning into
the plan of care for
individuals, families and
groups.
Cooperate with members
of the health care team to
manage the nursing care of
individuals, families and
groups.
Apply knowledge from
nursing and general
education courses when
planning care.
Communicate with
increasing competence in
professional interactions.
Develop nursing
strategies, considering
health care resources and
using the nursing process,
to meet the health needs
of clients.
Apply critical thinking
skills when planning care
for individuals, families
and groups.
Apply caring constructs
into professional nursing
activities.
Apply principles of
teaching and learning into
health promotion activities
for individuals, families
and groups.
Cooperate with health
team members to promote
health of individuals,
families and groups.
Apply additional
knowledge from
progression in nursing and
general education
sequence when providing
nursing care to
individuals, families and
groups throughout the
lifespan.
Communicate competently in
professional interactions.
Manage health care resources
and use the nursing process
to meet the health needs of
clients.
Demonstrate clinical
reasoning when planning
care for individuals, families
and groups.
Integrate caring constructs
into professional nursing
activities.
Integrate teaching and
learning principles into
health promotion activities
for individuals, families and
groups.
Collaborate with health care
team members to promote
health of individuals,
families and groups.
Integrate knowledge from
nursing and general
education courses when
providing nursing care to
individuals, families and
groups throughout the
lifespan.
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