NURS 2792 - Transition to the Role of the Professional Nurse
3 Credits
Advances foundational competencies in knowledge, skills, and professional identity essential for transitioning from Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to Registered Nurse (RN) practice. Emphasizes clinical judgment, theory application, and clinical reasoning within the RN scope of practice. Core concepts include evidence-based care, health promotion across the lifespan, quality and safety, ethics, communication, informatics, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Learning experiences integrate physiologic, psychosocial, and psychiatric concepts relevant to RN-level care across the lifespan. Content includes care of the childbearing family, including labor, delivery, postpartum, and newborn care, as well as pediatric nursing in the family context. Designed to leverage prior healthcare education and experience, the course prepares learners for Fundamentals of Nursing, Pharmacology, and Maternal/Newborn mastery exams through conceptual review, applied learning, and reflective practice.
Pre-Requisites BIOL 2201 ,BIOL 2205 ,ENG 1108 and PSYC 1101 or PSYC 1210
Major Content Areas
Professional identity and role transition
Clinical judgment and reasoning
Evidence Based Practice (EBP) and quality care
Communication and collaboration
Health promotion across the lifespan
Physiologic, psychosocial, and psychiatric concepts for nursing practice
Maternal, newborn, and pediatric nursing in the family context
Ethics and social determinants of health
Preparation for ATI mastery examinations
Learning Outcomes
Distinguish the scope, responsibilities, and theoretical foundations of RN practice in contrast to the LPN role.
Apply clinical judgment, clinical reasoning, and nursing theory to deliver safe, evidence-based, and developmentally appropriate nursing care across the lifespan.
Demonstrate effective communication and collaboration within interdisciplinary teams, including documentation and informatics.
Integrate physiologic, psychosocial and psychiatric concepts into nursing care for individuals and families in diverse health contexts.
Provide nursing care for childbearing families, including labor, delivery, postpartum, and newborn care.
Apply the ANA Code of Ethics as a guide for ethical comportment in everyday nursing practice and professional identity development.
Apply evidence-based nutrition principles to support health promotion and illness management across the lifespan.
Examine social and structural determinants of health using Chinn and Kramer’s emancipatory knowing and other fundamental patterns of knowing.
Utilize resources and adult learning strategies to prepare for the Fundamentals of Nursing, Pharmacology, and Maternal/Newborn Mastery exams.
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