Summary of Current Course Content Knowledge NRS 430

Summary of Current Course Content Knowledge NRS 430

This course has a total of five topics that cover the essentials of a baccalaureate education, the scope of nursing and differentiation of ADN and BSN educations, nursing history, professional accountability, and advocacy and activism. I believe these topics are arranged in such a way that we maneuver through this course by understanding and reinforcing our foundation as nurses and the continuation of our duties throughout our careers.

I am familiar with most of these weekly objectives, we may not actually realize that we are living through these topics day-to-day in our professions, but they somehow integrate into our daily lives. Some of these topics which we use as skills and knowledge in our profession, I can personally benefit from by expanding my knowledge on and implementing them at my workplace. We never stop learning and adapting.

I do not know about the 2021 National Academy of Medicine Report on the nursing profession, but I am interested in reading on that topic, and I am curious if Covid-19 has anything to do with that or impacted this report in any way. And I am always interested in the nursing scope of practice and how it will differ from the Associate Degree of Nursing (ADN) scope of practice.

I am most excited to discuss topics four and five. Topic four interests me because of the topics on health equity and social needs, and professional accountability for personal self-care in nursing. Topic five I would love to talk about advocacy and activism. I am currently working on being more active at my workplace and I would love to take this knowledge with me.

The most intimidating part about this course (going back to school in general) is getting back into a school routine and finding that delicate balance again. Attending school as an ADN student was grueling but fun, so I’m hopeful that this experience will be fun