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University of Windsor Certificate |
This course offers registered nurses and prospective nurse practitioner students a structured opportunity to review, practise, and refine comprehensive head-to-toe physical assessment skills in preparation for advanced clinical practice.
The course is open to two groups of learners: registered nurses seeking to enhance their physical assessment competencies, and students enrolled in the ONPEC Nurse Practitioner Program who will be entering the Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnosis (AHAD) course. For prospective AHAD students, this course provides targeted preparation for the Comprehensive Physical Examination (Adult) Demonstration, which is an entry requirement of the AHAD course, and supports readiness for the rigorous clinical placement expectations of the NP program.
Upon completion of the workshop, partcipants will be able to:
- Administering a complete independent physical assessment with greater confidence
- Identify where to concentrate their efforts in order to be successful in conducting physical examinations.
Students in the class will improve on their overall skills, having been encouraged to practice the hands-on components of physical examination and assessment
Format
Blended learning (self-paced modules followed by a 1-day in-person lab).
Credential
Upon completion of the in-person class, students will be provided with a Certificate of Completion.
Prerequisites
This course is open to Registered Nurses seeking to enhance their physical assessment competencies. AND Students in the Nurse Practitioner program entering the AHAD course.
Technical Requirements
The online portion of this class is managed through the Brightspace Learning Management System.
Brightspace
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Once you register for this class you will be issued a UWinID. Please activate your UWinID as soon as possible. Document your UWinID and password as you will need it to access Brightspace and Teams. If you have any issues, please contact nurse@uwindsor.ca.
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Visit this site for Brightspace technical requirements
Hear From Our Students
[I liked] being able to practice in a safe and welcoming environment. . . [with] access to the instructors to ask questions at any time throughout the day. Seeing the room environment and how to work the equipment was very important to me and alleviated stress in preparation for the OSCE.
Very hands on and instructors were very personable and helpful.
Email us at nursingce@uwindsor.ca if you have questions - we are always happy to help.