COLLEGE OF APPLIED & NATURAL SCIENCES

Core Performance Standard Examples

*Examples of relevant activities provided in this document are not inclusive, but simply suggestive.

• Able to attend and participate in scheduled class, clinical, and laboratory assignments
• Satisfy designated course/program objectives as specified in syllabi
• Complete degree plan as required by Program/University/state licensing agency

• Utilize intellectual abilities, exercise good judgment, and promptly complete all responsibilities attendant to the diagnosis and care of clients
• Recognize that one’s own values, attitudes, beliefs, emotions, and experiences affect perceptions and relationships with others
• Function effectively under stress and adapt to an environment that may change rapidly without warning and/or in predictable ways
• Learn and abide by professional standards of practice and the Nursing Code of Ethics
• Engage in patient care delivery in all settings and be able to deliver care to all client populations
• Respect the policies and procedures of clinical agencies and the Division of Nursing as a representative of Louisiana Tech University
• Demonstrate professional attitude, civility and respect for peers, instructors, clinical agencies, clients, and families
• Demonstrate ability to get to class/clinical autonomously and punctually

• Adapt effectively and maintain composure when subjected to changing environments, especially those with high tension/stress levels
• Respond in an emotionally controlled manner in learning situations and emergencies
• Poses no threat to self or others
• Maintains therapeutic boundaries

• Ability to execute movements required to provide general care and treatment to patients in all health care settings
• Move within confined space
• Sit and stand while maintaining balance
• Perform full range of motion of body joints
• Ability to stoop and bend within 1” of floor
• Has the gross and fine motor ability to grasp small objects
• Perform electronic documentation and keyboarding

• Perform client care for an entire length of clinical experience, 8-12 hours
• Transfer/position/lift clients up to 50 pounds with assistance without causing harm to self or others
• Lift and carry objects up to 30 pounds
• Stoop, bend, squat, reach overhead as required to  deliver care in non-emergent and emergent situations
• Perform CPR according to professional standards

• Accurately read small print on medication labels, syringes, discriminate color changes and intensity
• Accurately read computer/tablets, monitors and equipment calibrations
• Observe and appreciate non-verbal communications when performing nursing assessment and interventions

• Has the auditory ability to monitor alarms, emergency signals, and cries for help.
• Hears verbal exchanges among health care personnel and clients
• Hears ability to detect and distinguish changes in pitch/tone
• Hear in situations when not able to see lips

• Performs palpation functions with accuracy for physical examination and therapeutic interventions such as pulses, temperature, texture, firmness, softness, and physical landmarks

• Detect odors from client indicative of disease process or infection
• Detect smoke, gases, or noxious smells that could impact client safety

• Negotiate interpersonal conflict
• Respect differences in clients
• Establish professional rapport with clients, peers, and co-workers
• Recognize and respect cultural variations, beliefs, and values that affect health behaviors
• Practices verbal and nonverbal therapeutic communication
• Ability to work in small groups on course/clinical activities

Critical Thinking

Skills

• Exhibits arithmetic competence that would allow the student to read, understand and perform accurate calculations for computing medication dosages and intravenous flow rates
• Identifies cause/effect relationships in clinical situations, develops, evaluates, and revises nursing plan of care as appropriate
• Identify, respond, and make appropriate judgment  for safety and emergency situations in the clinical setting
• Demonstrate critical thinking and cognitive abilities sufficient for problem solving and clinical judgment

• Effectively collaborate with client’s, family, and healthcare providers
• Ability to communicate sufficiently to teach others, explain procedures, interact effectively with others, and convey information
• Must be able to give and receive constructive feedback, process feedback, and use it to confirm behavior to expected professional standards
• Ability to speak, comprehend, read and write English at a level that meets the need for accurate, clear, and effective communicationAbility to read, interpret, and communicate relevant data