Online RN Refresher Course
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. (Maryland RN's may participate in the clinical experience with an inactive Maryland license.) For details about the Online RN Refresher Course, please click on the links below:
- Registration
- Course Description & Sample
- Objectives
- Cancellation/Refunds
- Outcome Criteria/Evaluation
- Texts & Manuals
- Minimum System Requirements
Registration
To register for the course, please click on the "Apply Today" icon in the left column of this page and go to "Continuing Education Applications", "Online RN Refresher Application" to complete the online application. At the end of the application process, if you are not prompted to pay online please call either Tammy Charles at 614-234-2266 or Kathy Smith at 614-234-2230. Please leave a message and they will return your phone call.
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Course Description
We have a flexible enrollment option where a student may start the course at any time. After receiving the registration form and payment, the student will be enrolled in the course usually within 10 business days.
The course comprises:
- Online theory instruction
- Assigned reading
- 100 hours of clinical experience with an RN preceptor (Clinical experience is optional unless required by the student's State Board of Nursing)
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 College will do everything possible to help you secure a precepted clinical experience, however clinical placement is not a guaranteed component of the course. It is recommended that clinical arrangements are secured prior to starting the didactic portion of the course.
The cost of the online section of the course is $700. Required textbooks may cost up to $250. There is no charge for the clinical aspect of the course.
Click the following link to obtain a guest student access to the refresher course.
Guest Access to Refresher Course
The user name is RefresherGuest and the password is GuestStudent. (User name and password are case sensitive.) Click on the Welcome tab, My Courses, 1020 CMT NURS 4999 Guest Access Online RN Refresher Course to view the course.
- 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 nursing 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 373 contact hours. The course is valid through July 13, 2013.
- 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.
- There is no sponsorship or commercial support for the course.
Objectives
The course content consists of an overall review of adult medical-surgical nursing emphasizing illnesses affecting the major body systems. 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
Cancellation/Refunds
Course fee, minus $50 administrative fee and 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.
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.
Texts & Manuals
Textbooks may be purchased from the College online bookstore. Click the following link College Online Bookstore. Go to "Order My Books", click "Continue" under the credit card area. Click on the box prior to the course name NURS 4999 Online RN Refresher Course. Select "Submit course ID selections" at the bottom of the page. The three required books are listed for purchase.
Minimum System Requirements
The following are suggested minimal personal computer requirements if purchasing a new computer. You may be able to access course materials using computers with lower specifications.
- Modern computer (PC, Mac, or Linux machine) with adequate RAM (2 GB), Hard Drive space (250 GB) and processing speed (Dual core processor - at least 1 GHz)
- An e-mail account
- Audio card and computer speakers for online media content
- Video Card (128 MB memory)
- Access to the Internet via high-speed connection (Cable, SDL, Fiber, WiMax, etc.)
- Modern Internet browser software such as Internet Exployer 6.0 (of higher), Firefox 2.5 (or higher),or Safari
- ViruUpdated anti-virus software - free AVG anti-virus is available online
- Most recent version of Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Adobe Flash Player (appropriate to your browser)
- Multi-purpose video player such as Quicktime digital media player, RealPlayer digital media player, Macromedia Shockwave player or VLC media player
- PowerPoint Viewer
- Office productivity suite capable of creating/editing/reading MS Office 2003 file versions. Acceptable products include Microsoft Office 2007, OpenOffice.org, NeoOffice, Thinkfree, StarOffice, IBM Lotus Symphony. The student/home version of Microsoft Office can be purchased inexpensively by checking Google Shopping Online.
- Printer
For further information call:
Sherry Hull, MS, RN - course coordinator
614-234-5777
shull@mccn.edu
