NUR102 - Professionhood and Knowledge of Nursing I

Subject Title
Professionhood and Knowledge of Nursing I

Subject Description
This course is an introduction to nursing theory with emphasis on human science nursing theories and ways of knowing. Students will be introduced to multiple ways of knowing including the aesthetic, personal, ethical, empirical and sociopolitical. Concepts / theories developed by human science nursing theorists such as  Nightingale, Benner, Watson, Paterson and  Zderad, and Parse will be examined. Students will explore how nursing theory, knowledge, professional practice standards, best practices, and the historical context of nursing inform nursing practice. Emphasis is placed on scholarly writing skills, navigation of academic databases, and synthesis of information. Opportunities will be provided to apply the elements and attitudes of critical thinking.Through critical reflection, students will examine their own assumptions and values as they situate themselves within the profession of nursing.

Credit Status
3.00 Units
 

Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this subject the student will be able to:

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1. Examine the influence of nursing history on contemporary nursing practice.
2. Gain an understanding of the role and function of professional nursing organizations in Ontario.
3. Examine various human science theories as the foundation of the interactive process that takes place between persons in all human relationships.
4. Critically reflect upon relevance of theoretical foundations and professional practice standards to nursing practice.
5. Apply program philosophy and professional standards to professional relationships in the classroom.
6. Apply multiple ways of knowing to understanding learning experiences of self and others.
7. Develop basic information literacy skills.

1. Be accountable to the public and practice within the professional standards of nursing.
   1. Recognize an awareness of professional values, personal responsibility, and accountability to practice within current legislation and CNO Standards of Practice.

2. Enhance health and healing through synthesizing knowledge from nursing and other disciplines in understanding the lived experience of clients.
   1. Enhance health and healing in one or more stable individuals with health/self-care needs, through applying knowledge from nursing and other disciplines while acknowledging the lived experience of self and others to guide assessments, care, and health promotion.

3. Participate in the ongoing transformation and humanization of health care by incorporating multiple ways of knowing, evidence-informed care and critical-reflective practice.
   1. Demonstrate critical-reflective, client-centred care in simple clinical situations, using multiple ways of knowing in providing evidence-informed care.

4. Commit to excellence in professional practice through lifelong learning.
   1. Recognize and value personal learning as a professional nurse.

5. Establish and maintain collaborative relationships within nursing, the interprofessional team and the community.
   1. Initiate relationships by demonstrating respect for and being present with clients, nurses, and other health care providers.

6. Demonstrate leadership for the advancement of the nursing profession in all domains of practice.
   1. Recognize the image and the contribution of the nursing profession in society and undertake a leadership role in peer groups.

7. Advocate for and support healthy organizational and public policy to promote health of individuals, families, groups, communities and global populations.
   1. Identify situations where advocacy is indicated, exploring the influences of determinants of health on individuals' health and wellness.

8. Provide culturally sensitive nursing care that honours human dignity, respects diversity, and embraces different ways of being.
   1. Recognize diverse and cultural understandings of health and wellness in stable client situations and in the learning environment.

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Please visit the Academic Integrity website http://open2.senecac.on.ca/sites/academic-integrity/for-students to understand and learn more about how to prepare and submit work so that it supports academic integrity, and to avoid academic misconduct.

Discrimination/Harassment
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Accommodation for Students with Disabilities
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