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SDW news brief: BSN course offers students more opportunity to experience nursing

Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, December 30, 2011

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Medical News Today reports that the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Nursing has implemented a new program called Pacesetters, which lets nursing students work a full-time clinical rotation schedule in their final semester of school. Students must complete 60 hours of prerequisite courses before being considered for the BSN program. The goal of the Pacesetters is to get nursing students ready for jobs while still in school, and to expose students to the critical thinking skills necessary in a clinical workplace, according to Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Cathy Rozmus, DSN, RN.
 
Students interviewed claim that the setup of the Pacesetters curriculum allows them to connect with patients and follow their treatment and progress in a way that traditional nursing programs do not. Students also work with and observe clinical preceptors who provide guidance and feedback. Though the program is just graduating its initial class, administrators at the University of Texas feel that it could soon serve as a model for nursing programs nationwide.
 
Source: Medical News Today



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