NURS 1700

This course is an introduction to the profession of nursing. Students are introduced to the curriculum’s foundational perspectives and concepts and how these relate to nursing practice. Students explore nursing history, the evolution of nursing, and the health care system. Students will explore individual and professional values and beliefs with the purpose of developing their professional nursing self-concept. Students critically reflect upon role of gender, race, and class in social construction of nursing as a profession and explore their responsibility for safe and ethical nursing practice while discovering the governing bodies that regulate nursing.