Course Description and Objectives

Course Description

This course is designed to facilitate the transition from student nurse to professional registered nurse. Emphasis is placed on the knowledge, skills, and behaviors required for licensure, development of professional identity and social conscience, and career advancement.

Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

1.      Demonstrate development of clinical judgment necessary for provision of safe, evidence-based nursing care that improves health outcomes for individuals, families, and communities. (Clinical Judgment/Evidence-based Practice) 

2.      Demonstrate use of data to develop knowledge, skills, and behaviors necessary for successful licensure by examination.  (Informatics) 

3.      Demonstrate professional communication skills necessary for gaining entry into practice. (Leadership) 

4.      Demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and behaviors necessary for effective collaboration with the interprofessional care team. (Interprofessionalism) 

5.     Demonstrate personal responsibility for professional growth through reflection and remediation. (Professionalism/Self Care)