Integration of previous health care knowledge and skills into the role development of the professional nurse as a provider of patient-centered care patient safety advocate member of health care team and member of the profession. Emphasis is on clinical decision-making for patients and their families. Review of selected health care and professional nursing concepts with application through exemplars. Health care concepts include comfort diversity elimination functional ability human development mobility nutrition sensory perception sleep coping thermoregulation tissue integrity acid-base balance clotting cognition fluid and electrolyte balance gas exchange immunity metabolism nutrition grief and perfusion. Professional nursing concepts include clinical judgment communication ethical-legal evidenced-based practice health promotion informatics patient-centered care patient education professionalism safety and team/collaboration. Introduces concept of leadership and management. This course lends itself to a concept-based approach.
Admission into Transition ADN Program
RNSG 1128 RNSG 1118 RNSG 1162
Additional course fee(s) required.