title: Teaching the literacy of professionalism: when clinical skills are not enough.
abstract: Many RNs seeking their BSN degrees do not have well-developed nonclinical professional skills related to scholarship. To address this issue, faculty used the Community of Inquiry Framework to develop an elective, online course to help RN-BSN students explore professional growth through writing, presenting, and portfolio development. The authors discuss the course and its outcomes.
authors.affiliation: RN/BSN Program, College of Nursing, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA. ysmith@kent.edu
authors.forename: Yvonne M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Marcy
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Caplin
mesh_terms: D002322:Career Mobility; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D014956:Writing / Q000592:standards*