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2013-2014
NURS 240 Management and Leadership in Health Care
4 hours
Majors (Adult)
Majors (Grad)
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This course assumes the student possesses basic leadership and management skills, and further examines the role of the baccalaureate nurse as a manager in health care organizations. The roles of the nurse manager are analyzed for each of the management functions: planning, organizing, directing, and controlling. External factors influencing the nurse manager are also examined. Students are able to select their clinical experience in management from a variety of health care organizations and settings. (3 credit hours lecture; 1 credit hour clinical)
Pre or corequisite(s): NURS 205 Issues of Professional Nursing Practice and NURS 231 Nursing Theories.