Nursing concepts designed to aid the student in role transition necessary for upward mobility. Emphasis on the utilization of the components of the nursing process; concepts related to nursing in less predictable, possibly unstable environments. Includes introduction to the registered professional nurses role in patient teaching activities. For students taking the lab component, activities will consist of orientation to the Nursing Skills Lab and the Clinical Competency Exam procedure. In addition, the student will receive an assessment of their skill level in relation to generic students at the end of the second semester of the ADN program.

Prerequisite: Licensed practical nurse or eligible for licensure. LPNs who graduated from SVCC after July 1991 may be exempt from the lab section.

1 to 2 Semester hour(s)

1 lec, 0-2 lab/week