Intro Contemporary Nursing

Catalog description

This course introduces the student to the major concepts and ideas forming the context of contemporary professional nursing practice including professional standards of practice, development of professional behaviors, evidence-based practice, nursing informatics and micro/macrosystems in healthcare. Students are introduced to the Nurse of the Future (2010) framework and the core competencies that comprise the framework used in the Elms College nursing curriculum. The evolution of nursing, nursing practice, and nursing theory is explored. This course is intended to help students develop a beginning personal philosophy of nursing as well as a foundation for quality and safety in professional nursing practice.