NURS 132 - Transitions in Nursing: Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to Registered Nurse (RN)

5-3-6
(For students admitted to the LPN to RN curriculum option) Care of the hospitalized adult with common chronic health problems. Theoretical concepts and clinical skills related to legal-ethical matters. Includes ventilation-perfusion, fluid volume, nutrition, endocrine, oncological and surgical problems. Emphasizes nursing process and roles of the associate degree nurse. Issues unique to LPN to RN transition. Prerequisite(s): Licensure as a practical nurse in LA; BIOL 251, 252, 253, 254, and 211; MATH 118 and 120 or higher; ENGL 101 and 102; PSYC 127; Humanities and Fine Arts Elective; and demonstrated proficiency in specific nursing skills (list available from School of Nursing). Corequisite(s): NURS 115.