NUCI 6402- Advanced Practice Nursing in Acute Care

CNS Clinical Log Criteria

1. Students will prepare their own objectives for the CNS clinical rotation using the 7 course objectives as a guide. They will work with their Clinical Preceptor and Faculty Supervisor in preparing the objectives and both CNS Preceptor and the Faculty member must approve them. Students should come to their first CNS clinical with a draft of their objectives to share with their preceptor. There should be 7 realistic, measurable objectives for this 105 hour clinical rotation.

2. Students may count no more than 8 hours library time toward their 105 clinical hours.

3. Students will document clinical hours (dates/times) in their logs. Logs will be turned into their Faculty Supervisor after each 25 hours of CNS clinical.

4. Logs will be typed and placed in a 3 ring binder; a cumulative set of logs will be turned into the instructor-do not give us single sheets of paper! We want to be able to look back over earlier log entries as we follow your progress. We suggest that you indicate how you are progressing in meeting each objective with each log entry.

5. For the final log entry, please address the following: Your definition of a CNS, how this differs from the NP role and how this relates to Advanced Practice Nursing.