NRSG 239 - Leadership & Transition to Practice

4 Credits

The focus of this course is to support the transition to nursing practice and develop leadership qualities. Students engage in assignments to prepare for state certification and develop skills to secure future employment. Practice with verbal/written communication and leadership strategies are provided. To prepare future nurses to navigate healthcare systems and policy, a student capstone project addressing quality improvement and safety processes to enhance patient outcomes will be created and presented. Students will also receive NCLEX study and strategies support as well as an NCLEX Readiness Exam to guide their preparation beyond nursing school.

Pre-requisite(s) NRSG 229 with minimum GPA of 2.5.
Program Admission Required Yes Admitted Program NRSG
FeesNT

Quarters Typically Offered
Fall Day
Winter Day
Spring Day

Designed to Serve Sixth quarter AAS-Registered Nurse program students.
Active Date 20230320T10:54:42

Grading Basis Decimal Grade
Class Limit 28
Contact Hours: Lecture 44
Total Contact Hours 44
Degree Distributions:
ProfTech Course Yes
Restricted Elective Yes
ProfTech Related Instruction

Communications
Safety
Human Relations

Course Outline
Assertive Communication

Clinical Reasoning, Time Management, & Prioritization

Professional Behaviors, Leadership/Management, Accountability, and Stress & Coping

Professional organizations
Standards of Nursing
Commitment to profession
Competence
Leadership principles
Mentoring

Health Care Systems & Policy

Disaster preparedness
Workplace goals
Group process
Conflict resolution

Health Promotion

Problem solving

Student Learning Outcomes
Professionalism, Communication, & Collaboration

Explore the role of the new graduate registered nurse.
Recognize risk for workplace violence and identify actions to mitigate
Apply principles of consensus building and conflict resolution

Safety

Discriminate between the benefits and limitations of selected heathcare practices and safety-enhancing technologies

Informatics & Quality Improvement

Describe how the strength and relevance of available evidence influences the choice of interventions in provision of patient-centered care
Recommend approaches for changing and evaluating processes of care