NUR (0302) 605 - Nursing Leadership and Administration Roles

Credits: 2.00

Students will examine nursing leadership and contemporary role of the nurse administrator in diverse settings to gain self-awareness and essential leadership knowledge and skills. Students also explore organizational, legal, ethical and regulatory issues to foster healthy work environments and create a culture of excellence, and high-quality nursing care.

Upon completion of this course, each student will be able to:

1. Analyze characteristics and distinctiveness of his/her own thinking (meta-cognition) in order to monitor and strategically control thinking processes in the service of learning, interpersonal communication and leadership;

2. Demonstrate an understanding of nursing leadership and administration roles based upon an analysis and synthesis of professional standards; leadership theories, research, models, competencies; personal and professional values and standards and evidence-based leadership practices;

3. Develop plans for her/his leadership development which should be aligned with the AONE competencies, the ANA scope and standard of practice and the legal, ethical, and regulatory practices in the health care environment.

4. Evaluate the knowledge, behaviors, skills and outcomes of specific leadership practices;

5. Use evidence-based leadership practices to explain how he/she would address leadership challenges.