NRS 460 - Nursing Leadership and Professional Issues

Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the BSN program or the ADN or RN to BSN program
Corequisite(s): NRS 461
Focuses on the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to be a nursing leader who can function as a contributing member of the interprofessional team. The development of transformational leadership skills, organizational theory, and management techniques needed to coordinate the provision of safe, quality patient-centered care are highlighted. Emphasis is placed on professional behaviors; communication that supports information exchange, collaboration, and conflict mediation; health care delivery issues; ethical comportment; and the establishment and provision of evidence-based practice.
Graded: Letter Grade