Competency (ADN)

Level 1 Competency
Students will define the
meaning of clinical
wisdom/knowledge
Bloom: Remember

Level 2 Competency
Students will explain the
impact of clinical
wisdom/knowledge within
nursing practice
Bloom: Understand

Level 3 Competency
Student will analyze the
use of clinical knowledge
wisdom within nursing
practice
Bloom: Evaluate

Level 4 Competency
Student will reflect on the
use of clinical
wisdom/knowledge in
nursing practice
Bloom: Evaluate

Learner Objective(s)

Teaching Strategies

1. The learner will describe how

1. One Minute Paper: What is clinical

a clinical wisdom impacts

clinical practice.

wisdom and how does it affect

clinical practice?

2. The learner will articulate the

2. Family Feud Faceoff: Factors that

multiple dimensions of
clinical wisdom/knowledge in
the care of patients.

1. The learner will synthesize

how clinical
wisdom/knowledge impacts
nursing practice.

2. The learner will construct an

orientation tool that helps
foster clinical
wisdom/knowledge.

1. The learner will identify

factors that affect the
development of clinical
wisdom/knowledge

2. The learner will reflect on

ethics and assumptions in
nursing practice.

1. The learner will interpret the

use of clinical
wisdom/knowledge.

2. The learner will be able to

reflect on the application of
clinical wisdom/knowledge to
their own nursing practice.

Influence clinical
wisdom/knowledge

1. Role Play: Why do we need clinical

wisdom in nursing?

2. Jigsaw- Developing a tool for

nursing orientation that helps
develop clinical wisdom for a novice
nurse.

1. Discussion/Reflection: What factors

affect development of clinical
wisdom/knowledge and how does
this apply to you?

2. A game of ethics: Who deserves a

transplant?

1. Synthesize and Summarize: A twopage paper utilizing relevant

resources regarding the use of
clinical wisdom in nursing practice
(chose applied topic).

2. Reflection paper: A one page paper

reflecting on how clinical
knowledge/wisdom can be
developed and applied to their own
nursing practice.