Introduction

This text was developed specifically for prelicensure nursing students in the final Associates Degree semester, preparing to graduate and take the NCLEX-RN to obtain their nursing license. It was curated and adapted from high-quality, peer-reviewed Open Education Resources specifically for the Synthesis (NURS 2200) course at Normandale Community College in Bloomington, MN.

Faculty, please see the message to faculty, licensing, and attribution information in the Preface.

This book synthesizes concepts introduced throughout the program and important for the safe provision of nursing care: leadership and management, prioritization strategies, delegation and supervision, legal implications of nursing practice, ethical nursing practice, collaboration within the interprofessional team, health care economics, quality and evidence-based practice, advocacy, preparation for the RN role, and the avoidance of burnout with self-care.

Message to Students

Normandale Community College strives to provide students with equitable access to quality learning materials whenever possible. To keep your course materials costs to a minimum, this course uses Open Educational Resources (OER). Resources chosen are high-quality, peer-reviewed, openly licensed educational materials available at no cost to you. These Creative Commons licensed materials were used to curate a single resource to be used in this course. This resource, cited below, is licensed under a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA which means you are free to use, reuse, modify, and share with attribution as long as it is used for non-commercial purposes and licensed the same.

Dickson, C. (2024). Nursing Synthesis and Capstone, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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