APRN On-Site Intensives Information

During your time as a student in the Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner (APRN) program at West Coast University, you will have the opportunity to participate in On-Site Intensive (OSI) weekends. These intensive workshops bring students and expert faculty together to engage in person in the demonstration and practice of essentials skills and competencies needed by nurse practitioners, as well as clinical evaluations where students perform a demonstration of these skills. Some of the activities of the OSI include:

History-taking and physical examination
Hands-on skills and competency training on various patient population
Performance of an Objective Structured Clinical Evaluation (OSCE) on a standardized patient
Documentation systems used by nurse practitioners
Group case studies and presentation
National boards review
Content review on adult/gero, peds, and women's health populations
Male and female gender-specific exams
Procedures workshop: wound management, suturing, x-ray and EKG interpretation

On-Site Intensive Information

Students in the APRN tracks will attend On-site Intensives in the following courses:
- OSI 1 – NURS 663A, NURS 679, NURS 686, NURS 696
- OSI 2 – NURS 668L-B, NURS 682L-B
Note that attendance to the On-site Intensives is mandatory. Failure to attend to these On-site Intensives will result in failure from the course.
If you have any questions regarding your schedule please contact your instructor.

Watch the overview videos below:

On-site Intensive Dates

Review the module for specific On-site Intensive dates.
** If the scheduled weekend of the intensives falls on a major holiday, the intensive will be rescheduled to the prior weekend.