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- Thurs, 1/23, 12 pm ET
- Wed, 2/19, 3 pm ET
- Tues, 3/25, 12 pm ET
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The award-winning RN Refresher Certificate Program at Boston College Connell School of NursingÌýhas been redesigned for the post COVID era - now titled theÌý
Fast Track Orientation and RN Refresher Certificate Program
The new design provides updates to time tested and respected content in a more efficient format, offering convenience for nurses eager to be at their best as they:
- Return to the workforce,Ìý
- Re-license as an Advanced Practice Nurse,
- Jump start a new career or change jobs,
- Progress in their career and gain confidence in providing nursing care.
Learners will experience an information-packed program with online, self-paced recorded classes and on-campus instruction with hands-on skills training including high-fidelity simulation. Ìý
Please note: Registrations are non-transferrable and final. We do not issue refunds.
- Inactive Registered Nurses
- Foreign graduates preparing for licensure exam
- Advanced practice nurses reentering workforce
- Nurses changing specialties or careers
- Administrators or others desiring to update their clinical knowledge
- Thursday, January 23, 12 pm ET
- Wednesday, February 19, 3 pm ET
- Tuesday, March 25, 12 pm ET
The Certificate Program is divided into two parts: one asynchronous and online, the other live on the Boston College Chestnut Hill campus.
Certificate students must first complete the online courses before they
can join theÌý live classes.
Online, Pre-Recorded Courses
ÌýNursing Care, Career Relaunch & Dosage Calculations
22.5 Contact Hours
$499 Ìý
Available on Canvas, a virtual educational platform.
This part of the program includes the content listed below.
Nursing Care: Acute Illness, ChronicÌýDisease and Behavioral Health ConditionsÌý- 16.5 Contact Hours
11 modules for a review of content essential to providing up to date nursing care:
- Nursing as a Profession and Discipline: Social Determinants
of HealthÌý Ìý - Cardiology Overview: CAD and PharmacologyÌý Ìý
- Diabetes and Other EndocrineÌýDisordersÌý Ìý
- Geriatric
- Neurology
- Oncology
- GastroenterologyÌý Ìý ÌýÌý
- Palliative CareÌýÌý
- Perioperative
- Psychiatric and Mental Health
- RespiratoryÌý
Career Relaunch:ÌýEssential Tools, Plans, and Tips for SuccessÌý -Ìý2 Contact Hours
Learn to navigate today'sÌýjob market with a professional resume to showcase your new and former skills and accomplishments, develop a career strategy to canvas your opportunities, and prepare for interviews to maximize your choices in selecting your next career move.
Dosage Calculation -Ìý4 Contact Hours
Strengthen basic, but essential, on-the-job math skills for mastery of medication administration applicable to any setting.Ìý
Live, In-Person,
On Campus
Health Assessment and Fundamental Clinical Skills & IV Therapy
24 Contact Hours
$1499
Course Dates:
- Tuesday - Friday,Ìý Dec 10 - 13, 2024, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
- Tuesday - Friday,Ìý May 6 - 9, 2025, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
The course contains the content listed below.
IV Therapy: Peripheral and Central Line CareÌý-Ìý6 Contact Hours
A full day course dedicated to reviewing the anatomical placement, utilization and assessment of intravenous lines used in acute and home care settings. The course includes time to practice venipuncture for the placement of peripheral lines using simulation materials. Students will gain a thorough understanding of intravenous nursing care, not competency, in placing intravenous lines in clinical practice.Ìý
Health Assessment and Fundamental Clinical SkillsÌý - 18 Contact Hours
Three days of immersion learning comprised of lectures alternating with hands-on practice of health assessment and clinical skills. Students will have a high-fidelity simulationÌýexperience using full scale computerized patient simulators that provide a high level of interactivity and realism to manage and assess select health emergencies