NU 672 Nursing Management and Executive Leadership Practicum
This is the next to the last course in the nursing sequence for the Nursing Management and Executive Leadership program. Nursing 672 will focus at the larger organization’s macrosystem level. Students will apply and analyze the theories, competencies and concepts of previous courses in a designated clinical practicum experience using a preceptor. Further, students will share their reflections with other course participants through a weekly discussion using appreciative inquiry to describe a significant learning on the strengths and weaknesses of their clinical site focused on the course objectives.
The core role competencies for the nurse manager and executive leader frame the course activities including managing client needs and expectations, marketing, assessing quality and safety, strategic planning, designing care management systems, and developing operational plans for accountability and ethical practice. Leadership strategies for accomplishing this work are explored. Current issues and trends in health care and nursing management and executive leadership are covered in course readings and integrated into (the) course assessments/project.
In this course, the student will perform an organizational assessment and evaluation (macrosystem level) in two parts and complete Part I of the capstone project.