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 has a partnership with a Dallas area Skilled Nursing facility 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; communicate purposefully and effectively with patients, families, and the health care 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.

Note: You must have completed CPR certification, TB Tests/Chest X-rays, and started your Hep. B vaccinations, and your flu, pneumonia, and other vaccinations must be current.

                Students in this course should hold a current or expired RN license in the USA.