Course Description
The purpose of this course is professional role development related to leadership in advance nursing practice.
Major emphasis of the course will focus on effective communication as a member of an interprofessional team; strategies to promote change in the healthcare system; and leadership skills necessary to deliver high quality and culturally competent healthcare to positively affect patient outcomes.
Course Objectives
At the end of the course, the student will be able to:
• Analyze own strengths, limitations, and values as a member of a team and impact of own advanced practice role.
• Describe scopes of practice and roles of all healthcare team members and strategies for identifying and managing overlaps in roles.
• Articulate initiatives to sustain effective partnerships with members of nursing and inter-professional teams.
• Explore impact of own communication style on others and preferences among patients and families, advanced practice nurses, and other members of the health team.
• Examine the impact of authority gradients and their influence on team functioning on safety and quality of care.
• Identify system barriers and facilitators of effective team functioning.
• Examine strategies to promote change for improving systems and support team functioning.
• Describe nurse leader characteristics necessary to manage a culturally diverse workforce and the impact of cultural diversity on team functioning.
• Describe the factors that create a just culture and the role of transformational nurse leaders in creating a culture of safety.
• Examine nurse leadership skills necessary to deliver high-quality care and strategies for improving health outcomes including academic/clinical partnerships.
• Explore nursing's image in the media and examine strategies to present a positive image.
Textbook being used is:
DeNisco, S.M. & Barker, A.M. (2013). Advanced practice nursing: Essential Knowledge for the Profession (3rd ed). Burlington, MA: Jones and Bartlett.