RNSG 2307 - Adaptation to Role of Professional Nurse

Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours - Lecture: 3
Selected concepts related to the role of the professional nurse as a provider of patient-centered care, patient safety advocate, member of health care team, and member of the profession. Review of trends and issues impacting nursing and health care today and in the future. Content includes knowledge, judgment, skill, and professional values within a legal/ethical framework. This course lends itself to a blocked approach.
Prerequisite: RNSG 2161 with a minimum grade of C; RNSG 2162 with a minimum grade of C; RNSG 2208 with a minimum grade of C; RNSG 2213 with a minimum grade of C.
Student Learning Outcomes
1 - Analyze self-practice in relation to the roles of the professional nurse. 2 - Use critical thinking and a systematic problem-solving process for providing comprehensive care. 3 - Examine factors impacting nursing and healthcare. 4 - Analyze behaviors and attitudes of the nurse that facilitate adaptation to a changing environment. 5 - Compare and contrast health care organizational models. 6 - Evaluate professional nursing career pathways and opportunities, delineate leadership roles and responsibilities of the professional nurse. 7 - Develop professional and competitive job-seeking skills. 8 - Construct one’s own personal philosophy of professional nursing practice.