RNSG 2010 — LPN to ASN Transition
The LPN to ADN Transition course ( ) is offered in the summer quarter prior to entering the second level of the nursing program. This course if designed to initiate the transition process from LPN to RN and builds upon previously learned basic knowledge and skills. The focus of is upon the nursing of individuals throughout the lifespan experiencing common predictable alterations in function. Content presented includes: the transition process; the nursing process; nursing care of the patient with oncology and pain, nursing care of the perioperative patient, alterations in respiratory function, alterations hepatic and biliary function, alterations in mental health. In addition, emergency/disaster management content is integrated. The conceptual threads of nutrition, pharmacology, growth and development, communication, cultural diversity, teaching/learning process, nursing process/critical thinking, legal/ethical factors, technological competence, safety, the health-illness continuum, therapeutic interventions, and emergency/ disaster management continue to be incorporated throughout the course. The student will be required to independently remediate in other areas of nursing that have been identified by the pre-entrance testing process as areas of weakness. The lecture and laboratory component applies the nursing process to patients with selected alterations in function which are considered complex. Emphasis is placed on identification of physiological and psychosocial problems