NURS 203 - Leadership & Transition to Practice

7 Credits

This course will prepare future nurses to practice legally, ethically, and professionally in the clinical setting through analysis and application of foundational knowledge. Students will further develop the knowledge, attitude, and skills to enhance nursing practice. Students apply professional practice standards and frameworks to explore legal/ethical dilemmas and engage in critical reflection. Additionally, this course is to support the transition to nursing practice and develop leadership qualities. 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) NURS 202 with minimum GPA of 2.5
Program Admission Required Yes Admitted Program NURS
FeesNT

Quarters Typically Offered
Fall Day
Winter Day
Spring Day

Designed to Serve Third quarter LPN-RN students and sixth quarter RN students
Active Date 20230328T10:34:18

Grading Basis Decimal Grade
Class Limit 28
Contact Hours: Lecture 77
Total Contact Hours 77
Degree Distributions:
ProfTech Course Yes
Restricted Elective Yes
ProfTech Related Instruction

Communications
Safety
Human Relations

Course Outline

Professionalism
- Leadership and management in nursing
- Effective communication/conflict resolution
- Professional organizations
Ethics
- Quality Improvement/Patient Safety
- Legal/ethical issues
Health Care Systems
- Critical pathways
- Health policy
- Political advocacy
- System reform
- Disaster preparedness

Student Learning Outcomes
Critical Thinking

Summarize development and coordination of care from a multi-disciplinary and patient centered perspective.

Communication

Interpret principles of consensus building and conflict resolution.

Diversity

Assess the limits and boundaries of therapeutic patient-centered care.
Predict ethical and legal implications of patient-centered care.

Nursing Process

Explain how the strength and relevance of available evidence influences the choice of interventions in provision of patient-centered care.

Safe Practice

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

Justify factors that create a culture of safety.
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Professionalism

Explore the role of the new graduate registered nurse.
Devise actions to mitigate the risk for workplace violence
Summarize ethical dilemmas confronting the registered nurse.