Paramedic to Associate Degree Nursing A.A.S. Degree [A45110PB]

Program Information

The Paramedic to Associate Degree Nursing entry option is designed to allow currently certified paramedics who have completed the A. A. S. Degree in Emergency Medical Science to earn an Associate of Applied Science degree in Nursing. Paramedic graduates will apply to the Paramedic to Associate Degree Nursing Program option (A45110PB) and if accepted will take the transition course of NUR 215 Paramedic to RN Bridge Concepts.

After the student has successfully completed NUR 215 the Registrar’s Office awards non-course credit for NUR 111, 112, 114 and 117.

Semester-by-Semester Plan

First Year

Spring Semester

NUR 215	Paramedic to RN Bridge Concepts	6
Total Credit Hours:		6

Summer Semester

BIO 275	Microbiology	4
PSY 241	Developmental Psychology	3
	Humanities/Fine Arts	3
Total Credit Hours:		10

Second Year

Fall Semester

NUR 113	Family Health Concepts	5
NUR 211	Health Care Concepts	5
NUR 212AB	Health System Concepts	2
Total Credit Hours:		12

Spring Semester

NUR 212BB	Health System Concepts	3
NUR 213	Complex Health Concepts	10
Total Credit Hours:		13

Program Learning Outcomes

NLN Human Flourishing:

Advocate for clients and families in ways that promote their self-determination, integrity, and ongoing growth as human beings.

QSEN Client Centered Care: Recognize the client or designee as the source of control and full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for client preferences, values and needs.

NLN Nursing Judgment:

Make judgments in practice, substantiated with evidence, that integrate nursing science in the provision of safe, quality care and promote the health of clients within a family and community context.

QSEN Safety: Minimize risk of harm to client and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance.

QSEN Informatics: Use information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making.

NLN Professional Identity:

Ethically and responsibly practice nursing, integrating best practices, client advocacy, and quality caring interventions to promote safe care within a family and community context.

QSEN Teamwork and Collaboration: The student will function effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality client care.

NLN Spirit of Inquiry:

Participate in evidence-based practice to improve quality of care for clients, families, and communities.

QSEN Quality Improvement: Use data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and use improvement methods to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care systems.

QSEN Evidence Based Practice: Integrate best current evidence with clinical expertise and client/family preferences and values for delivery of optimal health care.

Technical Requirements

Standard	Description	Example
Critical thinking skills	Critical thinking ability for effective clinical reasoning and clinical judgment consistent with level of educational preparation.	Initiate, evaluate, and update plan of care. Organize workload to manage time effectively and prioritize the delivery of client care Use resources effectively to understand the evidence, context of situations, and perspectives to make logical and informed decisions.
Interpersonal skills	Interpersonal skills sufficient for professional interactions with a diverse population of individuals, families and groups.	Maintain client confidentiality/privacy. Establish professional and ethical relationships with others and seek assistance when needed. Ability to accept constructive criticism. Display accountability and personal integrity understanding that student behavior impacts others. Ability to delegate appropriately. Ability to respond to stress and adapt to changing environments inherent in clinical practice; particularly anger, frustration, and excitement appropriately. Ability to operate in different cultural settings.
Communication skills	Communication skills sufficient for verbal and written professional interactions.	Explain treatments, procedures, initiate health teaching, and verify client consents to care. Document and interpret nursing actions and client responses. Display the capacity to engage in successful conflict resolution and advocate for client rights and needs. Effectively communicate with coworkers, clients, and members of the interdisciplinary team. Provide and receive report on assigned clients. Use therapeutic communication techniques to provide support.
Psychomotor skills	Psychomotor skills sufficient for providing safe, effective nursing care.	Movement about client's room, and/or work spaces to complete client assessment or promote circulation (ROM, positioning) Administer rescue procedures- cardiopulmonary resuscitation Demonstrate ability to work for long periods. Calibration and use of equipment safely. Perform procedures necessary to safely admit, transfer, or discharge a client. Prepare and administer medications and/or treatments. Perform basic skills (Foley, tube feedings, maintain orthopedic devices, perform post-mortem care). Must be able to lift 30 pounds safely.
Assessment Skills	Assessment Skillssufficient for providing safe, effective nursing care.	Ability to perform targeted screening assessments (vision, hearing, nutrition). Ability to respond to client distress calls. Ability to observe client’s condition and responses to treatments. Assess a client’s condition. Read and interpret health care provider’s orders. Read monitors, medication labels, and other equipment accurately. Ability to palpate in physical examinations and various therapeutic interventions.