NURS 6551 - Practicum: Leading Effective Organizations

Institution:

Utah Tech University

Subject:

Nursing

Description:

In this course, students lead change as strategists and decision-makers in population-based health care or health care delivery systems. Practice and scholarly inquiry are combined to influence organizational performance and health care policy. Synthesis and integration of leadership knowledge, skills, and attitudes are demonstrated within the context of the students chosen population. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs)** At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Person-centered Care: Design and implement intentional changes in a health care delivery system or health care policy. 2. Clinical Judgment: Integrate critical decision-making practices to analyze, lead, and manage change in health care systems. 3. Communication: Facilitate leadership that advances the nursing profession in a complex dynamic health care delivery system. 4. Compassionate Care: Assess the influence of organizational and systems leadership on the quality and safety of patient care, proposing improvements where necessary. 5. Professionalism: Demonstrate graduate-level leadership skills, critical decision making, effective working relationships, and an understanding of systems-perspectives to address real-world problems in health care. FA, SP, SU

Credits:

1.00

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Instructional Type:

Practicum

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Institution Website:

www.utahtech.edu/

Phone Number:

(435) 652-7500

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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