Spring 2027

Transitions: Practice, Professional and Personal

This course advances nursing knowledge in clinical practice, examines healthcare workforce data and policy, and orients students to distance education technologies.

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Summary

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Past student reviews · David Dwyer

Grading was inconsistent, making it difficult to know how to succeed on papers, with the final paper being significantly tougher for most students.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Gather on the Madison campus early in the collaborative nursing program to encourage the development of learning communities that facilitate distance education and academic success.

  • Orientation to the technology and approaches used in distance education to increase students’ confidence as students in distance learning courses.

  • Explore the issues and practice of professional nursing in multiple settings via narrative analyses of practice experiences.

  • Examine nursing education and issues specific to the return to school for registered nurses.

  • Discuss practice roles in nursing to provide opportunities to explore career paths and to evaluate ethics, quality, evidence and policy in nursing practice.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Declared in Nursing (Collaborative Program) BSN

  • Declared in Nursing (Collaborative Program) BSN
CNP 306 used by

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  • Declared in Nursing (Collaborative Program) BSN

Professors

Spring 2027

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

DAVID DWYER is recorded teaching in Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · David Dwyer

David Dwyer taught this course with a syllabus that students found unclear, leading to confusion about assignment requirements.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.65 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=30 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.45 GPA, 70.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.67 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · David Dwyer

Grading was inconsistent, making it difficult to know how to succeed on papers, with the final paper being significantly tougher for most students.

Past student reviews · David Dwyer

Feedback on papers suggested the instructor wanted minimal original writing and heavy reliance on sources, which frustrated students expecting standard academic voice.

Topics

  • Current and emerging healthcare trends
  • Healthcare workforce data and policy
  • Distance education technology and approaches
  • Ethics, quality, evidence, and policy in nursing

Skills

  • Analyzing clinical practice and emerging healthcare trends
  • Examining healthcare workforce data and policy impacts on nursing
  • Navigating distance education technologies and approaches
  • Evaluating ethics, quality, evidence, and policy in nursing practice

Grades

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Catalog & offerings

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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