SCHOOL OF NURSING RN-BSN PROGRAM

COLLEGE  OF  HEALTH AND  URBAN AFFAIRS

NOTE:  If you are NOT a registered nurse, you must drop this course.  Only RNs can take this course.

Professional Nursing I: Socialization
Course Description

Catalog Description:
Socialization  into the role of professional nursing is introduced with emphasis on responsibilities as a direct care provider, teacher-learner, and collaborator.   Prerequisite: RN licensure.

Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• Apply knowledge derived from natural and behavioral sciences, humanities, and past and contemporary nursing to identify historical, social, economic, and political forces which impact on nursing as a profession.
  
  

• Discuss the philosophy and organizing curriculum, framework of the School of Nursing as a base for nursing practice.
  
  

• Describe the role of nursing theories in the advancement of nursing as an autonomous profession.
  
  

• Examine the socialization of the direct care provider and collaborator role emphasizing the history and development of the contemporary professional nurse.
  
  

• Analyze the attributes of accountability, autonomy, integrity, and critical inquiry in developing a professional self concept.
  
  

• Identify own learning styles and learning needs as a base for accountable, independent pursuit of personal and professional growth.
  
  

• Identify theories of learning used in clinical teaching.
  
  

• Formulate health teaching plans for clients within the health-illness continuum with potential and actual environmental stressors.  

Topical Outline:

PHILOSOPHY/ORGANIZING BSN CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK OF THE SCHOOL OF NURSING

• Health promotion, maintenance, restoration, rehabilitation, and/or 
  death with dignity

• Nursing process

• Adaptation
  

• Stressors

• Client systems

• Research

• Nursing roles  

PROFESSIONALISM

• Professional attributes

• Legal and professional standards

• Image of nursing

HISTORICAL/CURRENT EVENTS AND THEIR IMPACT ON NURSING

• Nursing organizations

• Nursing education 

• RN credentialing

• Nursing Unions

• Sexual Harassment in Nursing

• Nurse Safety and Health

• Bioterrorism/Disaster Response and Nursing

• Nursing and War

THEORY IN NURSING

THE TEACHING/LEARNING NURSING  ROLE

• Theories/strategies of teaching

• Theories/strategies of learning

• The health teaching plan

Teaching Strategies:
Lecture/discussion, handouts, audiovisual aids, written assignments, assigned and library readings

Evaluation Methods:

• Student papers
• Written assignments
• NOTE:  Students are expected to review the FIU Student Handbook for details on Standards of Student Conduct and Policies.  The Standards of Student Conduct address three major areas of moral integrity: Academic Honesty, Respect for the Law, and Respect for People.  The Code of Academic Integrity  reflects the values articulated in the Standards.   Students who plagiarize or cheat can be charged with Academic Misconduct. Penalties for academic misconduct can include up to dismissal from the University.

Required Texts:

• Blais, K., Hayes, J., Kozier, B., & Erb, G. (2005).  Professional nursing practice: Concepts and perspectives, (5th ed). Redwood City, CA: Addison-Wesley.  
  
• American Psychological Association (APA).  Publication manual (latest edition)

Students with disabilities who may need special accommodations should register with the Office of Disability Services.  In addition, they are encouraged to contact the instructor so that arrangements can be made to accommodate their needs.