NUR-232 Professional Nursing III

This course will examine practice-focused leadership skills and the essential knowledge surrounding contemporary nursing topics. Emphasis is on the analysis of opportunities for patient-centered care, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, teamwork and collaboration to promote a culture of safety and quality in health care delivery.

Credits

1

Prerequisite

NUR-121, NUR-122 and NUR-123

Corequisite

BIO-230, NUR-231, and NUR-233

Department

• Nursing

Semesters Course Will Be Offered

• Fall
• Spring

Course Rotation Schedule

• Fall: In Person
• Spring: In Person

For more detailed course information view the Course Outline

NUR 232: Professional Nursing III

Department

Nursing

Course Description

This course will examine practice-focused leadership skills and the essential knowledge surrounding contemporary nursing topics. Emphasis is on the analysis of opportunities for patient-centered care, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, teamwork and collaboration to promote a culture of safety and quality in health care delivery.

Credit Hours

1

Contact Hours

Lecture	1
Lab	0
Other	0

Grading Scheme

Letter

Semester(s) Course Will Be Offered

Fall, Spring

Prerequisites

NUR-121, NUR-122 and NUR-123

Corequisites

BIO-230, NUR-231, and NUR-233

Course Learning Outcomes

1. Examine contemporary nursing issues affecting the delivery of safe, patient-centered, quality healthcare.
2. Analyze the barriers to promoting a culture of safety, teamwork and collaboration, and the provision of safe, quality, patient-centered care.
3. Evaluate the current evidence supporting quality improvement initiatives.

Topic Outline

1. 1. Patient-centered care
2.     a. Safe staffing
3. 2. Safety
4.     a. NPSGs and core measures
5.     b. QI
6.     c. Quality care: NQF, NCNQ (NDNQI), and RCA
7. 3. Clinical judgment
8.     a. Clinical judgment model scenarios
9.     b. EBP: PICO and RCTs
10.     c. Prioritization
11. 4. Professionalism
12.     a. Leadership
13.     b. Image of nursing
14.     c. IOM Future of Nursing report
15.     d. Professional development
16.     e. Nursing organizations
17.     f. Collective bargaining
18.     g. Moral distress
19.     h. Genetic enhancement
20. 5. Teamwork and collaboration
21.     a. Management of care: role-specific delegation
22.     b. Healthcare delivery systems, reform, access to care, and disparities
23.     c. Telehealth and informatics
24. 6. Communication
25.     a. Failure to rescue
26.     b. Sentinel events
27.     c. Delegation