NURS 400 - Leadership and Management in Nursing

Credit Hours: 4
Lecture Hours: 3
Laboratory Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): ALHT 202 or MATH 115 or equivalent statistics course, NURS 303, ALHT 300, ALHT 301.

Restriction(s): None

Corequisite(s): None

This course is designed to provide knowledge and skills needed for implementation of leadership and management roles within healthcare. Units of content focus on changes in the healthcare delivery system, leadership and management theories, effective interpersonal skills for leadership, organizational structures and climates, planned change, information management, financial management, outcomes measurement, and performance evaluation. The practicum of 45 hours provides opportunities for the student to develop and expand leadership skills needed in the practice of professional nursing.

Student Learning Outcomes of the Course:

Examine healthcare organizations philosophies in terms of impact on client care, and examine human resource management skills (i.e. staffing, fiscal management, training and education, performance appraisals, understanding and managing absenteeism, collective bargaining, and labor relations).
Explain the basic requirements needed to maintain effective organizational structure, describe organizational behavior relating to the healthcare system (i.e. instituting and responding to change, power, autonomy, leadership, and collaboration), and critically examine the impact of broad environmental factors (political/social/economic/cultural/physical) on human organizational behavior.
Critically review literature related to theories of leadership, examine self to determine leadership competencies and limitations, and plan strategies to improve leadership competencies.
Explain the basic elements of change theories.
Fulfill the requirements of the learning contract the student develops in collaboration with the practicum preceptor.