I. Course Title: RN Nursing Leadership and Management
II. Course Number: NURS 407
III. Credit Hours: 3 credits
IV. Prerequisites: None
V. Course Description: Focuses on leadership style, management and leadership theories,
change, quality management, fiscal and economic issues, personnel management, legal
and ethical issues, healthcare organizations and policy, professionalism, political
action, and career development.
Note(s): Applied Learning designated course.
VI. Detailed Description of Content of the Course:
Topic Outline:
- a. Nature of organizations
- b. Leadership/management skills
- c. Time management
- d. Managing and initiating change
- e. Decision making/problem solving
- f. Group process/team building
- g. Budgeting/finances
- h. Recruiting/selecting staff
- i. Conflict management / Incivility
- j. Human resource management skills
- k. Performance appraisal/personnel problems
- l. Delegation
- m. Motivation/mentoring
- n. Customer relations
- o. Professionalism/professional development
- p. Career development
- s. Recognition and intervention of workplace incivility, harassment, and abuse
- t. Quality Management
VII. Goals and Objectives of the Course:
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Apply ethical decision-making and the nursing process in a leadership role to promote,
protect, and restore clients’ holistic health. (E- II, VI, VIII, IX; PO- 2, 6, 8 ,9)
- Assume professional responsibility and accountability for implementation of standards
of nursing practice in a nursing leadership role. (E- II, IX; PO- 2, 9)
- Apply health care and information technologies through the leadership role to enhance
professional nursing practice. (E- II, IV; PO- 2, 4)
- Demonstrate critical thinking to incorporate research findings while identifying changing
health care needs and services of society. (E- III, VI, IX; PO- 3, 6, 9)
- Implement communication skills for a nursing leadership role. (E- II, VI, IX; PO-
2, 6, 9)
- Assume responsibility for one’s own lifelong learning process through analysis of
professionalism and implications for personal career goals and objectives. (E- II,
VIII; PO- 2, 8)
- Exhibit leadership qualities by demonstrating knowledge of leadership and management
principles related to professional nursing practice. (E- II, VIII, IX; PO-2, 8, 9)
Other Course Information: None
Review and Approval
March 01, 2021
June, 2023