Professional Nursing Leadership Practicum

Catalog description

This course is designed to assist the graduating student in the transition to the role of the professional nurse. Management concepts, leadership skills, and the legal, ethical, and professional responsibilities of the registered nurse are stressed in the didactic component. The clinical experience in an acute care setting promotes the student's transition to graduate with its emphasis on management of care and leadership, functional health patterns, professional behaviors, communication, clinical decision-making, caring interventions, teaching and learning, collaboration, and managing care activities in a broad, in-depth application of the nursing process in the clinical management of groups of patients.