Provides students with additional opportunities to develop advanced nursing care interventions with adult clients in a variety of settings. Independent and collaborative roles are stressed. Examination and implementation of the role of clinical specialist as director of care, teacher, coordinator, and collaborator. Includes an understanding of the importance of organizational placement of the clinical specialist. Opportunities are provided to implement planned change and to analyze effectiveness of change.
Students develop a nursing curriculum in small work groups.
Experience in writing measurable objectives and in methods of evaluation appropriate to clinical and classroom teaching are included. Focuses on the process of diagnosis and prescription of organizational interventions using case study analysis and synthesis of empirical research findings. Focuses on human resource management as a major role of nursing administrators. Includes employee selection, performance evaluation, staff development, reward systems, committee structures, nursing audits, and credentialing. Individualized practicum experiences are arranged with nursing administrators in a variety of settings who function as student preceptors, thus providing opportunities for students to observe and participate in various roles and functions of nursing administration.