Description
424. Professional Nursing Practice - Leadership and Management 2-0-2
This senior-level nursing course focuses on leadership development and management for entry-level professional nursing practice. This course emphasizes the role of the professional registered nurse as the manager/designer/coordinator of care as well as member of a profession. The course addresses building cultures of quality and safety in complex health care delivery systems based on organizational strengths, using multiple strategies within environmental turbulence and change and managing fiscal resources for cost-effectiveness. Emphasis on key organizational structures, intra- and inter-professional communication and team work, collaboration and conflict resolution, delegation and supervision, workforce motivation, and change processes will be highlighted. Professional issues related to self-care of the nurse, such as work-life balance, healthy work environments, and resource assistance in building a nursin