0 or 3 credits
Fall 2025 Clinic Lecture Upper DivisionStudies the components of nursing leadership and management functions with an emphasis on critical thinking, problem solving, communication, and team building within the context of experiential problem-based group projects. This course will provide specific practice and evaluation of strategic and financial planning, conflict management, delegation, and complex change. Competencies to be gained, at a novice level, include professional communication, sound ethical and legal judgments within personal and organizational frameworks, leadership skills in the management and evaluation of others, and an understanding of the drivers of healthcare change and finances.
Learning Outcomes1Synthesize concepts of nursing leadership and management in relation to the role of the professional nurse, nurse leader, and manager in promoting safe and quality care.
2Organize a quality improvement project by utilizing project management strategies, quality improvement principles, and evidence-based practices to promote system changes in healthcare delivery.
3Utilize concepts of professional communication, delegation, and evaluation of healthcare team members with an awareness of ethical, professional, social, and legal issues implicit to nursing leadership and management.
4Describes economic, policy, social, and organizational factors that influence the professional nurse and healthcare systems.
5Evaluate the impact of professional and unprofessional behaviors on healthcare delivery and professional interactions and presentations through knowledge of nursing standards of excellence.
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