NURS 3409 Strategies for Prof Nursing: Transition to Professional Nursing

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course focuses on assuming the professional nursing role and its application in practice. Emphasis is on the care of individuals and families requiring different levels of nursing interventions. This is accomplished in partnership with other health care professionals in various structured settings. Students will be provided the opportunity to develop scholarly inquiry as they integrate professional nursing concepts with previous learning and experience.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

1. Integrate previous learning in the application of the nursing process to provide customized care to individuals and families.

2. Participate as partners with individuals and families in the customized therapeutic care process to protect, promote, and restore optimal health.

3. Apply therapeutic communication skills with individuals and families when enacting professional practice.

4. Use critical thinking as the basis for formulating decision.

5. Apply research findings for customizing nursing care with individuals and families.

6. Demonstrate the ability to partner through collaborative relationships with individuals and families.

7. Conform to the ethical and legal principles that reflect the standards of nursing practice in the transformation from LVN to RN

8. Practice behaviors that demonstrate active participation in integrated learning processes.