NCNS 60582 The CNS and Professional Practice Practicum
Prerequisites: NURS 50003, 50013, 50053, and 50022. This course is taken concurrently with NCNS 60512. This course consists of supervised practicum experience in the professional practice domain of the CNS role integrating the CNS Spheres of Influence. The role of the CNS in supporting nursing personnel as expert practitioner, educator, research, change agent, mentor, and consultant are applied. Particular emphasis is placed on identifying and defining problems and opportunities in nursing practice, identifying and articulating factors contributing to resource management needs and outcomes, developing innovative solutions, and evaluating the effect of solution strategies.