This course introduces students to the language of nursing, critical thinking, essential academic skills and behaviors for students, and interpersonal skills required for success in nursing school and the nursing profession. Focus will include exploration of various practice settings, personal expectations and goals, and self-care strategies. Learning outcomes include being able to develop self-management, academic skills, and patterns of thinking necessary for academic, interpersonal, and professional success, describe the role of being a student nurse and its trajectory toward licensure and practice, Identify the benefits of networking, mentoring, and participating in University and School of Nursing and Population Health organizations and activities, describe various settings where nurses practice and their role within the inter-professional team, and demonstrate the ability to self-reflect on the intrapersonal aspects of self-care, professionalism, and accountability that are inherent in nursing.