NURP 235 Leadership and Management for Practical Nurse

This course introduces evidence-based knowledge of leadership and management theories and concepts to prepare professional nurses to function across a variety of health care settings. Emphasis will be on nursing leadership accountability and influences in organizational structure, quality improvement, patient outcomes, staff supervision, and facility and patient safety.

Credits

1 Credit

Semester Contact Hours Lecture

15

Semester Contact Hours Lab

0

Semester Contact Hours Clinical

0

NURP 235Leadership and Management for Practical Nurse

Please note: This is not a course syllabus. A course syllabus is unique to a particular section of a course by instructor. This curriculum guide provides general information about a course.

I. General Information

Department

Health Science and Human Services Technical

II. Course Specification

Course Type

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Credit Hours Narrative

1 Credit

Semester Contact Hours Lecture

15

Semester Contact Hours Lab

0

Semester Contact Hours Clinical

0

Repeatable

No

III. Catalog Course Description

This course introduces evidence-based knowledge of leadership and management theories and concepts to prepare professional nurses to function across a variety of health care settings. Emphasis will be on nursing leadership accountability and influences in organizational structure, quality improvement, patient outcomes, staff supervision, and facility and patient safety.

IV. Student Learning Outcomes

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

• Identify management and supervision concepts to facilitate conflict resolution, performance evaluations, appropriate delegation of tasks to assistive personnel, and staff education.
• Identify and report performance/quality improvement activities for client care outcomes.
• Assist with creating emergency response plans for internal and external disasters.
• Identify appropriate handling of hazardous and infectious materials in the workplace.
• Report proper incident occurrences properly utilizing verbal notifications and written documentation skills.
• Initiate and monitor effectiveness of security alerts for clients using principles of triage and evacuation protocols.
• Identify procedures for disposing of unused, outdated, or contaminated medications.
• Perform narcotic counts and identify policies for reporting narcotic count discrepancies.

V. Topical Outline (Course Content)

VI. Delivery Methodologies