RN Refresher Didactic Course

The RN Refresher program is designed to update and enhance inactive registered nurses' nursing knowledge and clinical skills, preparing for reentry into active practice, addressing foundational competencies for medical-surgical nursing in today’s increasingly complex practice settings. The RN Refresher: Didactic Course component provides the latest updates in evidence-based nursing practice and patient care management through a self-study format comprised of multimedia online reading assignments, case studies, discussion forums, and learning activities designed to guide and reinforce participant learning. Participants acquire the following key competencies during this program: • Integration of knowledge, skills and professional attitudes using clinical evidence and reasoning. • Assessment of comprehensive knowledge to secure quality, safety and equality in healthcare systems. • Familiarity with issues that may influence professional behaviors in the practice of nursing. • Team-building and collaboration strategies in health systems, guided by nursing values and standards. • Critical thinking skills to determine the effectiveness of medication administration on client care outcomes. • Critical thinking skills to appraise data provided by technology to develop optimum patient outcomes. • Understanding of population-focused care, incorporating concepts of health promotion, and disease and injury prevention. • Effective collaboration within nursing and inter-professional teams to foster open communication, collaboration, mutual respect and shared decision-making. • Understanding of patient-centered care, which represents patients’ preferences, values and needs within the context of their families, communities and the healthcare delivery system. • Understanding of the relevance of cultural diversity in healthcare. To earn the RN Refresher Didactic Certificate of Completion, each participant must: • Complete assignments to include three (3) Case Studies and three (3) Discussion Forums with classmates and three (3) live/taped Conferences with Course Director and/or Course Instructor(s). These assignments cover developing, integrating and implementing current clinical nursing practice. • Demonstrate proficiency in course concepts by mastering all module quizzes. • Passing a comprehensive final exam with a 75% or above score.