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onset of the course. Individual objectives allow students to achieve course outcomes.
The practicum will enable RNs to expand their clinical expertise, broaden their
exposure to different specialty areas, and apply theory learned throughout the BSN
curriculum to meet the needs of clients. The practicum will also enable the RN
student to implement the professional roles of a BSN registered nurse in the areas of
leadership/management, education, and community practice.
Prerequisite: NURS 3101; NURS 3201; NURS3202
Prerequisite or Corequisite: NURS4603/4604.
NURS4601 -Organizational Transitions (4-0-4)
This course is designed to examine leadership andmanagement theory as they apply
togroups and aggregate populations in various health care settings. The student, as a
manager, focuses on the role of the nurse in wellness promotion, epidemiology,
international health, environmental issues, and the effect of nursing within health care
systems. Competencies previously acquired are extended to include principles of
management and leadership and their application togroups in transition.
Prerequisite or Corequisite(s): NURS 4000, NURS 41000, NURS4201.
AbsoluteCorequisite(s): NURS 4601L.
NURS4601L -Organizational Transitions Practicum (0-3-1)
This course is designed to allow students to apply leadership and management
principles with groups and aggregate populations in various health care settings.
Learning experiences focus on synthesizing concepts acquired in NURS 4601 and
prerequisite courses such as communication, critical thinking, teaching/learning, and
nursing process while validating competencies expected of a beginning professional
nurse.
Prerequisite(s): NURS4000L; NURS4201L. AbsoluteCorequisite(s): NURS 4601.
NURS4603 -Organizational Transitions for RNs (4-0-4)
This course is designed to examine leadership and management theories as they
apply to groups and aggregate populations in various health care settings. The
student, as a leader, focuses on the role of the nurse in wellness promotion,
epidemiology, international health, environmental issues, and the effect of nursing
within health care systems. Competencies previously acquired are extended to include
principles of management and leadership and their application togroups in transition.
Prerequisite(s): NURS3101, RN License.
NURS4604 - AdvancedOrganizational Transitions for RNs (4-0-4)
This course is designed as a synthesis experience for the returning RN student that
allows more in-depth exploration of advanced management, education, and
community concepts. Concepts addressed in this course include assessment of a
community, case management, disease state management, resource allocation,
quality improvement, and future trends in health care. Students are required to submit
a satisfactoryportfolioas a requirement of coursecompletion.
Prerequisite(s) or Concurrent Corequisite(s): NURS 4603.
NURS4800 - DirectedReadings inNursing (variable credit 1-3)
This is a directed readings course with a faculty mentor. Permission of the instructor
and facultymentor required prior to registration.
Prerequisite(s): BSNAdmission
NURS4801 - PerioperativeNursing
This course provides the student with an in-depth look at the practice of Perioperative
nursing. Didactic and clinical experiences are provided in area hospitals with students
functioning in all aspects of intraoperative nursing including scrubbing, circulating, and
recovering surgical patients. Prerequisite: Junior NursingStatus.
NURS4802 - Transition toEmergencyNursing (2-1-3)
This is an elective nursing course that provides the student nurse with asynchronous
online learning as well as supervised practicum/clinical experiences in emergency
nursing. This course is introductory to this specialty area of nursing. Students function
