| Foundations of Professional/Clinical Practice | - Recognize the value of knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to provide quality and safe care according to the nursing scope of practice and standards of care
- Connect nursing professional practice to UCSF Health’s Mission, Vision, and Values
- Integrate patient care with current evidence and the competency assessment process
- Clarify the process for reviewing policy and procedure on the UCSF Health CareLinks intranet
- Illustrate expectations for email access and IT support
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| Professional Development | - Integrate structural empowerment through Shared Governance and Magnet core councils
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| Health Equity | - Categorize the definition of privilege
- Construct an individual-led activity designed to promote selfawareness of privileged identities
- Critique the implications of an individual’s privileges in relation to UCSF Health PRIDE values
- Review principles of Health Equity, including interpreter services, patient education practices, and awareness of health literacy
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| Communications | - Recognize how communication can impact culture, safety, and patient experience
- Describe Chain of Command
- Outline practice to meet the needs of diverse patient populations, including homeless patients and patients with limited English proficiency
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| Patient Belongings | - Describe purpose of reviewing/documenting patient belongings
- Describe patient belongings inventory process
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| Documentation | - State importance of documentation as communication
- List items to document in flowsheet
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| Intake and Output | - Describe importance to capture accurate intake and output
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| Falls Prevention | - Describe PCA/PCT role in falls preventions
- State actions after a patient has fallen
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| CHG Therapy | - Recognize CHG therapy in infection prevention
- State actions when patient refuses CHG therapy
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| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) | - State PCA/PCT role to prevent CAUTI
- Recognize importance to look at skin with external urinary collection devices
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| Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries (HAPI) | - List groups at risk for HAPI
- Describe PCA/PCT observations that may indicate potential HAPI
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| Stool/Clostridium Diffiicile (C.Diff) | - Compare PCA/PCT and RN role in stool documentation
- Describe care to prevent spread of C.Diff
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| Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)/Hazardous Waste Handling and Disposal | - State proper use of PPE
- Describe safe handling precautions with bodily fluids and hazardous medications
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| Restraints & Safety Attendant Role | - Recognize safety attendant role to ensure safety for patient and staff
- State when to escalate to nurse
- Distinguish the differences between medical and behavioral restraints
- Identify needs of patients when using restraints
- Support patient in non-restraint activities
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| Medication Access Review | - State safe transport of medications
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| Medication Test | - Monitor medication safety practices through a medical test with 100% passing score
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