NURS 240 - Nursing Care IV (10)

This course is designed to prepare the student to transition from the role of nursing student to a professional registered nurse. The student will be expected to apply and analyze concepts related to patient care, professionalism, and health care. The student will integrate interrelated concepts encompassing multiple health and illness concepts across the lifespan. Knowledge and skills learned in previous nursing courses will be utilized. This course has a clinical component that provides for application of learning to direct and simulated patient care experiences. Classroom: 7.5 hours per week; Clinical: 2.7 hours per week; and 120 hours of preceptor/capstone experience. Clinical hours will be aggregated throughout the semester.

Prerequisite(s): NURS 215 - Nursing Care III (9) and admission to Nursing A.S.N.