NUR 461 - INTEGRATIVE CONCEPTS FOR PROFESSIONAL NURSING FOR THE RN-BSN TRACK

College of Nursing

Credit(s): 3

This course was created for the RN-BSN track. Integrative Concepts for Professional Nursing will cover a variety of topics important to nurses as they progress from an entry-level to a professional level of nursing practice. Baccalaureate (BSN) prepared nurses are expected to be leaders at the bedside, in the healthcare organization, and within the profession; therefore it is vital that BSN prepared nurses examine issues, expectations, and situations commonly encountered in modern, professional nursing practice. In this course, students will demonstrate their understanding of safe and quality patient care from the nursing, patient, and organization viewpoints. They will evaluate the many transitions experienced by patients in the healthcare setting and critically analyze the role of the nurse in each of those transitions. Students will explore, analyze, and discuss complex topics such as health promotion and illness prevention, planning for better patient care, polypharmacy and addiction ethics in nursing, and end of life considerations. They will investigate and synthesize data related to a current nursing issue, in order to create a plan to improve the healthcare issue by writing a paper that will satisfy, in part, the graduate composition and communication requirement (GCCR). This 1500 word paper will include an exploration of a professional nursing issue, a brief review of literature related to the issue, and a brief discussion of the issue s impact on nursing practice. The paper will require multiple drafts and peer/faculty review before submission of the final paper.

Prereq: Admittance to the College of Nursing RN-BSN Track.
Approved for Distance Learning.