QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND RISK MANAGEMENT FOR HEALTH CARE (CAPSTONE II)

Catalog description

This course focuses on the role of the nurse executive leader in quality improvement initiatives. Emphasis on the skills and competencies necessary to provide a scientific knowledge base for leadership in quality health care and outcomes-focused systems change. Development of competencies related to nursing practice knowledge, person- centered care, population health, nursing discipline expertise, quality and safety, interprofessional collaboration, systems-based practice, Information and Healthcare Technology professionalism, and personal and professional leadership development is facilitated. Capstone project submitte d to IRB for approval. It requires 45 hours of theory. The clinical component consists of 100 supervised practice hours and is part of the foundation of the Capstone project focused on improving practice.