RN/LVN Refresher

The refresher nurse must complete the 80 hours of supervised clinical learning experiences by providing direct, hands-on patient care. These experiences occur in actual patient care clinical learning situations. Perry & Associates cannot guarantee placement, but has affiliation agreements with companies that own Skilled Nursing and medical facilities throughout Texas that will allow refresher students to complete the required 80-hour supervised clinical.  Texas BON FAQs for Refresher Courses. 

Upon completion, the learner shall:

• Use the nursing process as a systematic approach to providing nursing care.
• Apply information from the basic sciences and nursing theory to patient care; demonstrate practical patient assessment skills.
• Use appropriate communication strategies to communicate purposefully and effectively with patients, families, and the healthcare team.
• Demonstrate skill and safety in providing patient care; comply with institutional policies and procedures.
• Demonstrate increasing ability to plan and manage care for one or more patients during an eight-hour shift.
• Administer medications and treatments to assigned patients in a safe and timely manner.
• Use current technology for documentation and provision of patient care.
• Exhibit professional accountability and practice within the ethical and legal framework of nursing.
• Demonstrate increasing self-confidence within all facets as a Registered Nurse or Licensed Vocational Nurse.
• Demonstrate ability to develop and evaluate the achievement of personal and professional goals.
• Demonstrate self-responsibility and professional characteristics, including stability, dependability, initiative, judgment, and integrity.

You must have completed CPR certification, TB tests, and chest X-rays, and started your Hepatitis Vaccination. B vaccinations, and your flu, pneumonia, and other vaccinations must be current.

Students in this course should hold a current RN or LVN license in the USA or a Texas refresher permit.

NOTE: Students with stipulations or disciplinary actions on their license must find and secure their own 80-hour clinical site.