Management Practicum (BSN 26)

Course Practicum Breakdown

Ward management (4 Weeks | 180 hrs)

In the hospital, each student will have in charge experience for 1 week. They will be posted in the ward in 3 shifts under the supervision and guidance of the instructor or ward sisters. Each student is required to have experience in the ward management as follows.

• 1 week morning duty: 6 hrs/day X 6 days = 36 hrs
• 1 week evening duty: 6 hrs/day X 6 days = 36 hrs
• 1 week night duty: 6 hrs/day X 6 days = 72 hrs
• 1 week unit in charge duty: 6 hrs/day X 6 days = 36 hrs

Community Health Nursing Administration (4 Weeks | 144 hrs)

• 1 week observation units: 6 hrs/day X 6 days = 36 hrs
• 1 week DPHO administration: 6 hrs/day X 6 days = 36 hrs
• 2 week PHC management: 6 hrs/day X 12 days = 72 hrs

Campus Management (1 Week | 36 hrs)

• 1 week: 6 hrs/day X 6 days = 36 hrs

Course Objectives

At the end of the course the student will be able to:

Ward management

• Act as in-charge in different wards taking full responsibilities.
• Co-operate with different categories of staff and departments.
• Assign duty for the staff and students.
• Supervise the junior students and auxiliary workers under her management in the ward.
• Maintain daily/weekly supplies according to needs of the unit.
• Identify the administration problems in the unit and try to solve them in an effective manner with co-operation of ward sister/staff.

Community health nursing administration

• Identify the structure and functions of district public health office.
• Prepare work schedules for daily activities.
• Supervise the work of the auxiliary health workers in the primary health care center.
• Identify the administrative problems at district and health faculty level and give possible suggestions.
• Identify resources, both personnel and material, in the health faculty and mobilize these resources to solve problems or to improve the situations.
• Plan and give in-service teaching to health facility.

Campus administration

• Identify the managerial administrative and academic responsibilities of the campus chief in an educational institute.

Clinical Experience

Ward management

• Planning routine work in ward/unit
• Taking in charge ship in one shift
• Taking night report, hand over of equipment and supplies, including drugs.
• Delegation of responsibilities to staff and students
• Preparing for doctor’s round.
• Planning for clients in order
• Maintaining cleanliness of ward/unit
• Maintaining good interpersonal communication with staff and clients
• Writing daily reports delicate to different departments of necessary
• Taking and giving patient’s report
• Checking supplies and equipments
• Ordering supplies as required
• Making list of supplies
• Giving health teaching and planning

Community Management

• Observing work performance of staff and students
• Keeping up-to-date records and reports
• Evaluating reports for accuracy
• Observing and reporting of health facilities
• Preparing organogram of Ministry of health and health post
• Planning work schedule at district/health faculty
• Identifying administrative problems and solutions:
  • Staff problem
  • Supply and equipment problem
  • Communication problems
• Delegation responsibilities
• Participation in mobile clinics activities
• Utilization of local/community resources

Campus administration

• Observation of the administrative and academic responsibilities of the campus chief. (Personnel, general, financial, library and hostel)

Evaluation

Internal Assessment (75 marks)

• Ward management
  • Inservice education: 5
  • Change process: 5
  • Clinical performance: 20
• Community Management
  • Clinical performance: 20
  • In-service education: 5
  • Change process: 5
• Campus Administration
  • Report of the administration and academic responsibilities of the campus chief: 15

Final Examination (25 marks)

• Oral examination