NU 4960 - Nursing Leadership and Professional Orientation I

• Apply critical thinking skills to management and leadership situations (Level 4, Critical Thinking)
• Develop a proposal and timeline to facilitate a student-lead change or quality improvement process within a healthcare system or organization (Level 4, Critical Thinking)
• Analyze the role of communication, teamwork, and conflict resolution in effective team functioning (Level 4, Communication)
• Assume a professional role in partnership with other members of the healthcare team that is responsive to society and a changing healthcare environment. (Level 4, Professional Role)
• Analyze leadership and management concepts that impact effective functioning of nurses in multidisciplinary groups (Level 4, Professional Role)
• Investigate change theory principles and quality improvement processes to address practice issues (Level 4, Professional Role)
• Examine the value and contributions of professional nursing organizations to nursing practice and health care systems (Level 4, Professional Role)
• Retrieve and synthesize evidence from best practices to facilitate a change or quality improvement process within a healthcare system or organization (Level 4, Evidence-based Practice)

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• Professional Practice Project
• Planned Change
• Working with Committees and Other Work Groups
• Contemporary Health Issues in Government
• Issues Related to Professional Nursing Organizations
• Organizational Theory
• Principles of Leadership
• Philosophy and Mission of Organizations
• Quality Management and Risk Management
• Strategic Planning
• Conflict Resolution