Undergraduate Catalog 2020-21 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
Undergraduate Catalog 2020-21 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

NUR 4230 - RN Transition to Clinical Leadership Seminar

3 cr
This 7.5 week immersive, seminar provides RN-to-BS student-learners with an opportunity to prepare for the role of the nurse as a clinical leader in shaping health policy through engagement, advocacy and activism.  Contemporary and historical social trends as well as trends and issues in politics, economics, education, science and technology and their influence on healthcare, the nursing profession, nursing practice, and patient care are discussed. Particular emphasis is given to understanding political systems, the political process, policy development, and the role of the nurse as public and professional representative, opinion leader, change agent, and professional and public advocate.  Through collegial political discourse, professional engagement, critical analysis of policies and policy making, lobbying efforts, and activism students gain confidence in methods of presenting themselves as opinion and policy leaders to various public audiences.  
BS.NUR.RN students only
Prerequisite: NUR 4030