NUR - Nursing - BSN Completion for RNs

NUR 475: Leadership Roles in Nursing (5)

This seminar course focuses on the leadership character and management roles of the baccalaureate nurse. The nursing leadership/management role includes the management of groups of staff and the care of groups of clients. Both the theoretical and clinical components offer the student the opportunity to explore, synthesize, and evaluate baccalaureate roles, knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed by the professional nurse for leadership and management. Group discussion will focus on clinical application in the areas of competence in professional practice, roles of the nurse in clinical practice, teaching, decision-making, peer review and performance evaluation in promotion of quality nursing care. As the discussion progresses, the NURSING care will be synthesized in relationship to ENVIRONMENT, HUMANITY, and HEALTH. Clinical experiences will be with mentors who have roles in leadership/management of staff and/or clients. Synthesis of these roles will be in preparation for graduation and graduate study. This must be the last nursing course in the BSN completion program. Classroom: 2 hours; Clinical: 90 hours/semester.