NURS130 — Transition to Nursing
(TP/SS only) Designed to ease the transition of para-professional healthcare workers into the Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) program. Specific concepts drawn from the first year of the AD nursing program, related to professional nursing practice, are taught. Other concepts familiar to para-professional healthcare workers are enlarged upon in both breadth and depth. The nursing process is stressed with a focus on health assessment and the use of care plans for planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care. All aspects of professional communication are explored and practiced. Supervised clinical experiences enhance the para-professional healthcare worker’s grasp of professional nursing care for patient with alterations in the physiological and psychosocial processes. Upon successful completion of the NURS 130 course, the students will receive credit for NURS 113 , NURS 114 , NURS 121 , NURS 125 , NURS 126 and NURS 129 . This course is to be completed during the summer session prior to entry into NURS 225 & NURS 226 in the fall semester. Students will be permitted entrance into NURS 130 only one time. If the student is unsuccessful in NURS 130 with a grade lower than 75% = C, the student must apply for entrance into NURS 113 , NURS 114 , and NURS 121 . Consequently, the student will not be eligible for the advanced placement into NURS 225 despite the para-professional healthcare licensure. A grade of C or better in BIOL 212 , BIOL 213 , mathematics foundation, and ENGL 102
Prerequisites: BIOL212, BIOL213, ENGL102, ENGL103