NSG442A Leadership & Management Practicum

Course Description

This 8 week practicum course focuses on organizational and systems leadership, quality improvement, and safety within a variety of health care settings. Emphasis is on the development of imaginative, innovative and creative strategies to promote a systems change. Grading is S/U only.

Learning Outcomes

• Examine strategies focused on improving health care in today's healthcare environment.
• Determine how critical and ethical issues affect health care in a variety of health care settings.
• Apply strategies that may be used to effectively improve an organization's culture.
• Apply concepts of quality and safety using structure, processes, and outcomes measures to identify clinical questions and describe the process of changing current practice.