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Online RN Refresher Course |
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 Been out of the field for at least five years? Want to once again practice in a healthcare environment? This online course may be just what you’re looking for.
Didactic and clinical instruction addresses basic competencies for medical-surgical nursing as they apply to the holistic care of adult clients seen primarily in the acute care environment.
Enrollment in the theory portion of the course is open to individuals with a RN license or temporary permit-to-practice. An active non-restricted RN license or temporary permit-to-practice is required to participate in the precepted clinical instruction. For details about the Online RN Refresher Course, please click on the links below:
Registration
To download the Online RN Refresher Course registration form, click on this link below:
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Course Description & Sample
The course comprises:
- Online theory instruction
- Assigned reading
- 100 hours of clinical experience with an RN preceptor
Instruction is provided through assigned readings; online assignments, discussions with online faculty, study guides, precepted clinical hospital experience and web link content review.
Didactic (theoretical) instruction focuses on acquiring information through reading, and applying the information thus attained. The theory portion of the course is an independent study designed to be completed online within 16 weeks. Students may start the course at any time after registration and fees are received. This portion of the course is available from your PC.
Students will contract with local area hospitals to serve as sites for the precepted clinical experience component of the course. Requirements for participation will be determined by the individual hospital. Hospital mandated orientation time does not count toward the 100 hours of precepted clinical practice.
The cost of the online section of the course (exclusive of textbooks) is $700.
The course received a 2004 Pinnacle Award, presented by STTI Honor Society of Nursing, recognizing outstanding achievement in the area of Computer-Based Professional Education Technology.
2006 recipient of the Ohio League for Nursing Innovations in Nursing Award.
Approved RN Refresher Course by the Maryland & California Board of Nursing.
Mount Carmel College of Nursing (OH-268, 110109) is an approved provider of continuing education by the Ohio Nurses Association (OBN-001-91), an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Upon successful completion of the course the participant will be awarded 230 contact hours.
The author, designer, and all faculty have declared no conflict of interest, no vested interest or endorsement of any products mentioned in this course, and no endorsement of complementary/alternative/therapeutic modalities.
The course is not co-sponsored and receives no commercial support.
Course sample
To view the course click the following link – Refresher Course – then click on the words "Log in to". Use tstudent as both the WebCT ID and Password.
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Objectives
The objectives of the Online RN Refresher Course are for participants who are providing care to be able to:
- Integrate the nursing process as a framework to achieve appropriate outcomes
- Use effective communication strategies
- Integrate cultural, spiritual, psychosocial, aging, and developmental influences
- Demonstrate the safe use of pharmacological principles and sound nursing judgment
- Integrate the principles of safety
- Incorporate the principles of nutrition for maintaining optimal health
- Demonstrate safe, effective nursing consistent with recognized standards of practice
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Cancellation/Refunds
Course fee, minus the cost of textbooks, will be fully refunded if the course is dropped within two (2) weeks of the date of a student’s first log-in. After the initial two-week period, no refunds are given. Your initial login must occur within 30 days after enrollment unless other arrangements have been made.
Completion of the didactic portion of the course should occur within 16 weeks. Online access to the course will terminate after 16 weeks from the date of a student’s first log-in unless a prior extension has been approved. If this occurs, re-enrollment will be required and regular course fees will apply.
Individuals with unsuccessful completion of the didactic competency (<80% cumulative course grade) must re-apply in order to re-enroll in the course. Regular course fees will apply.
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Outcome Criteria/Evaluation
Didactic Evaluation
The didactic portion of the course will be evaluated on module activities, a math competency, application exercises, case study exams, and a comprehensive final exam.
- An 80% or greater cumulative grade must be achieved.
- An 80% or greater grade on the math competency must be achieved.
- Both the course/instructor and the clinical/preceptor evaluations must be completed.
Unsuccessful students may retake the course at its next offering.
Clinical Evaluation
- The clinical experience is graded as pass/non-pass based on a student evaluation and recommendation completed by the preceptor.
Completion of 100 supervised clinical hours in adult acute care must be achieved.
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Texts & Manuals
Textbooks may be purchased from any bookstore or online at Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Amazon.com, or Barnes and Noble.com. The required textbook is:
Smeltzer, S. & Bare, B. (Eds.). (2004). Brunner & Suddarth’s Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing, (10th or 11th ed.). Lippincott: Philadelphia.
Also needed are:
Any Laboratory Manual
Example:
Fischbach, F. & Dunning, M. (2005). Nurses' Quick Reference to Common Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, (4th ed.) Lippincott: Philadelphia
Any Nursing Drug Manual (no more than 3 years old)
Example:
Lippincott, Mosby, Davis, Nursing 2007 or PDR Nurse's Drug Handbooks
Any Nursing Skills or Procedure book (as needed)
Example:
Perry, A & Potter, P. (2005) Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques, (6th ed.) Mosby Elsevier
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Minimum System Requirements
- Computer with personal access to the internet (high speed connection recommended)
- An e-mail account
- Web browser - Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher, Netscape 8.0 or higher
- Windows 98 or higher (Windows XP recommended)
- Virus protection
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Quicktime digital media player
- RealPlayer digital media player
- Macromedia Shockwave player
- PowerPoint Viewer
- Microsoft® Word 97 or later version
- CPU: 400MHz or higher
- 128 MB RAM
- 40 MB available hard drive space
- Printer
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Tips for Success
The Online RN Refresher Course emphasizes independent learning. The reading is complex and the pace is quick. Going it alone can be challenging. To give yourself a better chance for successfully completing the course, click on these links to help you determine if you’re ready to be an online learner:
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For further information call:
Sherry Hull, MS, RN - course coordinator
614-234-5777
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