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NU 6300 - Nurse Leader and Manager: Professional and Personal Development

2 lecture hours 0 lab hours 2 credits
Course Description
This course assists the professional nurse to identify his/her own leadership style which encompasses knowledge, skills and values. Emphasis is on the concepts of creativity, emotional intelligence, recognition of personally held vision and values. The student will recognize areas of personal strengths and areas for individual growth in moving towards the goal of nurse leader, manager, executive or entrepreneur. This knowledge will be grounded in the tenets of professional nursing organizations. (prereq: none)
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  • Compare and contrast major theories related to leadership and management
  • Develop your own leadership capacity as part of personal development plan
  • Demonstrate awareness of own strengths and limitations as a leader
  • Apply concepts of self-care to develop a balanced personal and professional life
  • Examine own perspectives on the current status of the nursing profession
  • Demonstrate life-long learning practices that will serve to enhance personal and professional development
  • Examine own level of emotional intelligence and strategies for enhancement
Prerequisites by Topic
  • None 
Course Topics
  • May include:
    • Rapidly changing healthcare environment
    • Managing, leading, following
    • Management and Leadership Theories
    • Knowledge, skills and attitudes
    • Professional Nursing Practice
    • Nursing: Past, present, future
    • Characteristics of a Professional Practice Model
    • Scope and Standards of Practice
    • Professional Nursing Organizations
    • Decision Making, Career Planning, Professional Portfolio
    • Communication,written, verbal, public speaking, use of technology, Personal branding
    • Emotional Intelligence, Self-care Practice
    • Career Development, role Competence, Certification
    •  Nursing’s alliance with business
    • Becoming a member of the leadership / management team.
    • Mentoring, networking, coaching
Coordinator
Debra Jenks


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