Health Care Management, Policy, and Quality Improvement

Catalog description

Healthcare Management is an encompassing term describing the broad responsibilities of nursing leadership roles. In this course, the focus is on the provision of safe, quality, and equitable care to diverse populations within complex healthcare systems. Students will explore the complexities of organizational behavior, how to influence, create, and evaluate policy, and promote quality improvement principles as a core value. The processes behind continuous quality improvement are considered a foundation for quality care and patient safety. CQI standards, data to monitor the processes, and outcomes of nursing care are discussed. Methods to design and evaluate changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care are explored. Healthcare financial models are examined along with their impact on social disparities, social determinants of health, and quality outcomes. Students will demonstrate competency by participating in a healthcare safety practice change. ”This is an Experiential Learning Course”