SYLLABUS Course Number Course Title NURS 4351 Leadership and Management of Nursing Care Academic Unit: St. David’s School of Nursing Course Description: Students discuss leadership and management theories related organizational nursing roles, including competencies required for complex change, performance improvement, and transformational leadership. Organizational contexts, structure, processes, and culture, in leading and directing patient centered care are examined, along with relationships between governance structures, practice environments, and positive patient outcomes. Course Goals and Objectives: COURSE OUTCOMES SON EDUC OUTCOMES TBON DECS AACN QSEN AONL 1. Differentiate between leadership and management theories, roles, functions and behaviors 1, 3 I, II, IV I, II, III, IV, VI, VIII, IX 2, 3 1, 2, 3 ,4 2. Evaluate transformational leadership for overall effectiveness and potential for positive outcomes 2, 3, I, II, III, IV II, III, VIII 1, 2, 3, 5 1, 3, 4 3. Analyze how organizational structure, function, culture, and ethics affect nursing practice 3 I, II, IV I, II, IV, VI, VIII, IX 1, 2, 4, 5, 2, 4, 5 4. Relate the quality of the nursing practice environment to patient outcomes 3, 4, 5 I, II, III, IV I, II, IV, V, VI, VIII, IX 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 1, 2, 5 5. Describe the influence of policy on nursing practice 2,4 I, II, III, IV I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII 1, 2, 4, 5 1, 2, 4 6. Discuss a systems approach for evaluating errors and threats to patient safety within an organization 1, 5, 8 II, III II, III, IV, V, VI, 4, 5 2, 3, 5 7. Explore quality/performance improvement approaches to improve structure, process, and outcomes 1, 5, 8 I, II, III, IV II, III, IV, V, VI, VIII 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 2, 3, 4, 5