Clinical - Nursing Concepts IV Syllabus for 2025-2026
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Course

RNSG-2360-001 Clinical - Nursing Concepts IV

Prerequisites

Prerequisites: BIOL 2401, BIOL 2402, ENGL 1301, EDUC 1100, HITT 1205, RNSG 1216, RNSG 1128, RNSG 1430, RNSG 1161, RNSG 1201, RNSG 1433, RNSG 2262, RNSG 1125, RNSG 1126, RNSG 1438, RNSG 2363, RNSG 1137, PSYC 2301, any SPCH course Pre or Co-req: Any Langu

Course Description

A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional.

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Department Expectations

Occupational License Disclaimer

Notice to Students enrolled in an educational program for preparation of issuance of certain occupational licenses:

Students enrolled in an educational program in preparation for obtaining certain occupational licenses are potentially ineligible for such license if the student has been convicted of an offense. For further information, please contact:

Melodie Graves
Justice Involved Advocate
Student Service Center 117
mgraves24@actx.edu
806-371-5995
Make appointment at https://melodiegraves.youcanbook.me

You can also contact the Legal Clinic, or the faculty member in charge of the educational program that you seek to enroll in. The further information you will receive will include notification to you of your right to request a criminal history evaluation letter from the licensing authority in order to clarify your particular situation.

Hours

(3 sem hrs; 9 clinical)

Class Type

Clinical

Syllabus Information

Textbooks

REQUIRED/SUGGESTED TEXTBOOKS:

Required:

Clinical Syllabus for RNSG 2263, A.D.N. Department, 2025-2026. (Available in AC Connect)

*Texas Board of Nursing.  Nursing Practice Act, Nursing Peer Review Act, & Nurse Licensure Compact.  Texas Occupations Code and Rules Regulating the Practice of Nursing

*Texas Board of Nursing.  Rules and Regulations relating to Nurse Education, Licensure and Practice

*These documents may be downloaded from the BON web site at https://www.bon.texas.gov/# 

Supplies

Student Performance

 COURSE OUTCOMES:

Upon completion of the Professional Nursing:  Leadership and Management course, the student will: 

Students Rights and Responsibilities

Log in using the AC Connect Portal

In order to receive your AC Connect Email, you must log in through AC Connect at https://acconnect.actx.edu .

If you are an active staff or faculty member according to Human Resources, use "Exchange". All other students, use "AC Connect (Google) Email".

Expected Student Behavior

BEHAVIORAL EXPECTATIONS:

See “Professional Conduct” and the “ANA Code of Ethics” in the A.D.N. Student Handbook, and “Student Conduct and Responsibilities” in the A.C. Student Rights and Responsibilities.

Grading Criteria

GRADING CRITERIA/GRADE SCALE:

1. Criteria

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GRADING CRITERIA/GRADE SCALE:

The following criteria and grading scale will be used to determine the clinical grade

Overall grade scale: A = 90-100, B = 80-89, C = 70-79, D = 74-60, F = below 60

Final grade

Final grade

• Clinical Performance Evaluation of Competencies (CPEC) – 50%
• Graded Assignments – 50%
  • Simulation activity - standardized patient assessment/documentation – 10%
  • Pre-simulation assignment #1(Blackboard) - 8%
  • Pre-simulation assignment #2 (Blackboard) -8%
  • Prioritizing and Delegating Care Activity (Blackboard) - 4%
  • In-hospital med/surg patient assessment –10%  
  • In-hospital ICU assignment - clinical judgment integrating nursing process - 10%

** Assignments will have ten (10) points deducted for each day submitted past the due dates.

No previous work in full or part will be accepted; any previous work submitted will result in a grade of 0 and potential failure of the course

Plagiarism will result in a zero (0) for the assignment

Rounding of Grades: 

The final course average will be rounded to the tenth place. For example, a course average of 79.50% would be rounded to 80%. Additional examples of final course averages rounded to the tenth place include:

• 74.62% will be rounded to a letter grade of C
• 74.38% will be rounded to a letter grade of D
• 79.77% will be rounded to a letter grade of B
• 79.499% will be rounded to a letter grade of C
• 89.87% will be rounded to a letter grade of A
• 89.478% will be rounded to a letter grade of B

There will be no rounding of individual clinical assignment scores of earned during a semester.

Attendance

ATTENDANCE POLICY:

Students must complete 100% of all required clinical hours

Calendar

Additional Information

Course Objectives
 

PSLO #1: Legal and Ethical Framework

• Exhibit professional accountability through adherence to ethical, legal, and regulatory standards in complex patient care situations.

• Adhere to professional nursing standards when managing ethical dilemmas and legal responsibilities in clinical practice.

PSLO #2: Systematic Process and Clinical Reasoning

• Correlate pathophysiology to assessment findings and pharmacotherapeutics 

• Differentiate between normal and abnormal findings to identify actual or potential problems.

• Prioritize patient care needs based on acuity, status changes, and available resources.

PSLO #3: Evidence-Based Practice and Safety 

• Formulate safe, evidence-based interventions to provide high quality patient centered care

• Evaluate  effectiveness of implemented interventions and perform skills/procedures to optimize patient outcomes and minimize risks.

PSLO #4: Collaboration and Patient-Centered Care

• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members and nursing peers to formulate a safe, holistic, patient centered plan of care

• Utilize culturally adaptive, professional communication techniques during interactions with patients, families, healthcare team members, peers, and nursing faculty

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

1. Achievement of at least 90% on the Level IV Dosage and Solution Exam.  The exam may be repeated twice prior to the clinical experience. Failing to pass this exam by the third attempt will result in the inability to attend the clinical experience and inability to meet the course competencies.
2. Students will not be allowed to participate in the clinical experience without current immunizations, TB skin testing, and American Heart Association CPR for Healthcare Providers. It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that all documentation is presented in a timely manner prior to the clinical experience. A Class II Clinical Warning will be issued for no documentation.
3. Completion of all required clinical hours.
4. Achievement of 75% or greater on the CPEC (a score of 0 in any clinical performance competency will result in a clinical failure). 
5. Submission of all required clinical assignments.
6. Completion of any student/instructor contracts, lab assignments, and clinical simulation activities.
7. Clinical - Nursing Concepts IV and Healthcare Concepts 4 must be taken concurrently and both courses must be satisfactorily completed in the same semester.