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ADN 198 - Transitioning to the RN Role for LPNs and Certified Advanced Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedics (AEMT-P)
This course transitions Licensed Practical Nurses and Licensed Paramedics to the scope and role of the Registered Nurse including professional behavior, communication, assessment, clinical decision making, caring, teaching-learning, collaboration and management of care. The nursing process is used to initiate development of problem solving and critical thinking skills. Pharmacological concepts are reviewed to promote safe medication administration across the life cycle. Students will use knowledge acquired in the classroom and lab to demonstrate competency of skills in the provision of safe and effective patient care in the clinical setting. Students will demonstrate mathematical skills and quantitative reasoning as evidenced by safe medication calculation and administration. Successful completion of the course allows progression to the second year of nursing courses.
Prerequisite- Corequisite
Prerequisites:
To register for this course, students must be accepted into the nursing program, and also complete BIO 131 Anatomy & Physiology I, ENG 110 College Writing I, and PSY 110 General Psychology prior to taking ADN 198 Transitioning to the RN Role for LPNs and Licensed Paramedics.
BIO 132 Anatomy & Physiology II, SOC 110 Introduction to Sociology, and PSY 210 Human Development are prerequisites for enrollment in senior level nursing courses ADN 211 Meeting Human Needs III and ADN 212 Meeting Human Needs IV.
Credits: 4
Hours
2 Class Hours, 2 Laboratory Hour, 3 Clinical Hours/Wk for 15 weeks
Course Profile
Learning Outcomes of the Course:
Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:
- Analyze personal professional behavior within boundaries of nurse-patient relationship and organizational policies.
- Utilize effective verbal skills and technology to communicate effectively with patients and all members of the healthcare team.
- Analyze assessments using theoretical models of care.
- Implement a nursing plan of care incorporating individual cultural and/or spiritual differences.
- Apply nursing process to clients experiencing healthcare changes across the life cycle.
- Relate the teaching-learning process to care of patients.
- Use resources available for planning patient care.
- Apply the principles of safety, medical, and surgical asepsis during patient care.
- Apply pharmacological principles involved in safe medication administration.
- Employ algebraic principles to solve medication dose and intravenous fluid calculation problems.
- Represent mathematical calculations symbolically and numerically by solving for correct unit of measure.
- Interpret and draw inferences from formulas and tables for safe medication administration.
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