NURS-3423 — Leadership
Course Description This combined theory and clinical course emphasizes leadership and management theories in communication and conflict resolution, budgeting, human resource management, quality improvement, risk management, change, delegation, decision making, and management ethics. Clinical experiences focus on management of issues and interactive observation of leaders and managers in a variety of settings. Course Objectives 1. Lead safety and quality improvement activities as part of the interdisciplinary team using teamwork and collaboration. 2. Monitor institutional, professional and health policy to adhere to standards of practice within ethical and legal precepts. 3. Utilize clinical judgment and evidence-based practice to support communication and professionalism, and enhance patient-centered care, patient education, and health promotion. Clinical Objectives 1. C1. Integrate liberal education with nursing knowledge around concepts from leadership and management, resource management, and communication theories in the provision of patient-centered care. 2. C2. Practice within a framework of professionalism, and ethical and legal precepts applicable to the nurse as leader, delegator, advocate, and coordinator and manager of health care organizations. 3. C3. Apply the research process to a clinical practice problem to develop an evidence-based clinical guideline to address the problem.