Course Description and Objectives
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course examines the intentional connection of concepts explored in nursing coursework and
experiential activities. This active inquiry and engagement fosters the application of clinical
judgment, interprofessional collaboration, and acquisition of leadership within professional
practice.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Apply knowledge from the humanities, interprofessional education, and
natural/behavioral sciences in the provision of holistic nursing care. - Apply principles of reflective practice, appreciative inquiry, and therapeutic
communication across the spectrum of health in multiple settings/patient populations. - Integrate the moral, ethical and legal elements inherent in the formation of professional
nursing values. - Demonstrate the use of data and resources that impact health outcomes.
- Integrate principles of self-care that represent values inherent in the profession of
nursing. - Apply concepts of nursing theory in the planning and evaluation of care for clients.
- Demonstrate evidence of clinical reasoning and clinical judgment in the plan of care for
clients across the health spectrum and lifespan.
