NURS 220 - Medical Surgical Nursing Preceptorship

1. Use critical thinking and organizational skills to make staff assignments and manage care on a nursing unit in a skilled nursing facility.
2. Communicate effectively with clients and families.
3. Communicate to the healthcare team in both oral and written formats incorporating professional communication skills, medical terminology, and legal principles.
4. Apply the nursing process to plan, prioritize, and deliver care to a group of clients on a nursing unit in a skilled nursing facility.
5. Collaborate with the healthcare team to ensure that client care is delivered safely, correctly, and in a timely manner.
6. Integrate communication skills and nursing strategies that are consistent with the cultural, socioeconomic, and spiritual influences on the staff, clients, and families.
7. Display sensitivity for cultural and social differences, privacy, and confidentiality when planning and providing care.