NUR 4615 - Transition to Professional Nursing Practice

This 15-week immersive seminar provides pre-licensure student-learners with an opportunity to prepare for the transition from student to that of the baccalaureate- prepared registered nurse. Student-learners will learn about tools and measures used by nurses at the point of care to safely provide, manage, and coordinate care. Select empirical theories, models, and frameworks will be explored as the basis for understanding the complex legal, ethical, regulatory, economic, and political dynamics that influence organizational behavior, leadership-followership, and management within the health care environment. 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 will be discussed.

Through collegial discourse, student-led seminars, mock interviews, lobbying efforts, and refinement of professional portfolios, students gain confidence in methods of presenting themselves to various public audiences.
BS.NUR majors only
Prerequisite: NUR 4015 , NUR 4022 , and  NUR 4030  with grades of B- or better.
Spring