NURS 404 - Leadership and Management in Professional Nursing

(5 [3-0-2] hours) Prerequisites: NURS 405, 409 and 431. Effective leadership and management skills expected of the professional nurse will be explored. Strategies for application of leadership and management principles in simulated and actual healthcare delivery situations will be developed. The impact of legal, social, political, religious and economic forces on nursing, society, and the health care system are analyzed. Ethical and spiritual dilemmas confronting nurses are explored from multiple perspectives. Integrate of faith in providing nursing care to a culturally diverse population. This course cannot be challenged.