NUR 4902 - Nurses as Leaders in Advancing Health Care (PBEL)

2 lecture hours 2 lab hours 3 credits

• Analyze the roles of communication, teamwork, and conflict resolution in effective team functioning (Collaboration, Communication)
• Assume a professional role in partnership with other members of the healthcare team which is responsive to society and a changing healthcare environment (Population Health, Professional Role)
• Analyze leadership, management concepts, and organizational culture which impact the effectiveness of nurses as key members of interdisciplinary teams - both in providing direct client care at the bedside and in formal roles (Professional Role)
• Examine the impact of power, persuasion, and ethical issues on public policy and legal cases in health care (Professional Role)
• Critique and synthesize evidence from best practices to support change and promote quality and safety initiatives within healthcare organizations and systems (Evidence-Based Practice, Clinical Judgment)
• Investigate and apply change management principles; change frameworks, models, and/or theories; and/or appropriate quality improvement processes to address practice issues (Professional Role)
• Design effective strategies for communicating with stakeholders and other members of the health care system (Collaboration, Communication, Professional Role)
• Analyze how personal leadership styles and skills impact the effectiveness of roles, relationships, and teamwork (Professional Role)
• Integrate data, informatics processes, and information and communication technologies to manage and improve the delivery of safe, high-quality, efficient, and person-centered care (Clinical Judgement, Professional Role, Population Health, Informatics and Healthcare Technologies, Evidence-Based Practice)
• Synthesize and transfer learning to address a real-world, health care problem which provides a new context in which to resolve a complex challenge (Clinical Judgment, Professional Role, Evidence-Based Practice) 

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• Leadership theories
• Leading change
• Examination of health care systems
• Impact of organizational structures
• Quality improvement
• Managing risk
• Strategic planning processes
• Making decisions and solving problems
• Nursing interventions to enhance client safety from a systems perspective
• Translating research into practice
• The impact of technology
• The impact of person-centered care on the nurse/consumer relationship
• Nurses’ roles in ensuring fiscal responsibility
• Legal and ethical issues impacting nurses
• The impact of power, politics, and influence in health care
• Role of health care policy 

Work environment 

• Selecting, developing, and evaluating staff
• Staffing and scheduling
• Care delivery strategies
• Factors impacting organizational culture
• Factors impacting workforce engagement
• Healthy work environments
• Cultural diversity and inclusion in health care
• Building effective teams
• Communication and conflict management
• Delegating: authority, accountability, and responsibility in delegation decisions 

Personal

• Understanding the role of regulatory agencies
• Importance of understanding scope of practice
• Opportunities to enhance leadership skills
• Managing self: stress and time
• Managing personal and personnel problems
• Role transition
• Thriving for the future