Nursing V Coordinating & Improving Care at St. Peter's

Catalog description

This course is designed to broaden the students' perspective of the nurse's role in influencing and improving health care systems and practices. Evidence-based rationales for nursing care provide a foundation for learning. Emerging health care concerns, governmental regulations, and financing are discussed to provide a more global view of nursing. Students apply management and leadership principles to previously acquired knowledge, skills and attitudes to promote quality care for a group of individuals. Nursing informatics is applied to foster improved standards of care. Learning experiences are designed to ease the transition of student to that of graduate nurse. Clinical experiences include medical-surgical and critical care. Prerequisite(s): grade of B or better in H NSG 394 and C or better in H NSG 301. Restricted to Nursing B.S. 1+2+1 majors.