Baccalaureate Nursing Capstone ((5 Credits))

Catalog description

This course integrates advanced critical thinking and decision-making abilities with the application of theoretical frameworks, concepts, models of nursing practice, leadership and management. Students will immerse themselves in a leadership role of the professional nurse in a setting of their choice under the supervision of a clinical preceptor. This course enables the B.S. student to examine and develop the multidimensional competencies needed to become an effective professional nurse leader within health care settings and to be mindful of the contexts for nursing practice in any environment. For this course, the student will select one of four leadership tracks as an area of focus: Administrative, Clinical Practice, Education, or Informatics. This course satisfies the college’s liberal arts and sciences requirement. This course is only available to Empire State College nursing program students. NOTE: Self-registration is not available for the clinical courses. You will be manually registered by the college once all the requirements are completed and approved. This course was previously NUR 204095. Prerequisites: All 3000-level nursing classes successfully completed with a C or better; NUR 4015: Community Health Nursing must be successfully completed and your degree program plan must be concurred before taking this course.