Prof Communication in Nursing

Catalog description

This course focuses on communication skills that are essential for professional nurses: clear exposition, persuasive argument, effective synthesis, mastery of mechanics and confident delivery. Students will write most weeks in class or in take-home assignments. Peer editing and group work is considered part of the course. There will be oral presentations as well. This is a "communication intensive" course for the core curriculum. This course addresses relevant criteria of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing - The Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice. Please see http://www.aacnnursing.org/Education-Resources/AAC N-Essentials to review this document.