NURS 425 - Nursing Leadership

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This evidence-based clinical course for RN students is designed: to provide the principles of nursing leadership and management, to apply and integrate previous learning, to examine how holistic nursing practice impacts leadership in nursing, to have enriching precepted experiences in a selected area of professional nursing practice, and to demonstrate self-direction by developing and fulfilling a learning contract that reflects individual learning needs in the practice setting. Key concepts include self-directed learning, leadership and management skills, stress reduction, time management, the image of professional nursing, dealing with diversity in the workplace. A project that requires scholarly inquiry and evidence-based practice is required. Prerequisite(s): NURS 315, NURS 316, NURS 402, NURS 409, NURS 415 and current RN licensure.