NURS5034: Transition to Professional Nursing Practice
3 Credits
Framed in the context of patient safety and quality of care, this course highlights competencies for students that will lead to a positive transition to their professional nurse role. The course engages students in the application of the quality improvement process to address patient safety and quality issues. Students will focus on practice issues that can compromise patient safety and quality of care. Students will plan their transition to professional practice and identify how they will proactively address issues that typically confront new nurse graduates in their first professional nursing role.