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BACCALAUREATE NURSING CAPSTONE (NUR-204095)

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Course Description:


This course integrates advanced critical thinking and decision-making abilities with the application of theoretical frameworks, concepts, models of nursing practice, leadership and management. Students will immerse themselves in a leadership role of the professional nurse in a setting of their choice under the supervision of a clinical preceptor. This course enables the B.S. student to examine and develop the multidimensional competencies needed to become an effective professional nurse leader within health care settings and to be mindful of the contexts for nursing practice in any environment. For this course, the student will select one of four leadership tracks as an area of focus: Administrative Clinical Practice Education or Informatics. This course satisfies the college’s liberal arts and sciences requirement.

Prerequisites: All 300-level nursing classes successfully completed with a C or better (301, 302, 304, 306 and 307); NUR 408: Community Health Nursing must be successfully completed prior to taking NUR 409: Baccalaureate Nursing Capstone; and your degree program plan must be concurred before you can take NUR 408 and NUR 409.

This course is only available to Empire State College nursing program students.

NOTE: Self-registration is not available for the clinical courses. You will be manually registered by the college once all the requirements are completed and approved.


This online course is offered through Online Learning. You can take this as an individual course or as part of an online degree program, with term starts in March, May, September, November and January. View current term offerings and all online courses. Click here to register for online courses.

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Liberal Study
Upper Level
Credits: 5
Term(s) Offered (Subject to Change) : Spring 1. Summer. Fall 1.

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