Nursing Leadership Lab

Catalog description

Seven and one-half hours laboratory per week Prerequisite(s): Admission to the BSN program or the ADN or RN to BSN program Corequisite(s): NRS 460 Focuses on the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to be a nursing leader who can function as a contributing member of the interprofessional team. The development of transformational leadership skills, organizational theory, and management techniques needed to coordinate the provision of safe, quality patient-centered care are highlighted. Emphasis is placed on professional behaviors; communication that supports information exchange, collaboration, and conflict mediation; health care delivery issues; ethical comportment; and the establishment and provision of evidence-based practice. Integration of QSEN competencies in patient-centered care, evidence-based practice, teamwork and collaboration, quality improvement, safety, and informatics are stressed. Clinical experiences in a variety of settings provide the students an opportunity to explore the role of the nurse leader as a change agent in the delivery of care to patient groups and/or the community within complex and diverse health care settings.