TRANSITIONS: PRACTICE, PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL

NURSING 325

Focuses on advancing knowledge of professional attributes and core competencies in the role of a nurse and how they are used in complex care settings. Gain an understanding of concepts of leadership, ethics, and advocacy. Broaden your understanding of nursing's role in the health care delivery system regarding quality improvement, care coordination, and palliation.

CNP 519

Synthesizes professional nursing knowledge in a variety of practice settings. Practicum sites may include hospitals, clinics, long-term care (LTC), and community-based settings, or practicums in policy or health care systems. Expand skills sets by exposure to best practices in a clinical setting of choice. The practicum enriches the integration of knowledge from current and past academic and clinical learning experiences.

CNP 407

Philosophical perspectives, theories, and standards are applied to the practice of professional nursing. Factors influencing nursing/healthcare delivery are analyzed. Professional communication and critical thinking skills are enhanced.

NURSING 315

Focuses on professional nursing attributes and interactions essential to professional competence. Study concepts that allow for providing care unique to an individual, family, community, and systems, and to the context in which they live. Concepts related to the health care delivery system are included to provide a foundation for beginning nursing practice. Knowledge from sciences, social studies, and humanities education is integrated into nursing practice and builds foundational knowledge of the science of nursing.

NURSING 445

Integration of learning acquired throughout the nursing program. Learning outcomes integrate concepts associated with five nursing program meta concepts (professionalism; person, family, community, and systems-centered care; health and illness; health care context; and scholarship for evidence-based practice). Using processes of analysis, synthesis, reflection, and application, advance in your transition to becoming a professional nurse. Includes mentoring through co- facilitation by faculty, academic staff, and practice professionals.