NUR 1001 TRANSITION TO PROFESSIONAL NURSING 4 credits

Prerequisites: Admission to the Nursing program and BSC 2086/2086L with grades of "C" or higher. Corequisites: NUR 1001C and NUR 1060C. This course content focuses on role transition from LPN to RN and concepts and principles of holistic nursing care of adult clients and childbearing families. Focus is on the continued development of roles of the nurse through the assimilation of theoretical concepts and use of the nursing process for providing care to adult clients and childbearing families who are experiencing commonly recurring actual or potential threats to homeodynamics. Theory relates to managing care of clients who are experiencing alterations in the functional dimensions of health in both hospital and community settings. This course meets for 60 hours during the session. 62 contact hours.