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 ]