Transcript title

NCLEX Preparation

Credits

4

Grading mode

Pass/No Pass grades

Total contact hours

40

Lecture hours

40

Course Description

In this course, students prepare and sit for the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN®). Students will create study plans, become familiar with item types, review case studies, take both partial and full-length practice tests, and review answers and explanations to keep pace with the ever-changing healthcare landscape. Pass/No Pass grading.

Course learning outcomes

1. Demonstrate understanding of how nursing care directly impacts and enhances healthcare client outcomes.
2. Properly distinguish growth and development principles, prevention and/or early detection of health problems, and strategies to achieve optimal health.
3. Identify the aspects of proper nursing care that promote and support the emotional, mental and social well-being of the client experiencing stressful events as well as clients with acute or chronic mental illness.
4. Demonstrate clear understanding of how evidence-based nursing care and comfort reduces client risk potential and supports physical well-being.
5. Apply foundational healthcare concepts from the social, biological and physical sciences to the nursing assessment, prioritization, and clinical judgment process.

Content outline

1. Safe and Effective Care Environment
   1. Management of Care
   2. Safety and Infection Control
2. Health Promotion and Maintenance
3. Psychosocial Integrity
4. Physiological Integrity
   1. Basic Care and Comfort
   2. Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
   3. Reduction of Risk Potential
   4. Physiological Adaptation

Required materials

Textbook may be required.