Working Side-by-side with Experienced Nurses
Students will be paired with a nurse each clinical day. This offers them more opportunities to learn skills, perform procedures and understand the collaborative approach to patient care in the healthcare setting. During their clinical experience, they will develop a realistic understanding of nursing practice by learning prioritization and organizational skills from a professional experienced nurse.
Those taking part in the program will be exposed to critical thinking skills and see the real-time impact their care has on patient outcomes. By working closely with bedside RNs, nursing students will be exposed to more patients and disease processes than in a traditional clinical setting.
How does this benefit our nursing students?
- Prepares nurses and graduates to practice in the continually changing healthcare environment
- Provides a stability of clinical rotation, reducing the need to constantly adapt to different hospitals and allowing students to focus on clinical education
- Exposure to more clinical opportunities to perform procedures
- Reduces faculty strain and student time gaps leading to more exposure to patient care
- Establishes nursing students as part of the care team, as opposed to a visiting student
- Creates a bridge between clinical competency and new graduate expectations
Catholic Health's APU helps students integrate the Evidence Based Practice they learned in the classroom into the clinical setting, ultimately leading to better care at the bedside. It creates qualified nursing graduates that feel confident to progress in their nursing career by establishing a stable clinical environment that they can grow and learn in.