Description
Prerequisites: NUR 120-Pharmacology 2 "C" or Better, NUR 200-Medical-Surgical Nursing "C" or Better, NUR 201- Bio-Behavioral Health Across the Lifespan C" or Better and SCI 204-Microbiology.
Corequisites: NUR 202-Maternal Child Nursing, NUR 230-Pharmacology 3, NUR 205-Community Acute Care Across the Lifespan, MAT 120-Intro to Statistics, and ENG 102-English Comp II.
This course is designed to differentiate the RN from the LPN as well as other interdisciplinary roles within healthcare. The nursing student will utilize components of the Nurse of the Future Nursing Core Competencies (NOFNCC) tool kit to further advance skills and attitude within the ten areas of competency for the nurse: Patient-centered care, professionalism, leadership, communication, systems-based thinking, quality improvement, safety, information technology, teamwork and collaboration, and evidence-based practice (NOFNCC, 2016). This course is also a bridge for the PNC student returning for their ADN