NUR 189 - Transition from LPN to ADN

Credits: 4

Focuses on assisting the LPN to transition into a new role as an Associate Degree Nursing Student. Emphasis will be placed on roles and responsibilities of the ADN, nursing process, critical thinking, legal and ethical issues and nursing practice issues related to specialized skills and the care of special populations. Beginning Academic Year 2008-2009 all students entering the second year of the ADN Program, who have not been continuously enrolled from the first to the second year of the program, will be required to complete this course. This course will be offered in the semester prior to the first semester of the second year of the program.