ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT OF NURSING SERVIC ES

Catalog description

This course initiates students in the management responsibilities of the expanded role of nursing, taking into account independent practice. The cou rse presents an analysis the various leadership role, basic knowledge of evaluation of human resources and patterns of task assignment in a hospital environment. Students are led to value the legal responsibilities both from the perspective of a nursing p rofessional as well as from the consumer of health services, personnel laws, labor relations, and job safety and health related issues. The course includes administrative theory, theory of change, with a main focus on the concepts of leadership and agent of change in the interdisciplinary team. Students are introduced to budget preparation skills.