NUR 520 Advanced Nursing Leadership
This course focuses on responsibilities of nurses in the leadership and management roles in the practice of professional nursing in a more advanced role. Topics covered includes clinical decision-making, technology to improve patient outcomes, and leadership and management practice in inter-professional healthcare delivery. Learners will be able to analyze various role requirements in management situations through discussion and case studies. Learners will also examine principles of leadership change, health organizations and systems, technology to improve population-based care, critical thinking principles to improve patient outcomes, clinical decision-making using evidence-based practice, and inter-professional healthcare delivery. Telehealth and the impacts of the Affordable Care Act will also be included as they impact the leadership role.