Administrative Practicum

Catalog description

This nurse administrator role course provides the student with an in-depth opportunity to explore and apply management and leadership theories, concepts, and skills previously acquired in the program to a health care setting. Under the guidance of a faculty member and an expert preceptor, the student will actively participate in the development, implementation, and evaluation of administrative activities during a semester-long practicum experience. The student is expected to establish a specific set of objectives to be accomplished, observe a model nursing administrator, attend organizational meetings, explore issues related to human resource management and quality care delivery, select an administrative problem and carry out appropriate approaches to decision making and problem solving, and conduct a self-evaluation of the practicum experience. The student is expected to complete 120 hours of practicum (2 credits = 10 hours per week for 12 weeks). Students will also attend a total of 15 hours of seminar and individual meetings with the instructor during the semester to discuss and share management and leadership experiences in their professional role as administrators.