NURS 103 - Bridge to Nursing

3 Credits
This course is designed to assist with the transition into the nursing program. Reading Apprenticeship techniques to facilitate learning and a classroom laboratory component for fundamental nursing skills will be included.

Course Outcomes

Perform fundamental nursing skills.
Demonstrate proficiency in basic mathematical skills.
Demonstrate proficiency in converting between various units of measurement.
Use Reading Apprenticeship techniques to facilitate engagement and achievement across multiple disciplines.
Define selected medical terms and abbreviations.
Determine personal learning preferences (based on the VARK assessment) and utilize one or more recommended methods of taking in and putting out information based on those learning preferences.
Develop awareness of specific test-taking strategies associated with nursing exams and actively incorporate those strategies on all nursing tests.
Fill in the uncompleted boxes on the Learning Portfolio pages and refer to the information frequently to help build knowledge base of medical terms, math conversions and equivalencies, learning styles and their related methods of taking in, organizing and putting out information.
Construct a well-written, organized, concise report on the contents of the Learning Portfolio.