RNSG-2121 Prof Nursing: Leadership & Management

Outcomes

1. Analyze the roles of the professional nurse within a health care delivery system.
2. Apply principles leadership and management utilizing a systematic problem-solving process and critical thinking skills to plan care for patients and their families.
3. Examine the factors impacting nursing and healthcare.
4. Analyze competencies required to provide care to various groups of clients (I.e. neonatal, pediatric, obstetric, psychiatric, aE6:E9nd medical-surgical.
5. Analyze the role of the nurse in formal and informal teaching of a group of clients and various health care team members with an emphasis on the evaluation step of the nursing process.
6. Apply principles and concepts of leadership and management to caring for a group of clients and their families, including delegating and supervising other nursing team members.
7. Evaluate the effectiveness of therapeutic communication techniques, such as assertiveness, conflict resolution and conveying caring, used with individuals and with groups in the workplace in various roles, especially leadership and/or management roles
8. Apply state and national regulations, standards, principles and measures that promote a safe environment, reduce risks and provide quality care for various groups of clients (i.e. self, others, neonatal, pediatric, obstetric, psychiatric, and medical-surgical clients).
9. Analyze concepts of leadership and management as they relate to communication with and evaluating staff, coordinating care for a group of clients through delegation and organization and time management.
10. Compare and contrast the role of the nurse in various approaches to the delivery and coordination of health care.
11. Analyze the responsibility of the nurse to coordinate the care of a group of clients and achieve continuity of care by participating in team care conferences.
12. Analyze the various concepts related to employment and the steps in the employment process.
13. Analyze the current issues and trends in nursing practice and in health care in general that affect the student nurse in his/her transition to graduate nurse, including employer expectations.
14. Apply legal standards and ethical principles that govern leading a nursing team in the provision of care to a group of clients, and evaluate one's own accountability to those standards.
15. Develop a plan for continuing education and involvement in professional organizations that will guide the student in maintaining personal professional competency and growth and in contributing to the advancement of nursing after graduation.