Description
This course serves as a mechanism for advanced placement of previous licensed practical nurses. It serves to validate prior learning and update and enhance student knowledge. The course will enable the LPN to integrate the role of LPN to RN by introducing nursing concepts and theories, legal and ethical expectations, and review previous nursing skills. The course introduces the students to the nursing process including assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation of client needs. The course will also include an introduction to health assessment, care planning, intravenous therapy, and pharmacology. The laboratory portion of this course will review and evaluate nursing procedure competencies. The clinical portion of this course will serve as evaluation of the LPN’s readiness to transition to the role of the registered nursing student.
Program