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2019-2020 Undergraduate Academic Catalog 
    
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NU 4970 - Nursing Leadership and Professional Orientation II

2 lecture hours 3 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
This course is the second 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. The Professional Practice Project is completed in this course. (prereq: NU 4960 )
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)
  • 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)
  • Examine the value and contributions of professional nursing organizations to nursing practice and health care systems (Level 4, Professional Role)
  • Apply change theory principles and quality improvement processes to address practice issues (Level 4, Professional Role)
  • Deliberate the impact of power, persuasion, and ethical issues on public policy and legal cases in healthcare (Level 4, Professional Role)
  • Facilitate a student-lead change or quality improvement process within a healthcare system or organization (Level 4, Collaboration)
  • Apply evidence from best practices in a student-lead change or quality improvement process within a healthcare system or organization (Level 4, Evidence-based Practice)
  • Disseminate evaluation of a student-lead change or quality improvement process within a healthcare system or organization (Level 4, Evidence-based Practice)

Prerequisites by Topic
  • None

Course Topics
  • Power, politics and influence
  • Workforce engagement and collective action 
  • Managing personnel/personal problems
  • Staffing and scheduling     
  • Delegation: an art of professional nursing practice
  • Delegation/prioritization challenge (simulation)
  • Care delivery strategies                                                                                                                             
  • Managing costs and budgets                                          
  • Staffing, developing, and evaluating staff
  • Affordable Care Act (ACA)
  • Role transition and self-management: stress and time
  • Legal and ethical issues
  • Mock trial simulated activity

Coordinator
Dr. Jennifer Klug



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