Nursing - RN to BSN
Faculty
Description
Major Requirements
Program Policies
Course Descriptions
CCNE Accreditation Self Study Report
Faculty
Sharon Mailey, Professor of Nursing (Program Director)
Rosemarie O. Berman, Assistant Professor of Nursing
Harriet Fields, Assistant Professor of Nursing
Description
The Trinity Nursing Program offers advanced placement for Registered Nurses holding an associate's degree or diploma in nursing. This program is designed for the adult learner. RNs admitted into the program may receive credit for general education and nursing courses. In order to receive a degree from Trinity, the transcript must reflect 128 credits, with 32 of those taken in residence at the University. Students may transfer up to 32 credits in nursing. Upon admission, students may complete the program on a full-time or part-time basis.
Major Requirements
To fulfill the requirements of the B.S. in Nursing, students must successfully complete required coursework in the following areas:
Nursing Requirements (32 credits):
- NURS 300 RN Transition - ACT (3 credits)
- NURS 310 Comprehensive Health Assessment (3 credits)
- NURS 320 Policy & Politics in Nursing (3 credits)
- NURS 330 Theory/Research in Nursing (3 credits)
- NURS 400 Experiential Learning Portfolio or NURS 401 (3 credits)
- NURS 401 Clinical Preceptorship or NURS 400 (3 credits)
- NURS 410 Leadership and Management of Health Care (3 credits)
- NURS 420 Community Health Nursing (5 credits)
- NURS 430 Emergency Preparedness & Disaster Management (3 credits)
- NURS 490 Capstone - Synthesis of Professional & Health Care Issues (3 credits)
- NURS Nursing Elective - Directed (3 credits)
Prerequisite Requirements: (34 credits): (May meet the General Education requirements)
- Anatomy & Physiology (lab) (8 credits)
- Microbiology (lab) (4 credits)
- Chemistry (lab) (4 credits)
- Psychology (3 credits)
- Statistics (3 credits)
- Ethics (3 credits)
- Public Speaking (3 credits)
- Sociology (3 credits)
- Genetics (3 credits)
Nursing Transfer (32 credits) from an approved, appropriately accredited school of nursing
General Education Requirements (34 credits):
- Skills for Life and Work - 18 credits
- Writing (6)
- Speaking (6)
- Numeracy (3)
- Information and Computer Literacy (3)
- Understanding the Self and Society - 18 credits
- Appreciation of Arts and Humanities (6),
- Personal, Civic and Global Awareness (6)
- Understanding the Scientific Method (4)
- Ethics and Moral Reasoning - 3 credits
Program Policies
Required Documentation: Prior to enrolling in any course, students are required to present documentation of the following:
- Current Registered Nurse Licensure for the District of Columbia
- Professional Liability Insurance in the amount of $1 million/$ 3 million
- BLS/CPR Certification
- Current immunization or titers for the following:
- DPT; MMR; Hepatitis B (3 doses); Tetanus;
- Influenza (annual); TB (annual).
- National criminal background check
- Including all alias and nationwide sexual offenders index with a set of fingerprints
- Current major medical health insurance
RN Achievement Tests: Students who have worked at least one year as a clinical nurse may be eligible to test out of NURS 310 - Health Assessment through the successful completion of the NLN
RN Achievement Test in Physical Assessment and the demonstration of an
adult physical examination, evaluated by faculty. Students must meet the
scheduled dates and times and pay the required fee prior to the
beginning of the semester. Additionally, RN to BSN students
who have not taken collegiate level Anatomy and Physiology may challenge
eight credits through the successful completion of the NLN RN
Achievement Test in Anatomy and Physiology. There is a $100 fee,
payable to Trinity Washington University, associated with taking the NLN RN Achievement Test. This fee
must be paid to the Business Office prior to scheduling the test. The fee
can be paid via check, cash, Mastercard, Visa, or Discover. This fee is
non-refundable. Students should obtain receipts from the Business
Office, which will serve proof of payment and as authorization to order and
schedule the assessment test.
Grades in Major Courses: Students are required to earn a grade of "C" (2.0) or better in all courses counted to fulfill requirements for the major.
Pass/No Pass: The pass/no pass grading option is not accepted in courses to be applied for the major.
Transfer Policy: Students may transfer up to 96 credits to fulfill the degree requirement of 128 credits.
Course Descriptions
NURS 300 RN Transition - ACT (Achieving Career Transition)
Expands the student's knowledge of nursing practice and health care related to differentiated practice, community-based nursing, critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and therapeutic interventions as well as trends and issues in nursing and health care delivery. The curriculum model of knowledge, skills, values, meanings and experience (KSVME) and the application to professionalism and professional nursing practice is introduced. A major component of this course is the synthesis of technologies to retrieve electronic resources and their application to academic scholarship.
