NURS 127 - Professional Nursing Concepts - Level I

3 Credit Hours

Students will explore professional concepts of nursing as they relate to the individual, the unit of care and the healthcare organization. These concepts represent the attributes and describe professional nursing practice as a component in the identification of nursing as a healthcare profession. Students will identify how their life experiences, beliefs and values will impact their philosophy of professional nursing practice. The student will use these concepts to interpret and draw conclusions about patient needs, concerns or health problems to improve patient response.

Prerequisites: NURS 113 - Nursing Assessment, NURS 114 - Patient Centered Care I, and NURS 116 - Practicum I.
Corequisites: NURS 124 - Patient Centered Care II and NURS 126 - Practicum II. NURS 122 - Pharmacology for Nursing must be taken and passed prior to or in the same semester as NURS 127 Professional Nursing Concepts Level I, NURS 124 - Patient Centered Care II and NURS 126 - Practicum II in order to progress in the nursing program.