NURS 655 - Nursing Leadership Practicum I

(2-3 S.H.)

This guided practicum is designed for students to practice the nursing administration role with practicing nurse administrators, quality improvement specialists, and Informatics nurses utilized as preceptors to enhance the application of principles. Competencies that will begin to be developed are (a) communication and relationship-building, (b) knowledge of the healthcare environment, (c) leadership, (d) professionalism, and (e) business skills. Prerequisites: NURS 600 - Scientific and Ethical Foundations;NURS 606 - Nursing Information Management & Decision Making; NURS 614 - Evidence-Based Practiceor instructor’s consent. Corequisite: NURS 652 - Financial Resource Management in Nursing Service; NURS 653 - Human Resource Management. Grade only.