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Apr 17, 2024
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NU 6311 - Nurse Manager and Leader: Fiscal and Operational Management3 lecture hours 2 lab hours 4 credits Course Description This course will focus on issues related to the operational and fiscal management of units in various health care systems. The student will apply knowledge and theoretical frameworks to systems thinking to foster fiscally responsible and data driven decision making in complex health systems. The student will understand and appreciate the role of nurse leader in managing and developing resources to positively impact patient safety and quality. There will be opportunity to adapt own leadership style to the needs of an organization. (prereq: NU 6301 ) Course Learning Outcomes Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- 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
- 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
- Appraise revenue cycle processes specific to multiple payer types, billing compliance, audits, charity care and bad debt.
- Analyze how clinical and financial decisions impact day to day operations, health of the organizations, patient safety, and patient outcomes
Prerequisites by Topic Course Topics
- May include:
- Creating a just culture in a work environment
- Health care consumers; patient satisfaction
- Staff mix: APRNs, front line workers, nurse navigators
- Patient safety and quality
- High reliability organizations
- Transforming care at the bedside (TCAB)
- Shared governance
- Emergency preparedness
- Budgeting- operational, capital
- Financial modeling and decision making
- Revenue streams and payer mix
Coordinator Dr. Debra Jenks
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