NU 2000 - Introduction to Professional Nursing Practice

• Demonstrate understanding of caring, person, environment, health, and nursing as core concepts in professional nursing practice (Level 1, Nursing Care).
• Discuss the five concepts of nursing (caring, person, environment, health, and nursing) and how they have been shaped by political, social, economic, and cultural factors (Level 1, Nursing Care).
• Use strategies to develop critical thinking skills and clinical judgement (Level 1, Critical Thinking).
• Develop effective writing skills to organize and convey ideas using appropriate APA style and format. (Level 1, Communication).
• Accept personal responsibility and participate in own development toward the role of the professional nurse through acts of integrity, mutual respect, and actively seeking out opportunities to learn (Level 2, Professional Role).
• Describe the concept of nursing as a social contract and how the American Nurses Association’s Standards and Scope of Professional Nursing Practice and other key documents are used to define, delineate, and guide nursing practice and ethics (Level 1, Professional Role).
• Describe the role of the nurse as a member of the healthcare team and provider of care (Level 1, Professional Role).
• Appreciate the complexities of the US health system and its impact on the nursing profession (Level 1, Professional Role).
• Use available knowledge technology to communicate verbally and in writing. (Level 1, Technology).
• Discuss how theories guide and communicate ideas, drive inquiry into nursing issues, and advance the body of nursing science (Level 1, Evidence-Based Practice).

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• MSOE School of Nursing, vision, mission, and conceptual framework
• Philosophies and Theories of Nursing
• History of Nursing and Health
• American Nursing and U.S. healthcare system
• Nursing metaparadigm
• Nursing in the future
• Nursing and Policy: Social Policy Statement
• Standards of Nursing Practice and Standards of Professional Performance
• APA formatting and style
• Student support services, study skills, test taking strategies for academic success