Professional Role Transition for the Transfer Student

Catalog description

Three hours lecture per week Prerequisite(s): Admission to the ADN or RN to B.S.N. Nursing program, or Consent of Instructor Corequisite(s): None Provides returning RN and/or transfer student with conceptual base for practice of nursing, built around core of theories and related concepts which will facilitate transition of student into baccalaureate nursing curriculum. Introduces student to AACN Essentials of Baccalaureate for Professional Nursing Practice, Neuman Systems Model, and reinforces Quality and Safety in Nursing Education Competencies (qsen.org). Focus is on roles of professional nurse generalist as provider of care, teacher, patient advocate, designer/coordinator of care, and member of profession.