The award-winning RN Refresher Certificate Program at Boston College Connell School of Nursing has been redesigned for the post COVID era - now titled the
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,
- 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 learning modules as well as on-campus instruction with hands-on skills training including high-fidelity simulation.
- 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
Registrations are non-transferrable and final. We do not issue refunds.
- Tues, Feb 13, 10 am
- Wed, Mar 6, 12 pm
- Tues, Mar 26, 3 pm
- Wed, April 17, 4 pm
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 the live classes.
Asynchronous
Online
Nursing Care, Career Relaunch & Dosage Calculations
22.5 Contact Hours
$499
Available now on Canvas, a virtual educational platform for Boston College students.
This part of the program includes the content listed below.
Nursing Care: Acute Illness, Chronic Disease and Behavioral Health Conditions - 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 Health - Cardiology Overview: CAD and Pharmacology
- Diabetes and Other Endocrine Disorders
- Geriatric
- Neurology
- Oncology
- Gastroenterology
- Palliative Care
- Perioperative
- Psychiatric and Mental Health
- Respiratory
Career Relaunch: Essential Tools, Plans, and Tips for Success - 2 Contact Hours
Learn to navigate today's job 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 - 4 Contact Hours
Strengthen basic, but essential, on-the-job math skills for mastery of medication administration applicable to any setting.
Live, In-Person,
On Campus
Health Assessment and Fundamental Clinical Skills & IV Therapy
23.5 Contact Hours
$1499
Course Dates:
- Tuesday - Friday, May 7 - 10, 2024, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
The course contains the content listed below.
Health Assessment and Fundamental Clinical Skills - 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 simulation experience using full scale computerized patient simulators that provide a high level of interactivity and realism to manage and assess select health emergencies
IV Therapy: Peripheral and Central Line Care - 5.5 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.
Join us for an
Information Session
Live Online via Zoom:
- Tues, Mar 26, 3 pm
- Wed, April 17, 4 pm