Nursing Leadership, Clinical Judgement & Decision-Making

Catalog description

Nursing Leadership, Clinical Judgement, & Decision Making has a classroom, lab, and clinical component. Classroom work will focus on concepts and techniques gained in the program and places the student in a lab- based simulation where they are asked to assess, analyze, and evaluate various scenarios that are based on patient care, within the scope of an LPN. These simulations will in clude communication with other staff, supervisors, and physicians. Students will be asked to focus on the effective use of term inology, standards of care, legal, and ethical considerations. Students will be asked to role play and work in a lab- based setting to demonstrate their understanding of these concepts and carry out various key activities. The leadership component will build on the students’ ability to work as a team player, handle conflict management, learn and demonstrate effective forms of active listening, written, verbal, and non-verbal forms of communication, and applying their critical thinking skills in a clinical setting under the supervision of their instructor. Finally, through each component of this cour se, students will also learn positive coping skills and techniques to manage their own stress levels in order to function at thei r optimal physical, mental, and emotional level of wellness, so as to provide the best care to patients and others. Prerequisite: Student must have passed the following courses NUR100 & NUR119 and NUR105 & NUR115