LPVN115 - Practical Nursing Leadership and Transition

Semester Credit Hour(s): 2

The focus of this capstone course is to transition from student nurse to graduate nurse, including preparation for the NCLEX-PN licensure examination upon graduation.  The student will learn to assist in the coordination of human and material resources for assigned clients, participate in group processes to promote the provision of nursing care, use the nursing process and clinical judgment to make decisions about basic healthcare needs and use information technology to provide basic care.  Learning experiences will provide growth for the student to make the transition from student to practical nurse.  In this course, students apply clinical principles and use an interdisciplinary approach to provide care to adult clients requiring medical-surgical nursing care incorporating leadership skills.  The student will use principles of health promotion; maintenance and restoration; and physiological integrity across the lifespan to meet patient healthcare needs in a clinical setting.  Students will learn time management and delegation skills as well as implement various components of quality assurance.

Prerequisite(s): LPVN105

Corequisite(s): LPVN120 and LPVN130