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2018-2019 Undergraduate Academic Catalog 
    
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NU 4960 - Nursing Leadership and Professional Orientation I

1 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:
  • 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)

Prerequisites by Topic
  • None 

Course Topics
  • Processes for Facilitating Change
  • Managing, Leading, and Following. Developing the Role of Leader
  • Managing Your Career
  • Client/Patient Safety
  • Nurse/Consumer Relationships
  • Healthcare Organizations
  • Strategic Planning, Goal Setting, and Marketing
  • Building Teams Through Communication and Partnerships
  • The Cutting Edge of Change

Coordinator
Dr. Debra Jenks



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