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Official Course Syllabi 2020-2021 
    
Official Course Syllabi 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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NURS 2445 - Transition to Professional Nursing

Credit Hours: 1.50


Prerequisites: Admission into the Nursing Program; NURS 2356 and NURS 2375; HUMN 1700 or PHIL 2100 all with grade C or better, or grade Pass (if the course is a Pass/Fail course)

Corequisites: NURS 2455 and NURS 2465

(replaces but does not equate to NURS 2810)

This theory course focuses on the associate’s degree nurse within the nursing profession. It emphasizes the role of the nurse in response to community healthcare needs and the usage of evidence-based practice and quality improvement initiatives to develop critical thinking skills in caring for groups of patients and their families.

Contact Hours: 3 per week for 8 weeks
Billable Contact Hours: 1.5
OUTCOMES AND OBJECTIVES
Outcome 1: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to analyze and apply the critical components of evidence‐based nursing practice.

Objectives:

  1. The student will analyze and apply the critical components of evidence‐based nursing practice for personal and professional growth.
  2. The student will analyze and apply the critical components of evidence‐based nursing practice to manage the healthcare environment.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to recognize quality improvement strategies as an integral component of nursing practice.

Objectives:

  1. The student will recognize quality improvement strategies as an integral component of nursing practice to manage the healthcare environment.
  2. The student will recognize the quality improvement process as an integral component to change nursing practice.

COMMON DEGREE OUTCOMES
(Bulleted outcomes apply to the course)

  • 1. The graduate can integrate the knowledge and technological skills necessary to be a successful learner.
  • 2. The graduate can demonstrate how to think competently.
  • 3. The graduate can demonstrate how to employ mathematical knowledge.
  • 4. The graduate can demonstrate how to communicate competently.
  • 5. The graduate is sensitive to issues relating to a diverse, global society.

COURSE CONTENT OUTLINE
  1. Professional Growth and Role Transition
    1. Role
    2. Time management and self‐care strategies
    3. Mentoring
    4. NCLEX preparation and NCLEX exam
    5. Application for licensure
  2. Professional Nursing
    1. Employment process
    2. Development of a resume
    3. Interviewing skills
    4. Role transition
    5. American Nurses Association (ANA) standards of practice
    6. Code of Ethics
    7. Image of nursing and media influence
    8. Education; BSN completion options
  3. Management in Nursing
    1. Effective communication and conflict resolution
    2. Use of SBAR in the clinical setting
    3. Team building and collaboration
    4. Effective delegation; Joint standards ANA and NCSBN on delegation
    5. Conflict management and problem solving
  4. Nursing Practice
    1. Professionalism
    2. Evidence‐based practice
    3. Quality improvement and patient safety/medication safety
    4. Workplace issues
      1. Violence
      2. Safety and workplace hazards
      3. Emergency preparedness
      4. Impaired nursing practice
      5. Diversity in nursing
      6. Challenges with technology
      7. Ethical challenges
      8. Informatics
      9. Cultural competency

Primary Faculty
Knesek, Andrea
Secondary Faculty

Associate Dean
Shaw, Andrea
Dean
Mirijanian, Narine



Official Course Syllabus - Macomb Community College, 14500 E 12 Mile Road, Warren, MI 48088



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