Practice Education Course Objectives

Students complete 702 practice education hours during the program under the guidance and supervision of assigned preceptors. The suitability of practice education placement sites is determined by the Clinical Faculty, the Practice Education Administrator, and final approval is provided by the Saskatchewan Polytechnic Program Head. Students are assigned to licensed preceptors including nurse practitioners, medical physicians, or pharmacists. Other interprofessional, licensed health care providers may be considered depending on the educational learning objectives.

MNUR 802 Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning

16 hours with a NP – Observational Experience 

  1. Observe health assessments completed by preceptor which utilizes tools and techniques based on patient needs and stage of life, including physical, psychosocial, emotional, ethnic, cultural , and spiritual dimensions of health.
  2. Observe documentation of health assessment findings.
  3. Communicate effectively with patient/preceptor/clinic staff.
  4. Maintain patient, cultural, and nurse safety.

MNUR 805 Advanced Pathophysiology and Pharmacology II 

129 hours with a NP

4-6 patients per 8-hour day

Upon successful completion of the MNUR 805 practice education experience (primary care) the student will:

  1. Communicate effectively with patient. (Direct Comprehensive Care and Educative Practice)
  2. Perform a health assessment using tools and techniques based on patient needs and stage of life, including physical, psychosocial, emotional, ethnic, cultural and spiritual dimensions of health. (Direct Comprehensive Care)
  3. Identify and interpret normal and abnormal findings by applying pathophysiological concepts appropriate to patient presentation. (Direct Comprehensive Care)
  4. Interpret diagnostic tests. (Direct Comprehensive Care)
  5. Identify common differentials. (Direct Comprehensive Care)
  6. Document health assessment findings, diagnoses, and plans of care in a timely, consistent manner. (Direct Comprehensive Care)
  7. Write a clear, appropriate, and legal prescription for a patient. (Direct Comprehensive Care)
  8. Classify pharmacological options to treat common diagnoses. (Direct Comprehensive Care)
  9. Examine the therapeutic application of narcotics and controlled substances along with the legal and professional competencies and responsibilities required by prescribers in the population(s) being studied. (Direct Comprehensive Care)
  10. Safely perform procedures common to a primary care setting. (Direct Comprehensive Care).
  11. Apply agency policy, legislation, regulation, and ethical standards to clinical practice. (Supportive Systems
  12. Communicate effectively with other health-care providers to ensure best patient outcomes. (Professional Leadership)

24 hours with a pharmacist – Observational Experience

Upon completion of MNUR 805 practice education experiences (pharmacy), the student will:

  1. Understand the principles of dispensing medication in accordance with provincial, territorial and/or federal standards and legislative requirements. (Direct Comprehensive Care)
  2. Demonstrate and role model the principles of interprofessional collaboration as related to pharmacists. (Professional Leadership)
  3. Apply principles of the controlled drugs and substances act (CDSA). (Direct Comprehensive Care)

MNUR 806 Health and Illness Across the Lifespan I 

117 hours with an approved preceptor

6-8 Patients per 8-hour day 

Upon successful completion of the MNUR 806 practice education experience, the student will:

  1. Perform pediatric health assessments applying principles of childhood development. (Direct Comprehensive Care)
  2. Perform prenatal and postnatal history and physical exams. (Direct Comprehensive Care)
  3. Perform newborn health history and physical exams. (Direct Comprehensive Care)
  4. Assess the capacity of the family to improve health outcomes. (Direct Comprehensive Care)
  5. Rationalize possible screening and diagnostic investigations. (Direct Comprehensive Care)
  6. Develop differentials (Direct Comprehensive Care)
  7. Develop management goals, both long and short term, collaboratively with the patient and family. (Direct Comprehensive Care)
  8. Identify appropriate pharmacological options for common patient presentations. (Direct Comprehensive Care)
  9. Examine the therapeutic application of narcotics and controlled substances along with the legal and professional competencies and responsibilities required by prescribers in the population(s) being studied. (Direct Comprehensive Care)
  10. Support and educate patients. (Direct Comprehensive Care, Educative Practice)
  11. Manage preconception, prenatal, postnatal, and newborn wellness (Direct Comprehensive Care)
  12. Manage pediatric wellness (Direct Comprehensive Care)
  13. Actively engage self and others, including the patient and family, to constructively address interprofessional conflict (Professional Leadership)
  14. Safely perform procedures common to a primary care setting. (Direct Comprehensive Care)

