NSG 4110 Nursing Leadership

This course focuses on leadership and management roles of professional nurses. Emphasis is placed on concepts of leadership as they relate to the ethical-legal decision-making processes in implementing high quality nursing care, healthcare team coordination, and the oversight and accountability processes in diverse healthcare settings. This is an online course with minimum class time of 37.5 hours.

Division: Health Sciences
Department: Nursing
Repeatable Credit: No
Offered Online: Yes

Prereqs: NSG 4101 and NSG 4102 and NSG 4103 and NSG 4104  Must have valid RN license and Restricted to Majors 

Outcomes

  • Analyze leadership theory identifying strategies to promote intra and interprofessional team building, effective communication, and conflict resolution.
  • Examine best practices in nursing leadership and management to promote quality healthcare delivery and nurse satisfaction while meeting desired organizational outcomes.
  • Apply concepts of quality improvement and patient safety to identify clinical issues, develop plans of improvement, and measure outcomes.
  • Apply legal and ethical principles in the analysis of leadership and management.

Credit Hours: 3

Classroom Hours: 3