NU 4960 - Nursing Leadership and Professional Orientation I

• 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)

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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