Welcome to clinical!

To get started, please read the entire syllabus. This will help you understand the course and expectations! Once you have done that, review the course schedule and mark all due dates in your schedule. If this is your first semester in clinical, you will need to complete the Academic Integrity by the noted due date.

You will need to contact your assigned site visitor within the first two weeks of the semester to provide the following: a detailed schedule of the planned clinical dates and times for each preceptor, name/email/phone number for the preceptor, phone number to contact you while at clinic, and the clinic address with any helpful information for the preceptor to locate the clinic. The site visitor will visit you at clinic at least once during the semester. You are responsible for setting this site visit up. If there is any change in your schedule, you will need to notify the site visitor right away. You can find your assigned site visitor using these instructions.

During the summer semester, every student will have two SOAP notes to write on a patient you have seen in clinic. You may be required to write additional notes if you do not meet the quality expectations of your assigned faculty. You have been assigned a partner in the class. You can have your partner peer review your clinical note and provide feedback prior to turning it in. You can find your classmate to peer review your SOAP note using the same instructions noted above.

Students registered in 5931 and 6756 are required to record and post in their assigned CANVAS discussion board a 5-minute client case by the date noted in the course schedule. 6757 and 6758 students will need to sign up on the scheduler for a time to present a patient case in class. This is done on a first come first serve basis (instructions on how to use the scheduler). Graduating 6758 students can present an abbreviated COMPS presentation. All students need to participate in the online case conference discussion with substantive questions and comments for each presentation posted throughout the remainder of the semester.

Students will present a patient encounter utilizing the professional format of SOAP (subjective, objective, assessment and plan). A rubric is available under the assignment. The evidence-based practice portion of the presentation will summarize an EBP article, rate the level of evidence, discuss the generalizability of the findings to the patient case, and state if/how these findings should influence future clinical practice. Students may select to present a case from one of the clinical note assignments submitted during the semester. The format of the case presentation must follow the requirements detailed above. Students may wish to review their Evidence-Based Practice/Research course text or lecture notes for detail on article critique and level of evidence.

Your clinical hours must be completed by the last day of the semester. Extensions are only allotted for those who are in a situation that is out of their control. All paperwork needs to be turned in at that time.

Graduating 6758 Students will need to complete a Diagnostic Readiness pre and post test. This helps to prepare you for your national certification exam! Please see the module for more information. Proof of pre and post test completion will be submitted via CANVAS.

All 6758 students will also have a community clinical experience at the DAWN clinic during the semester. The DAWN Clinic is truly unique as it is an interdisciplinary, student-run free clinic that serves uninsured patients from the Aurora community. This clinic provides an opportunity for CU students (MD, PA, dental, undergraduate nursing, PT) to collaborate and learn from each other while serving others. Graduating 6758 FNP students will sign up for and complete at least one Tuesday evening during the semester at the DAWN clinic. Students are expected to arrive at 5 pm to participate in the opening huddle and are usually done around 9 pm or later. Patients you see are to be logged in InPlace, and direct patient care hours count towards clinical time. After your experience, you will post a basic, short SOAP note (like what you would present at a clinical case conference) on a patient you saw in clinic as well as a brief reflection on your experience in the discussion board.

Check out this module to enhance your learning experience:

Opiod Use Disorder Learning Module (approx. 1 hour to complete)

Lastly, ENJOY CLINICAL! This is an opportunity to apply all that you have learned so far and continue to grow!

-Your FNP Faculty