MNUR 807 Health and Illness Across the Lifespan II

117 hours with an approved preceptor

6-8 patients per 8-hour day 

Upon successful completion of the MNUR 807 practice education experience the student will:

  1. Complete independent health assessments including relevant health history and physical exam on adult patients. (Direct Comprehensive Care)
  2. Rationalize appropriate diagnostic tests to assist in diagnosis taking both system and patient needs into consideration. (Direct Comprehensive Care)
  3. Develop priority differential diagnoses. (Direct Comprehensive Care)
  4. Utilize motivational interviewing techniques (Direct Comprehensive Care)
  5. Safely perform procedures common to a primary care setting. (Direct Comprehensive Care)
  6. Provide a broad range of non-pharmacological interventions. (Direct Comprehensive care)
  7. Examine the therapeutic application of narcotics and controlled substances along with the legal and professional competencies and responsibilities required by prescribers in the population(s) being studied. (Direct Comprehensive Care)
  8. Refer and consult appropriately. (Direct Comprehensive Care)
  9. Provide appropriate health promotion education. (Direct Comprehensive Care, Educative Practice)
  10. Manage adult patients with episodic disease conditions. (Direct Comprehensive Care)
  11. Evaluate the effectiveness of treatment plan outcomes. (Direct Comprehensive Care)
  12. Participate in programming to support gender and sexual wellness. (Educative Practice, Support of Systems)
  13. Actively participate in effective interprofessional team functioning. (Professional Leadership)

MNUR 808 Health and Illness Across the Lifespan III

117 hours with an approved preceptor

6-8 patients per 8-hour day

Upon successful completion of the MNUR 808 practice education experience (primary care) the student will:

  1. Perform holistic assessments on older adults. (Direct Comprehensive Care)
  2. Perform health assessments on patients with chronic disease. (Direct Comprehensive Care)
  3. Adapt prescriptions, as required, addressing pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetic principles in the population being studied. (Direct Comprehensive Care)
  4. Examine the therapeutic application of narcotics and controlled substances along with the legal and professional competencies and responsibilities required by prescribers in the population(s) being studied. (Direct Comprehensive Care)
  5. Manage patients with common chronic diseases. (Direct Comprehensive Care)
  6. Provide safe compassionate care for the frail elderly patient. (Direct Comprehensive Care)
  7. Participate in team-based chronic disease management. (Direct Comprehensive Care)
  8. Participate in the development of strategies and services to address community and/or population health concerns. (Evidence-Informed Practice)
  9. Integrate the principles of resource allocation (i.e., beneficial versus adverse outcomes and costs) into clinical decision-making. (Support of Systems)
  10. Apply leadership principles that support a collaborative practice model. (Professional Leadership)
  11. Safely perform procedures common to a primary care setting. (Direct Comprehensive Care)

MNUR 810 Transition to Advanced Practice Nursing II

182 hours with an approved preceptor

10-12 patients per 8-hour day 

Upon successful completion of MNUR 810 the student will:

  1. Demonstrate theory learned throughout the program into practice. (Direct Comprehensive Care)
  2. Independently complete health history, physical examinations, determine differential diagnoses, and develop a management plan including diagnostics, pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions, education, referral, and follow-up. (Direct Comprehensive Care)
  3. Demonstrate continuous consolidation and further development of competencies related to clinical decision-making to improve patient health outcomes. (Direct Comprehensive Care)
  4. Initiate strategies and services to address community and/or population health concerns. (Professional Leadership)
  5. Assume accountability for the quality of his or her advanced nursing practice. (Professional Leadership)
  6. Demonstrate professional attitudes and the approach to care that envelop and influence the domains of advanced nursing practice. (Professional Leadership)
  7. Integrate continuous quality improvement strategies and effective patient outcomes within a collaborative practice model. (Support of Systems)
  8. Demonstrate knowledge translation of scholarly project. (Evidence-informed Practice)
  9. Examine the therapeutic application of narcotics and controlled substances along with the legal and professional competencies and responsibilities required by prescribers in the population(s) being studied. (Direct Comprehensive Care)

Resource: CNPP Practice Education Performance Indicators

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