This course outline provides materials for fourth-year courses in a "2+2" curriculum for the occupation of registered nurse. It is part of a planned and articulated 4-year curriculum that spans the junior and senior years of high school and the freshman and sophomore years of the postsecondary institution. Introductory materials include the philosophy and conceptual framework of the nursing curriculum; occupational objectives, occupational descriptions, and curriculum outline; and curriculum objectives. Three courses are outlined, each of which consists of a set of objectives, ranging in number from four to six. Each objective has one or more associated competencies. A sheet for each competency details the terminal objective, enabling objectives, teaching methods, references, equipment/supplies, and evaluation methods. Course titles (and representative unit topics) are: (1) Nursing: Complex Needs I (basic concepts, systems of the human body, learning laboratory or skills, clinical objectives); (2) Nursing: Complex Needs II (systems of the human body, clinical objectives); and (3) Entry into Professional Practice (professional issues, advanced communication, management skills, evaluation processes, clinical objectives). Other contents include: a line drawing of an instructional facility; list of supplies and equipment; 23-item bibliography; student competency profile; matrix of elements essential to the competencies; and procedural plan for verifying mastery of competencies. (YLB)