Transition to Professional Nursing

Catalog description

3-0 This course builds on the registered nurse’s previous knowledge and experiences applicable to the practice of professional nursing. Emphasis is placed on continuing the formation of a professional identity by addressing the values, societal mandate for nursing, legal parameters of practice, scope and standards of professional nursing practice and the roles and responsibilities of the professional nurse within a rapidly changing health care delivery system. Philosophical and theoretical concepts and principles underlying professional nursing practice are examined, with a focus on the concepts used in the Department of Nursing. PREREQ: Admission to Professional Program. RN-BSN, RN-MSN students only.