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Oct 23, 2026
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NURS 2462 - Nursing Leadership
Credits: 2
Catalog Description
This course combines the theoretical principles and concepts learned in previous semesters and co-requisite coursework with a focus on conceptual connections to health care systems. Leadership theories are introduced, and health care policy, finance, and regulatory environment issues are analyzed. The course will emphasize the frameworks for providing leadership in healthcare systems that will enhance the nurse’s ability to provide holistic care across the lifespan. The student will perform in a leadership role in a variety of settings.
Prerequisite(s) (must have a grade of C or better): NURS 2360 , NURS 2362 , NURS 2390 , BIOL 1900 or BIOL 2201 , PSYC 1110 or PSYC 2235
Prerequisite(s) (must have a grade of C or better) or Corequisite(s): PHIL 1110 or PHIL 1200 , and CMST 1110 , CMST 2210 , or CMST 2220
Corequisite(s): NURS 2460 and NURS 2490
Additional fee to student: Yes
Learner Outcomes
- Analyze the role of the professional nurse within organizational systems.
- Utilize evidence-based leadership and management skills with nursing colleagues and interdisciplinary teams.
- Apply leadership theories for the delivery of holistic care across the lifespan.
- Analyze health care policy, finance, and regulatory frameworks and their impact on health care systems.
- Reflect on personal, professional, and leadership actions based on a set of shared core nursing values.
- Demonstrate professional standards of moral, ethical, and legal conduct.
Major Areas of Course Content
- Professional Integrity
- Attributes and Responsibilities of a Professional Nurse
- Professional Behaviors
- Clinical Decision-Making
- Ethics
- Leadership
- Legal Issues
- Social Justice
- Care Competencies
- Holistic Nursing Process/Client-Centered Care
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Safety and Quality
- Teaching and Learning
- End of Life
- Health Care Delivery
- Managing Care
- Quality Improvement
- Informatics
- Evidence-Based/Evidence Informed Practice
- Health Care Systems and Delivery
- Lifespan Growth and Development
- Determinants of Health
- Culture
- Diversity
- Violence
- Health Care Disparities
Credit for Prior Learning Options
No credit for prior learning option is available for this course.
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