NURSE 305 - Transition to Nursing, Patient, and Healthcare Concepts for the Associate Degree Nurse

    Recent Professors
    Rachael A. Simon, Ciara Berkheimer, Lazette V. Nowicki
    Recent Semesters
    Summer 2026, Summer 2025
    Class Size
    Not published
    Credits
    5
    Prerequisite
    None.
    Summer 2026 Sections
    View Summer 2026 sections of NURSE 305
    Transfers To
    CSU
    Description
    This bridge course is designed for the California Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) who is admitted for advanced placement into the second year of the Associate Degree Nursing (Registered Nursing) Program. It introduces the concept based curriculum and the knowledge, skills, and attitudes essential to nursing. It focuses on nursing management of the patient's response to health alterations as well as health promotion through the application of nursing knowledge, nursing process, and evidence based practice. The clinical laboratory experience is designed to facilitate the development of the core competencies of clinical practice: communication, leadership, patient centered care, professionalism, safety, teamwork and collaboration, evidence based practice, informatics and technology, and quality improvement. Emphasis is placed on health assessment across the lifespan, family communication, patient education, teamwork and collaboration, role transition, clinical judgment, and management of care.
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