Healthcare Concepts for Transition - NSG 115 at Southwest Virginia Community College
https://courses.vccs.edu/colleges/swcc/courses/NSG115-HealthcareConceptsforTransition
Effective: 2024-05-01
Course Description
Focuses on role transition from Licensed Practical Nurse to Registered professional nurse. Incorporates concepts of nursing practice and conceptual learning to promote health and wellness across the lifespan. Uses the nursing process to explore care delivery for selected diverse populations with common and predictable illness. Emphasizes the use of clinical judgement in skill acquisition.
Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 3-6 hours. Total 6-9 hours per week.
4-5 credits
The course outline below was developed as part of a statewide standardization process.
General Course Purpose
The purpose of this course is to begin the transition of the licensed practical nurse to the comprehensive, professional, and complex role and expectations of a registered nurse by introducing and further developing conceptual based approaches to patient care. Completion of the course will result in credits awarded the LPN for previous education and work experience.
Course Prerequisites/Corequisites
Prerequisites: BIO 141, BIO 142, ENG 111, PSY 230, SDV 100; Acceptance to the Transition Program. Corequisite: NSG 200.
Course Objectives
- Demonstrate clinical judgment and evidence-based care related to advanced concepts of fluid and electrolytes, gas exchange, perfusion, metabolism, culture, cellular regulation, infection, and reproduction.
- Differentiate relevant cues in the care of clients experiencing common, predictable health problems across the lifespan and among different populations and diverse settings.
- Prioritize safety measures in the care of clients with varied health problems.
- Demonstrate professional nursing role development and behaviors of the registered nurse.
- Accurately assess populations at risk for health disparities across the lifespan and from diverse community settings.
- Develop a teaching plan for individuals or groups experiencing alternations in health.
- Incorporate principles of pharmacotherapeutic concepts when planning care for patients across the lifespan.