NRSE 4515 - Principles of Professional Nursing Practice

• Students will be able to identify core values and concepts, derived from theories of nursing and other disciplines, to distinguish nursing practice.
• Students will be able to identify historical and contemporary influences on professional nursing practice.
• Students will be able to explore and apply theory and research-based knowledge of nursing and other sciences in the articulation and application of clinical judgment and reasoning.
• Students will be able to describe and demonstrate active and passive verbal communication skills required for culturally competent, inclusive nursing practice.
• Students will be able to articulate the roles and responsibilities of nurses in healthcare advocacy and delivery, utilizing appropriate, culturally competent, and inclusive language and delivery.
• Students will be able to demonstrate professional communication using personalized, evidence-based teaching materials and a variety of communication modes.
• Students will be able to describe appropriate use and best practices for use of multimedia and social networking applications in professional healthcare practice.
• Students will be able to describe and demonstrate concepts of relationship- and patient-centered care, and social responsibility.
• Students will be able to apply foundational ethical principles, concepts, and ethical reasoning to identify, analyze, orally communicate, and successfully defend a position to foster attainment of health equity for all
• Students will be able to explain how personal ethical core beliefs influence clinical judgment and clinical decision-making.
• Students will be able to demonstrate an ethical comportment in professional practice that is reflective of the expectations of the RN scope and standards of practice and the Code of Ethics for nurses.