NUR 479 - Professional Nursing II

This capstone course enables the student to synthesize and integrate knowledge of nursing research, leadership and management, national patient safety resources, and evidence based practice to design, implement, and lead an evidence based project to improve client outcomes and provide quality and professional nursing care. The Institute of Medicine’s healthcare professional core competencies of providing patient-centered care, working in inter-professional teams, employing evidence based practice, applying quality improvement, and utilizing informatics will provide the overarching framework for this course. The student will develop an evidence based change project integrating quality improvement process and national patient safety resources. The University of Mary competences, Division of Nursing Philosophy, and Benedictine values will be explored and integrated into the evidence based project.

4 Semester Credit(s)

Crosslisted with: N/A
Laboratory/Experience Hours N/A
Prerequisite(s): Admission to RN to BSN program
Corequisite(s): N/A
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Grade Type LT