Transition to Registered Nurse 3

Catalog description

This is the last of three Transition to RN courses, building upon the basic principles of nursing presented in the previous two nursing transition courses. In this course, the student applies critical thinking through the use of the nursing process and evidence-based nursing research to advanced nursing concepts including ventilators, organ transplantation, open heart procedures, hemodynamic and intracranial pressure monitoring, multi-organ dysfunction syndrome, emergent situations, bioterrorism, and concepts for the care of mental health patients. This course also discusses the principles of nursing leadership, with emphasis on the Florida Nurse Practice Act and the safe practice of professional (R.N.) nursing in Florida. Lab skills learned in previous courses will be reviewed, and simulation will be used to reinforce classroom teaching. Preceptorship experience will provide opportunities for the student to apply knowledge in the acute and critical care setting.