This course will allow nursing students to explore a specialty area in nursing under the guidance of faculty. This individual study will include selected readings, online learning modules and clinical observations within the student’s identified specialty area of interest. Examples of specialty areas include: adult critical care, neonatal/pediatric critical care, geriatrics, cardiovascular, perioperative and others. If students have a different specialty area of interest, approval is needed from the chair of nursing department. In addition to the independent reading and online modules, students will also complete 40 hours of clinical shadowing and simulation experience within the specialty area studied.
Completion of all 100 and 200 level nursing courses and faculty approval.