Core 1: Introduction to Professional Nursing Practice

2 Credits.

In this course, learners will?explore foundational knowledge for nursing practice organized in four areas of emphasis: planetary health, communication, leadership, and practice essentials. Planetary health-related concepts will focus on intrapersonal and systemic reflection, and social and structural determinants of health inequities. These topics will be explored in local and international contexts with an emphasis on Baltimore and how it has been impacted by the Johns Hopkins Institution. Communication concepts focus on strategies that prioritize safety, ensure quality, and advance equity in a nursing context. Leadership concepts focus on nursing professionalism. Practice essentials introduces the concepts and roles that define nursing practice. The course is designed to support and inform all first-semester learning by introducing and/or reinforcing competencies that learners will develop and demonstrate throughout the program.