The concepts presented enhance socialization to the nursing profession through discussion of nursing history, image, education, professional policy statements, the Nurse Practice Act and ethical and legal issues. Evolution of complementary health practices and health care reform are explored. Related topics include self-development, career opportunities, religious beliefs, spiritual care, nursing philosophy, and nursing roles and current trends and issues. The student explores self and professional development in relation to legal and ethical issues in current practice. This course focuses on the transition of the associate or diploma nurse to baccalaureate nursing practice.
Nursing theories provide the framework for discussion of professional practice.
The focus of the course is to provide the student an opportunity to apply concepts of nursing to the care of the childbearing family. The student utilizes the nursing process within a caring framework to include intrapersonal, interpersonal and extrapersonal stressors and to analyze the needs of the childbearing family in all dimensions. Dimensions include physiological, psychological, sociocultural, developmental and spiritual aspects of care. Childbearing families are assisted in promoting healthy behaviors in order to strengthen lines of defense. Three lecture hours per week and 90 clinical hours during semester.