NS-261 Trends in Professional Nursing
This course introduces students to the trends of social, political, legal, economic, ideological, cultural, and spiritual influences on decision-making in the health care delivery system. Identification of theories of power, influence, empowerment, leadership, change and communication provides students with a background to assume a position of professional self-advocate and client advocate with a sense of professional responsibility and accountability. Emphasis is placed on the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) and Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) core competencies, related to the application of the nursing process, as a basis for critical thinking. A clinical leadership component is provided correlate clinical management skills and decision making with current trends in professional nursing practice.
Credits
3