4.00 - 5.00 Credits
This course is a combined didactic and clinical practicum course to support the transition of the senior-level nursing student to a professional practice role. The didactic portion prepares the senior nursing studentfor the required comprehensive competency assessment the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) and the role of the professional registered nurse. The didactic portion combined with the clinical integration portion of this course emphasizes effective communication nursing assessment diagnostic and laboratory interpretation appropriate nursing interventions patient and family education criticalreasoning skills interdisciplinary teamwork prioritization and delegation and time management skills essential for the successful transition into professional practice. Successful completion of this course required the student to satisfactorily complete 120 precepted clinical hours