3 credits
Co-requisite: 300 level nursing courses; Prerequisite to all 400 level nursing courses.
NURS 310 Comprehensive Health Assessment
Develops and refines the student's clinical skills in the assessment of the individual's health by identifying common health deviations, at-risk behaviors, and altered findings through the use of appropriate knowledge, skills, and interview techniques. Health history taking methods, physical examination skills, health promotion techniques, clinical assessment tools, and the use of age related data instruments will be the content foci for lectures and lab experiences. Students will practice conducting health histories and physical examinations including interpretation of normal findings and identification of deviations from normal during their weekly lab experience.
3 credits (2 hours for class and 3 hours for lab)
NURS 320 Policy & Politics in Nursing & Health Care
Engages the student in understanding how health care policy shapes health care systems and helps to determine accessibility, accountability, and affordability. Students will evaluate how health care delivery systems are organized and financed and the effect this has on patient care; based on the student's findings, they will identify political factors that they may influence in a proactive response to quality patient outcomes.
3 credits
NURS 330 Theory/Research in Nursing
Focus is on relevant scientific and phenomenological information to assist the student to understanding the role of theory and research in nursing practice and health care. The course will provide an overview and analysis of theoretical approaches and research methodologies. Students will learn how to critically review and utilize research supporting common aspects of nursing practice.
3 credits
Prerequisite: Statistics; Pre/corequisite: NURS 300
NURS 390 Boomers and Beyond (elective)
Provides a forum for students to critically think about the specialty of gerontological nursing and the delivery of nursing care to the older adult with emphasis on issues relevant to the lived experiences of "Boomers and Beyond."
3 credits
Pre/Co-requisites: Elective course with permission of faculty
NURS 400 Experiential Learning Portfolio
Trinity recognizes that college-level learning may occur in a variety of settings. This course is designed to enable the student to claim this knowledge and receive appropriate academic credit. This course emphasizes professional nursing knowledge acquired through activities such as work, volunteer/community service, or travel after having completed an initial degree or diploma in nursing. In this course, the student will complete a portfolio that documents their prior learning that contributes to professional role development in nursing and may enhance their career advancement within their workplace.
3 credits
Prerequisites: At least one year experience in clinical practice as a Registered Nurse (RN) and completion of all 300 level nursing courses.
NURS 401 Clinical Preceptorship
Offers an intensive study in an area of professional practice and an opportunity to describe, integrate and demonstrate competencies pertaining to the area. The clinical component of this course includes advanced knowledge, skills, values, meanings, and experiences (KSVME) needed to transition into a particular nursing specialty.
3 credits (9 hours weekly for clinical with one hour class room seminar biweekly)
Prerequisites: All 300 level courses and NURS 410; Corequisite: NURS 420
NURS 410 Leadership and Management of Health Care
Intersection of nursing care with leading people and managing organizations and systems is the focus for this course. While looking through the rearview mirror and visualizing the horizon, this forum will assist students to critique key issues contributing to the success of professional nurses. The course incorporates the application of management principles and leadership, change, and administration theories in nursing practice and health care delivery. Content discussions include delegation, working with large groups, communication and collaboration, cultural and diversity, legal and ethical dilemmas, budget management, staff development, resource management, quality improvement and risk management, evidence based practice, and the healthcare consumer.
3 credits
Prerequisite: All 300 level nursing courses
NURS 420 Community Health Nursing
Introduction to community/public health practice in a changing health care system is the focus for this course. Students will apply the concepts of primary health care to the assessment, planning, and delivery of care to diverse families and vulnerable populations. Factors influencing the primary health care of communities and the impact of globalization, socioeconomics, politics, and environmental factors on the health vulnerability and resiliency of communities are examined. Clinical experience will take place in a variety of community settings.
5 credits
Prerequisite: All 300 level courses and Sociology. Co-requisite: NURS 410 and NURS 430.
NURS 430 Emergency Preparedness & Disaster Management
A guide to the basic components preparing nurses to provide health care under disaster conditions and to respond effectively in emergency situations. The student will be introduced to the principles of disaster preparedness and management, the common tasks consistent across all disaster responses, the key components of a disaster preparedness plan, health care systems frameworks for disaster response, impact of disasters, legal and ethical issues, and types of disasters and their causes.
3 credits
Co-requisite with NURS 420
NURS 490 Capstone - Synthesis (KSVME) of Professional and Health Care Issues
Culminating learning experience demonstrating the curriculum model of knowledge, skills, values, meaning, and experience (KSVME) within the professional practice of nursing. Assists students to critique and utilize research and analyze a clinical nursing problem that illustrates a sophisticated level of knowledge of best practices and of gathering and applying evidence. Each student will make a major presentation that is open to the educational and professional company.
3 credits
Prerequisites: All 300 level nursing courses and NURS 410; Co-requisites of NURS 420 and NURS 430
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