NURS 434 - Leadership and Mgmt of Nursing Care

3 Credit Hours
3 Lecture Hours
0 Laboratory Hours

Designed to develop clinical-leadership and management skills and competencies for the novice professional registered nurse as a member of the healthcare team delivering high quality, patient-centered care. Emphasis is on theories, evidence-based practice and research applied to unit and middle management leadership and within the healthcare system, along with personal attributes for nursing leadership in direct patient care areas, including adult care, maternal-child units, behavioral mental health and community agencies.

Prerequisites: NURS 344 and NURS 334.