Leadrshp/Patient Centered Care

Catalog description

This course focuses on leadership and management theories in relation to professional nursing practice. The transition from student to professional nurse leader/manager is a process that involves knowledge, skill, and experience. Students learn to use theory and research-based knowledge in the provision of culturally competent care to individuals, families and aggregates, in partnership with the client and the inter-professional healthcare team. Students will synthesize content learned in pre-requisite courses in the simulation laboratory focusing on development of competencies necessary for continuous improvement of the quality and safety of health care systems. Those scenarios include: safety, cultural competence, technology and informatics, interprofessional education, professionalism, delegation, communication, and teamwork and collaboration.