Jul 04, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
[Archived Catalog]
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NURS 2031 - LPN-RN Transition
Prepares the licensed practical nurse to perform as a registered nurse by expanding the LPN knowledge base and exploring the scope of practice of the RN. The course reviews the nursing process, communication, patient teaching, and critical thinking and introduces higher levels of cognition including clinical reasoning and clinical judgment.
Requisites: Admission to AA2342
Credit Hours: 1
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 1.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to apply evidence-based clinical reasoning to the care of patients and/or their caregiver(s).
- Students will be able to apply the safety standards of the Ohio Nurse Practice Act to the care of patients and/or their caregiver(s).
- Students will be able to discuss the impact of psychosocial, spiritual, cultural, and individual physiological differences on patients and/or their caregiver(s).
- Students will be able to apply the nursing process to the care of patients and/or their caregiver(s).
- Students will be able to apply knowledge and resources necessary to teach patients, caregiver(s), and members of the community about pertinent health issues.
- Students will be able to identify the principles of effective communication with patients, caregiver(s), members of the community, and members of the multidisciplinary healthcare team.
- Students will be able to demonstrate professional behavior in the classroom.
- Students will be able to apply the nurse’s legal, ethical, and professional standards of care to the care of patients and/or their caregiver(s).
- Students will be able to define specific role changes necessary for the transition from LPN to RN.
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