Kent State University
• Welcome to Introduction to Professional
Nursing
• Rebecca Goske, BSN, MSEd.
How to Contact Me:
• Email: bgoske@gmail.com
• Office: Rm 390, Henderson
– After class, Fridays, 1:00 – 1:30
Dates to Remember
• Test #1 – Friday, Sept. 22nd, 12:05 – 12:55
• Test #2- Friday, Nov. 3rd, 12:05 – 12:55
• Final Exam- (tentative)- Friday, Dec. 15,
3:15 – 5:30 pm
• **You must bring your ID with you or
you will not be allowed to sit for the
exam**
Other Dates to Remember
• Friday, Sept. 29th, ANA President visits
• Friday, Nov. 10th, NO CLASS- Veteran’s
Day
• Friday, Nov. 24th, NO CLASSThanksgiving Break
Course Materials
• Notes, syllabus, announcements, grades will all
be posted on Web Vista. Code for syllabus =
n1005016; instructor- Perkowski
• www.vista.kent.edu
• http://reserves.library.kent.edu/eres/default.aspx
• Book- Blais, K.K., Hayes, J.S., Kosier, B., Erb,
G. (2006) Professional Nursing Practice (5th ed.).
Upper Saddle River New Jersey: Pearson
Prentice Hall.
Chapter One Highlights
• Critical thinking exercise – Time
management (p. 8)
• Suggestions for dealing with faculty – (p.
10)
• Suggestions for study-skills enhancement
– (p. 10)
KSU College of Nursing
• Established in 1967
• Largest College of
Nursing in Ohio- 98th
percentile in size in the
U.S.
• Offers entry level ADN,
BSN programs
• LPN & RN completion
programs
• MSN, Post graduate,
certificate programs
• Joint PhD program
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KSU College of Nursing
• Program includes liberal arts, science, math,
nursing theory, and clinical requirements
• The nursing curriculum provides a general
professional nursing education organized in
terms of ascending complexity
• Curriculum focuses on promotion, maintenance,
and restoration of health of individuals, families,
groups and communities
KSU College of Nursing (CON)
• BSN program prepares general
practitioners – “Generalists” – beginning
practitioners (still require a license to
practice)
• MSN program prepares specialists in the
nursing field – CNS (Clinical Nurse
Specialist), NP (Nurse Practitioner)
CON Conceptual Framework
Central Concepts
– Person - Contains a variety of dimensions which
make up an individual (Biological, psychological,
social, spiritual)
– Society – Environment
– Health – Determined by the consumer (client, patient)
– Nursing – A discipline and a profession
• http://fpsrv.dl.kent.edu/conss/rn_bsn_msn/page0
9.htm
Conceptualization Made Easy
• Conceptual
framework:
– a group of related
concepts
– An overall view to
focus thoughts
Concepts
• The building blocks of
theory
• Ideas or mental
images of
phenomena
• ( pg 96 -97 Blais)
Terms of Admission to CON*
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Active application
Overall GPA 2.5
Science GPA 2.5
Completion of 30 semester hours course work
Office of Student services – Curtis Good
• *These are up for review due to the difficulty
accommodating all of the applicants
Questions For Discussion
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What attracted you to Nursing?
Do you have family members in Nursing?
Male family members in Nursing?
Is this your first choice of career?
What do you want to do with this career?