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Sep 27, 2024
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NU 4960 - Nursing Leadership and Professional Orientation I1 lecture hours 3 lab hours 2 credits Course Description This course is the first of a two-part, consecutive leadership series designed to assist students in the transition from college life to professional life. Theories and principles of professional practice, leadership, and change are applied to maximize optimum health for people and their environment. A Professional Practice Project is a cumulative project that spans the two-courses. (prereq: senior clinical placement) Course Learning Outcomes Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Identify leadership and management concepts that impact effective functioning of nurses in multidisciplinary groups (Level 4, Professional Role )
- Implement relevant research findings and knowledge from the humanities and sciences into one’s Professional Practice Project (Level 4, Evidence-Based Practice)
- Integrate knowledge gained from historical perspective into the application of change theory (Level 4, Professional Role)
- Apply change theory principles to health promotion, maintenance or restoration (Level 4, Nursing Care)
- Establish a pattern of lifelong learning (Level 4, Professional Role)
- Apply critical thinking skills to management and leadership situations (Level 4, Critical Thinking)
- Analyze the role of communication in effective group functioning (Level 4, Communication)
- Analyze the impact of power and persuasion on public policy and in health care systems (Level 4, Professional Role)
- Apply principles of management and leadership to workplace situations (Level 4, Collaboration)
Prerequisites by Topic Course Topics
- 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
Coordinator Josanne Wollenhaupt
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