Leadership and Management

Catalog description

In this course students build competencies in 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, managing change, quality control, risk management, delegation, power, and politics will be discussed. Students examine the ethical and legal roles of the professional nurse at the organizational and nursing practice levels. The variety of clinical settings and leadership experiences used enable students to demonstrate competency in nursing leadership and the delivery of primary health care to diverse populations. Students demonstrate and utilize the components of thoughtful practice to foster personal, professional, leadership and management skill development in the nursing role. Within an interdisciplinary environment students develop collaborative strategies with other healthcare providers, patients, families, and essential stakeholders to enhance primary health care delivery from a local through global perspective.