2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

NRSG 397 Nursing Cooperative Experience

This course is designed to allow students to work in an expanded role as nurse technicians or nurse interns in a healthcare facility. Students will work under the supervision of registered nurses while they are employed by the health care facility. Registration for this course allows the student to work in the capacity of an intern or a nurse technician rather than as a Certified Nurse Assistant. Students may enroll for the summer term after the successful completion of their junior year. Students may continue to work in the capacity of a nurse technician or nurse intern position as long as they are enrolled in the course. Students must be employed by the health care facility during the time of enrollment.

Credits

1-4

Prerequisite

NRSG 333; NRSG 334

Offered

Summer after junior year and again fall and spring of senior year

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Utilize concepts, principles, and literature from nursing and supportive disciplines as a theoretical basis for the nursing care of individuals/families across the lifespan.
  2. Serve as an accountable contributing health team member in the delivery of nursing care for clients in a variety of health care settings.
  3. Develop professional perspectives of the nursing role while gaining valuable work experiences.
  4. Collaborate with health care professionals/clients in the planning of health care.