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 decision-making process in implementing high quality nursing care, healthcare team coordination, and the oversight and accountability processes in diverse multicultural healthcare settings. This is an online course with minimum class time 37.5 hours.
Division: Health Sciences
Department: Nursing
Repeatable Credit: No
Offered Online: Yes
Prereqs: COM 2206 or COM 2211 and NSG 3101 and NSG 3103 Must have valid RN license and Restricted to Majors
Outcomes
- Analyze leadership theories 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