NURS 4431 Nursing Leadership and Management

Examines selected theories, styles, roles, and functions in leadership and management. The role of the nurse as a leader/manager in the health care arena is analyzed.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

NURS 4420

Typically Offered

Demorest Campus: every spring — Athens Campus: every spring

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Utilize scholarly nursing literature searches to examine nursing theory and research related to management and leadership.
2. Demonstrate understanding of the current issues and trends affecting nursing and healthcare delivery and the role of a patient advocate.
3. Analyze the politics of health care and the impact on nursing.
4. Analyze ethical and legal issues in healthcare pertaining to leadership, management, and nursing practice.
5. Explore the evidence regarding effective strategies for planning and organizing groups to provide care.
6. Apply selected roles and functions of nursing leadership in a collaborative multi- disciplinary healthcare environment.
7. Incorporate cultural competence, congruence, respect, and sensitivity into the skills needed to communicate effectively, maximize employee performance, resolve conflicts, and improve outcomes.
8. Explore the development of a budget, quality improvement plans, finances, and policies in various healthcare settings.
9. Explores the concept of a healing environment and how health is impacted by the environment.
10. Understand the basic concepts to enable systems to change.
11. Develops a plan for life-long learning that promotes professionalism, scholarship, evidence-based practice, and continued skill acquisition.
12. Demonstrate effective verbal/non-verbal communication and writing skills.