Teaching Professional Nurses in the Practice Environment

1 Course Unit

This course provides nurses who are considering working in nursing professional development (NPD) in a variety of practice settings, an overview of the practice environment and roles of NPD practitioners. This course is taken after completing the pre-requisite NURS6000 Principles and Practice of Transformative Nursing Education offering, and uses the most current American Nurses Association Nursing Professional Development Scope & Standards of Practice as a foundation for examining roles and responsibilities of nursing professional development practitioners. Content addresses the who, what, where, when, how, and why of nursing professional development including but not limited to principles related to onboarding/orientation, education and role development, competency management, developing collaborative partnerships, translating evidence-to- practice, facilitating quality improvement, and measuring the value of Nursing Professional Development. Spring Prerequisite: NURS 6000 1 Course Unit