NUR-440: Caring Nursing Leadership for Profession

Department
Credits 3.00
Academic Level
Undergraduate
Instructional Method
Lecture
This course integrates previously learned nursing knowledge and skills of caring and contemporary leadership and management theories and processes, enabling learners to define more clearly their roles as baccalaureate-prepared nurses. Learners analyze healthcare environment challenges of changes in focus to population health, economic realities, opportunities for continued professional development, and leadership/management challenges created by increasingly complex healthcare environments. Knowing one's-self, appreciating the diversity of the workplace and communities, caring for vulnerable and marginalized populatons, and using caring science as a basis for leadership in nursing and healthcare are woven throughout the course. [ 3 credits ]