Northwest Florida State College RN to BSN Nursing Program

Program Goals
Further student scholarship in
evaluating evidence-based
research to determine its
efficacy and applicability to
nursing practice.
Provide students with an
expanded knowledge base
and broader skills sets to
meet future career demands.
Relationship Between Selected Portions of Curriculum to Program Goals
Student Learning
Outcomes
Demonstrate accountability,
responsibility, authority, ethical
practice, and professionalism as
defined by the American Nurses
Association Code of Ethics
Use higher-order critical
thinking skills (e.g. assessment,
analysis, synthesis) effectively
throughout the nursing process
Course
Name
Dimensions of
Baccalaureate
Nursing
Practice
Health
Assessment
Student Learning
Objectives
• Discuss ethical responsibilities in
professional nursing practice utilizing The
Code of Ethics for Nurses (ANA).
• Relate the attributes of a profession to
professional nursing practice.
• Relate the nursing responsibilities for
health and physical assessment to prepare
for conducting the examination.
• Compare and contrast expressions of
behaviors of health and illness among
clients of different cultures when
performing health assessments.
Evaluation Methods/
Assignments
• Written course
scenarios and
online board
discussions
• Online discussion
boards
• Online exam
• Course exercises
Provide students with an
expanded knowledge base
and broader skills sets to
meet future career demands.
Encourage students to
continue lifelong learning to
enhance personal and
professional development.
Incorporate socio-cultural,
ethnic, religious, and other
unique individual considerations
into client care
Use media resources and
information technologies to
enhance professional practices
Health
Assessment
Lab
• Demonstrate techniques of inspection,
auscultation, percussion, & palpation.
Portfolio I • Provide a class presentation about your
career goals and objectives.
• Explain the various professional
achievements and contributions the
professional nurse offers to the practice of
nursing
Portfolio II • Develop a life-long learning plan with
short term and long term goals
Encourage students to Develop a plan for lifelong
continue lifelong learning to learning and professional
enhance personal and development
professional development.
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• Simulated client
laboratory
experience
• Integrated
psychomotor
exam
• Health History
interview
• Electronic
professional
portfolio
• Electronic lifelong
learning plan