Nurse Refresher Series

The Nurse Refresher Series courses combine classroom, laboratory and clinical practice. It is designed for RNs and LPNs who have been out of the field for two or more years or have been working in an alternative setting and desire to seek employment in a hospital. This unique design permits the RN to enroll in the complete series (the full refresher experience) or only one course (excluding the Clinical Practicum). For course dates and additional information, please call 407.708.2121.

The RN enrolled in the total series of courses will be refreshed in:

• Physical Assessment and Disease Process
• Nursing Process and Documentation
• Clinical Skills Laboratory (includes dosage and calculations)

Once all three of these courses have been successfully completed, the RN Refresher experience culminates in a Clinical Practicum at Florida Hospital.

For the LPN: Three courses in the Nurse Refresher Series are open to LPNs:

• Physical Assessment and Disease Process, and
• Clinical Skills Laboratory (includes dosage and calculations)
• Nursing Process and Documentation (suggested course)

At this time there is no clinical/hospital experience included for LPNs.

Physical Assessment and Disease Process

• Course: HPI 0514
• Hours: 38
• Fee: $506.54
• (Prerequisite: None)

This course will focus on the disease process as it affects each system of the body and the skills needed to assess each system. The health assessment of the patient formulates the first step of the nursing process. Required text: Medical-Surgical Nursing: Critical Thinking in Client Care by P. LeMone and K.M. Burke.

Nursing Process and Documentation

• Course: HPI 0515
• Hours: 32
• Fee: $426.56
• (Prerequisite: HPI 0514)

This course guides the student into the specific areas of the nursing process which contribute to the comprehensive quality care of the patient:

• Integration of the health assessment data
• Problem intervention
• Planning
• Implementation or intervention
• Evaluation

An in-depth understanding of the nursing process and the methods of appropriate documentation increase a nurse's skill in problem solving, critical thinking, clinical skills and decision-making. Required text: Applying Nursing Process: A Tool for Critical Thinking by Rosalinda Alfaro-LeFevre.

Clinical Skills Laboratory

• Course: HPI 0513
• Hours: 35
• Fee: $466.55
• Prerequisite: HPI 0514 and HPI 0515

The course will focus on motor skills and the competent performance of each required skill. IV therapy will be covered by calculating infusion rate, changing IV solution/tubing, discontinuing an IV, changing a peripheral IV dressing, flushing a heparin lock, etc. Other skills such as feeding (bolus), changing all types of dressing, administering heparin, administering insulin, using Accucheck, inserting N/G tube, changing vascular access dressings, doing tracheal suctioning via ET or trach, doing tracheal care, doing sterile technique, demonstrating proper body mechanics, inserting a Foley catheter, transferring a patient, and restraining a patient will be covered as well as dosage and calculations. Lab kit included. Occasional Saturday.

*Clinical Practicum

• Course: HPI 0516
• Hours: 130
• Fee: $624

The final course of the series provides a hospital experience under the supervision of a preceptor. It is open only to RNs who have met these criteria in advance of the scheduled start date.

• Successful completion of the three other courses within one year prior
• Proof of an active Florida license
• Proof of recent attendance at Medical Errors Course
• Completion of SCC Health Assessment Form
• Proof of current Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers
• Proof of recent attendance at HIV/AIDS Update Course
• Poof of recent attendance at Domestic Violence Course
• Proof of health insurance
• Malpractice (liability) insurance (included in fees)
• Completion of Criminal History Information Request

*Please note that this course is available only to nurses completing the SCC Nurse Refresher Series of courses.