PROFESSIONALISM IN NURSING PRACTICE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in Nursing (Accelerated or Traditional program) BSN Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the historical foundations of nursing and integrate concepts from nursing theories and other disciplines in order to differentiate nursing practice and understand the relationship between the nurse and the individual. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Develop the foundation for a professional identity, role socialization, and personal values for decision-making in nursing practice. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Describe principles of advocacy, empathy, and therapeutic relationships to provide patient-centered care and advance health equity. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Explain how professional communication can foster collaborative relationships among healthcare team members to maintain a culture of civility while informing person-centered care and decision-making. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Recognize the influence of scope and standards of practice, ethics, and healthcare policies and laws on nursing practice. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Discuss the nurse’s role in evaluating system effectiveness and decision-making to improve healthcare quality and safety, and health outcomes in the delivery of patient care across the continuum of care using evidence and clinical judgment. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the historical foundations of nursing and integrate concepts from nursing theories and other disciplines in order to differentiate nursing practice and understand the relationship between the nurse and the individual. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Develop the foundation for a professional identity, role socialization, and personal values for decision-making in nursing practice. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Describe principles of advocacy, empathy, and therapeutic relationships to provide patient-centered care and advance health equity. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Explain how professional communication can foster collaborative relationships among healthcare team members to maintain a culture of civility while informing person-centered care and decision-making. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Recognize the influence of scope and standards of practice, ethics, and healthcare policies and laws on nursing practice. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Discuss the nurse’s role in evaluating system effectiveness and decision-making to improve healthcare quality and safety, and health outcomes in the delivery of patient care across the continuum of care using evidence and clinical judgment. Audience: Undergraduate