Throughout the school year, students in the accelerated program have the opportunity to experience and participate in different areas of care provision for many varying patients, in their clinical rotations. This usually leads to a rich experience coupled with a wide range of skills that go a long way to prepare them to be better and well skilled professionals. Together with the classes taken and actives they are engaged in, they acquire critical thinking skills, who are fast and efficient. In our most recent clinical rotations however, perhaps because of time constraints and availability of sites, different groups have received very …show more content…
Though it is combined with other modernities that include lecture and class learning, lab work and clinical simulations, case studies, interactive videos among others. While all these compliment the it, the primary focus of this paper is the direct person to person patient care. For the accelerated students this involves supervised and guided practice of skilled nursing care in a variety of direct practice sites usually pararell to the level of learning and stage that the student is in. (such as hospitals, extended care institutions, clinics, schools, churches, homes, or other community venues. ) according to aacna Students receive a variety of experiences across a health/illness continuum, graduating as novice practitioners for general nursing practice. master’s students preparing for direct patient care roles receive more focused education and clinical experiences on a particular health/illness point (acute/critical care or primary care) or specific population (family or elders), graduating as advanced practice clinicians. Other master’s nursing students preparing for non-direct patient care roles (e.g., administration or community health) receive focused education and clinical experiences that reflect their