Organizational and Systems Leadership in Nursing

Catalog description

In this course students in the accelerated program build upon principles of leadership and management in nursing with a focus on organizational and complex systems leadership for the delivery of safe, high-quality, evidence-based, equitable, technologically competent person-centered nursing care. Concepts and theories of budgeting, financing, staffing, scheduling, advocating, and managing change, quality control, risk management, delegation, power, and politics are discussed. Students examine the ethical and legal roles of the professional nurse at the organizational and the nursing practice level. A variety of settings and experiences are used which enable students to develop, practice and utilize the components of thoughtful practice to foster personal, professional, leadership and management skills development in the nursing role within an interdisciplinary environment and develop collaborative strategies with other healthcare providers, patients, families, and essential stakeholders to enhance primary health care delivery from a local through global perspective.