Professional Nursing: Influence, Policy and Issues ((3))

Catalog description

This course empowers students to explore and critically analyze nursing theories and conceptual models. The relationship between nursing theories and nursing practice will be emphasized. Students will examine the characteristics of nursing as a profession and the interprofessional team roles of the professional nurse. Current and evolving ethical, legal, political, economic, cultural, spiritual, and global health care issues facing the nursing profession will be discussed and analyzed. Prerequisite: Admission to RN-BSN program.