I. General Information

1. Course Title:
Concepts in Role Transition for the Professional Nurse

2. Course Prefix & Number:
NURS 2520

3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:

Credits: 1

Lecture Hours: 0

Lab Hours: 2

4. Course Description:

This course is designed to build on concepts, clinical reasoning and skills attained in a Practical Nursing curriculum. Role differences between the LPN and RN, including scope of practice, advanced communications skills, critical thinking and nursing judgment, educator role, and nursing leadership and management skills are integrated. Selected RN psychomotor skills will be taught and evaluated in a realistic, simulated learning environment with an emphasis on the application of the nursing process and use of evidenced-based practices that promote patient safety and quality in the performance of psychomotor skills. The goal is to provide exposure to actual clinical situations that will promote confidence and the ability to provide safe, quality, patient-centered care in the clinical setting as the student transitions to the RN role. This course focuses on hands-on applications of clinical reasoning and psychomotor skills through quizzes, worksheets, exams, videos, audio power points, skills test out and simulation.

5. Placement Tests Required:

6. Prerequisite Courses:

There are no prerequisites for this course.

7. Other Prerequisites
A minimum grade of ‘C’ is required in each of the required prerequisite courses.

8. Prerequisite (Entry) Skills:
Admission to the ADN Program

9. Co-requisite Courses:

There are no corequisites for this course.

II. Transfer and Articulation

1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:

Ridgewater College, NURS 2020 Transition from Practice to Nursing Education, 1 credit
Ridgewater College, NURS 2010 Assessment in Professional Practice, 1 credit
Ridgewater College, NURS 2030 Transition from Practice to Nursing Practicum, 1 credit

III. Course Purpose

1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course fulfills a requirement for the following program(s):

Associates of Science, Nursing

IV. Learning Outcomes

1. College-Wide Outcomes

College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies	Students will be able to:
Demonstrate oral communication skills	Demonstrate patient-centeredness and caring behaviors in the utilization of verbal and non-verbal communication techniques that promote safety. (QSEN Competencies: Patient Centered Care)
Analyze and follow a sequence of operations	Demonstrate theoretical and research-based knowledge and science in the performance of professional nursing skills in a simulated health care setting. (QSEN Competencies: Evidence Based Practice)
Discuss/compare characteristics of diverse cultures and environments	Apply knowledge of cultural diversity in the performance of holistic health assessment and client education across the lifespan in a simulated health care setting. (QSEN Competencies: Patient Centered Care)

2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of the course:

• Apply knowledge of cultural diversity in the performance of holistic health assessment and client education across the lifespan in a simulated health care setting. (QSEN Competencies: Patient Centered Care)
• Demonstrate patient-centeredness and caring behaviors in the utilization of verbal and non-verbal communication techniques that promote safety. (QSEN Competencies: Patient Centered Care)
• Role-play effective communication techniques that promote patient safety, teamwork, and collaboration in the simulated health care setting. (QSEN Competencies: Patient Centered Care; Teamwork and Collaboration; Safety)
• Demonstrate critical thinking and nursing judgment substantiated with evidence in the application of the nursing process and performance of professional nursing skills in complex simulated patient scenarios. (QSEN Competencies: Evidence Based Practice; Safety)
• Apply concepts of quality and safety in the performance of professional nursing skills in a simulated health care setting. (QSEN Competencies: Quality Improvement, Safety)
• Compare and contrast the role and scope of practice of the professional nurse (RN) to that of the practical nurse (LPN) and its role in nursing practice regulation and public safety. (QSEN Competencies: Evidence Based Practice; Safety)
• Demonstrate personal and professional growth in a simulated health care setting. (QSEN Competencies: Patient Centered Care; Evidence Based Practice; Safety; Informatics; Teamwork and Collaboration; Quality Improvement)
• Demonstrate theoretical and research-based knowledge and science in the performance of professional nursing skills in a simulated health care setting. (QSEN Competencies: Evidence Based Practice)

V. Topical Outline

Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.

1. Lecture Sessions

2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions

1. LPN to RN Role Transition
2. Scope of Practice
3. Head-to-Toe Assessment
4. Medication Administration
5. Documentation Skills
6. IV Therapy
7. Newborn Assessment, Cares & Feeding
8. Central Line Care
9. Central Line IV Medication Administration
10. Blood Product Administration
11. Delegation & Supervision
12. Wound Care/Skin Assessment
13. Tracheostomy & Chest Tube Management
14. Nasogastric Insertion, Enteral feedings & TPN