Ethics as related to law is examined. The health care environment of malpractice, liability, and changing roles is reviewed. The course is an in depth discussion of organizational management and leadership theories and focuses on understanding the vision, philosophy, mission, structure, and culture of the organization. Therapeutic interventions of the nurse leader are analyzed. NURS 652 Advanced Leadership in Nursing and Health Care Delivery 3 semester hours Leadership and management functions appropriate to the nurse leader's role are analyzed.
Leadership theories provide the basis for study of leadership functions.
A sample of these functions include staffing and staff development, conflict management, risk management, quality management, performance appraisal, etc. The place of caring in the leadership role is assessed. Planning the learning objectives, strategies, and outcomes for the leadership practicum is initiated. This course is the synthesis of NURS 651 and NURS 652, which enables participants to implement Nursing Leadership principles, theories and skills in the clinical setting, while continuing classroom support. This course provides the framework for merging theory and health care reality through an internship.