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NURS 124 LPN Transition Concepts

This course provides an introduction to the role transition from licensed practical nurse to registered nurse. Concepts from the biophysical, psychosocial, and nursing domains will be explored and select content from NURS 142 and NURS 143 will be presented. Clinical decision making skills and competencies are developed through learning experiences in the classroom, clinical setting, skills laboratory, and simulation to provide safe, patient-centered care. Progression to the second year of the Nursing associate degree program will occur after completion of this course.

Credits

6

Prerequisite

BIOL 107, BIOL 204, CHEM 103, ENGL 121, PSYC 200, and MATH 132, 138 or higher

Hours Weekly

4 hours theory, 6 hours lab

Course Objectives

  1. Describe role differentiation among levels of nursing education, practice, and activities which support the profession of nursing.
  2. Implement patient-centered care that addresses patient’s holistic health needs while respecting their culture, preferences, and values.
  3. Provide health education for adult patients to promote wellness and prevent disease.
  4. Collaborate with patient and the health care team to promote continuity of care and meet patient outcomes.
  5. Utilize effective communication techniques with patient, family, and health care team to provide optimal patient care.
  6. Demonstrate leadership and accountability by applying an ethical decision-making framework to examine an ethical dilemma.
  7. Implement nursing interventions according to standards of practice, procedures, and policies to provide nursing care to adult patients.
  8. Formulate nursing judgments based on knowledge of science, nursing, and evidence-based practice.
  9. Apply concepts of evidence-based practice to examine a nursing practice question of interest.

Course Objectives

  1. Describe role differentiation among levels of nursing education, practice, and activities which support the profession of nursing.

    This objective is a course Goal Only

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Role differentation paper

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • rubric
  2. Implement patient-centered care that addresses patient’s holistic health needs while respecting their culture, preferences, and values.

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Clinical experience

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Clinical evaluation tool

    Program Goal(s)

    Degree: Nursing - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

    1. Promote patient-centered care that meets the patient’s health needs while respecting their culture, preferences and values.

  3. Provide health education for adult patients to promote wellness and prevent disease.

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Nursing care plan

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Nursing care plan rubric

    Program Goal(s)

    Degree: Nutrition - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

    2. Explain the principles and concepts of nutrition, including digestion, absorption, and metabolism of nutrients in the human body.

  4. Collaborate with patient and the health care team to promote continuity of care and meet patient outcomes.

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Simulation experience

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Simulation evaluation tool

    Program Goal(s)

    Degree: Nursing - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

    3. Collaborate with patients and interprofessional team members in acute, long-term and community health care settings to advocate for safe quality care.

  5. Utilize effective communication techniques with patient, family, and health care team to provide optimal patient care.

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Clinical experience

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Clinical evaluation tool

    Program Goal(s)

    Degree: Nutrition - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

    4. Evaluate current and/or controversial issues relevant to nutrition.

  6. Demonstrate leadership and accountability by applying an ethical decision-making framework to examine an ethical dilemma.

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Case studies

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Ethics rubric

    Program Goal(s)

    Degree: Nursing - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

    5. Demonstrate leadership and accountability by utilizing legal, ethical, and professional standards to provide safe, quality nursing care.

  7. Implement nursing interventions according to standards of practice, procedures, and policies to provide nursing care to adult patients.

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Lecture/discussion nursing skills

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Exam comptentancy evaluation

    Program Goal(s)

    Degree: Nursing - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

    6. Perform nursing interventions based on current standards of practice, policies and procedures to optimize the patient’s health.

  8. Formulate nursing judgments based on knowledge of science, nursing, and evidence-based practice.

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Lecture/discussion

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Exam

    Program Goal(s)

    Degree: Nursing - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

    7. Integrate professional knowledge, science and evidence to formulate nursing judgments.

  9. Apply concepts of evidence-based practice to examine a nursing practice question of interest.

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Evidence based article review, poster board presentation

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Peer evaluation tool

    Program Goal(s)

    Degree: Nursing - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

    8. Challenge traditional and existing nursing practices used to solve clinical problems by examining the evidence that underlies current practice.