2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

NUR 270 Transition to Nursing Practice

This course facilitates student synthesis of total program content and experiences. Students are offered opportunities to fully incorporate the values of the profession, principles of leadership, patient centered care, and legal-ethical concepts in their nursing care as they assume the role of an associates nurse generalist. Critical discussions of professional issues prepare graduates for a successful transition into their first nursing role. Students will be expected to apply and synthesize previous course content while demonstrating accountability to self, peers, and the program as they prepare to take the NCLEX exam. Students analyze and evaluate individual learning needs and develop a learning contract to meet deficiencies. Content mastery testing is utilized to prepare students for the NCLEX exam.

3 credit hours (30 hours theory, 42 hours clinical)

Credits

3

Prerequisite

NUR 230, NUR 231

Corequisite

NUR 232; must be taken either prior to or at the same time as this course: PH 151, Humanities Elective