Nursing

HCC Nursing Student Handbook

Upon completion of the Associate Degree Nursing Program, the
graduate will, upon licensure:

1.  Practice safe, professional nursing behaviors incorporating personal
   responsibility and accountability for continued competence.
2. Communicate professionally and effectively with individuals, significant support person(s), and interdisciplinary healthcare team members.
3.  Integrate knowledge of the individuals holistic needs to provide an
   individual-centered assessment.
4. Incorporate informatics to formulate evidence-based clinical judgments and management decisions.
5. Implement safe, caring interventions incorporating documented best practices for individuals in diverse settings.
6. Develop and implement teaching plans for individuals and/or the nursing team, incorporating teaching and learning principles.
7. Collaborate with the interdisciplinary healthcare team to advocate for safe, optimistic individual and organizational outcomes.
8. Manage health care for the individual using cost-effective nursing strategies, quality improvement processes, and current technologies.

Upon completing the Practical Nursing Program, the graduate will,
upon licensure:

1. Participate in evaluating the holistic individual and client response
   concepts in promoting health, wellness, illness, quality of life, and potential
   achievement.
2. Practice professional nursing behaviors within the LPNs ethical and legal
   practice boundaries, incorporating personal responsibility and accountability
   for continued competence.
3. Participate in providing evidence-based nursing care from an established
   plan of care based on clients’ biophysical, psychosocial, and cultural needs
   in various stages of growth and development while assisting them in
   attaining their highest level of wellness.
4.  Reinforce and /or implement the teaching plan developed and delegated
   by the registered nurse to promote the health of individuals, incorporating
   teaching and learning principles.
5. Participate in the nursing process to provide individualized, safe, and
   effective nursing care in a structured setting under supervision.
6. Demonstrate caring behaviors in implementing culturally competent,
   client-centered nursing care to diverse clients.
7.  Participate in Quality Improvement (QI) by identifying hazards and
   errors and suggesting changes to improve the client care process for the RN.
8. Utilize informatics to access, manage, and communicate client
   information.
9. Collaborate with the interdisciplinary healthcare team assigned by the
   registered nurse to support positive

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