NU 6310 - Nurse Leader and Manager: Managing Health Care Delivery

• Maintain knowledge of current nursing practice and the roles and functions of the patient care team members
• Analyze differences in communication style preferences among patients and families, advanced practice nurses and other members of the health care team
• Continuously plan for improvement in use of self in effective team development and functioning
• Appreciate nursing’s unique contribution to patient outcomes
• Create and communicate a shared vision of care delivery
• Appreciate the essential role of the manager in creating healthy work environments
• Describe factors that create a just culture and a culture of safety
• Participate in the design and implementation of new models of care delivery and coordination
• Role model lifelong learning, including clinical subjects such as disease processes, pharmaceuticals and clinical technology

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• Patient and family centered care
• Creating a just culture in a work environment
• Health care consumers; Patient satisfaction
• Staff mix: APRNs, Front line workers, Nurse Navigators
• Transforming care at the bedside (TCAB)
• Home care/Community care/ Telehealth
• Shared Governance
• Health communication
• Health literacy
• Disaster nursing (FEMA)