Organizational Leadership in Nursing and Healthcare

Catalog description

The theory portion of the course integrates principles of management and leadership concepts with contemporary health care trends and issues related to nursing administration, leadership and practice. The focus of this course is organizational theory, leadership models, and communication and change theory in team building, conflict management, and inter-professional collaboration. This course also emphasizes the responsibility of the nurse leader to ensure the quality, safety and effectiveness of patient care within a health care setting. The practicum portion of the course involves 75 hours of observational experiences in a health care setting. The experiences involve working with a nurse administrator and/or healthcare administrator with the intention of focusing on the concepts related to Organizational Leadership in Nursing and Healthcare.