NRSG 480 - Leadership and Management in Nursing (3)

Prerequisites: NRSG 315 , NRSG 355  
7 week course
The course is designed to introduce the student to activities that merge leadership and management theory with application to today’s nursing practice. This course focuses on the application of contemporary leadership and management principles in the current healthcare environment. Students explore models related to time management, delegation, empowerment, conflict management, negotiation, and change as they relate to collaborative relationships, and decision-making. Students are given the opportunity to critically analyze trends, issues, and functions of nursing leaders, managers, and the impact nursing organizations have on the profession from a micro and global perspective. This course includes clinical projects that are completed outside of the classroom setting (a) an interview with a nurse leader and (b) attendance at a professional organization meeting (not a hospital-based committee meeting). Students are strongly encouraged to negotiate their clinical project sites / personnel during the first week of the course. This course includes three credit hours of theory (42 clock-hours).

This course meets the requirement for a written communication course (see Communication Requirements ).