NURS 458 - Leadership and Trends in Nursing II

2 hours
This course will investigate and compare the theories of transformational and transactional leadership. The understanding of a nurse’s role as patient advocate in ethical dilemmas will be investigated. Collaboration will be an essential task while the student nurse is introduced to his/her responsibility in political awareness as the representative of our discipline will enhance the investigation process. The clinical component of the course is to shadow a variety of nursing leaders in the hospital environment, carefully observing and documenting key indicators for their decision making process. Discussion will enhance the debriefing process of optimal understanding. Prerequisite(s): NURS 378, NURS 439, NURS 450, NURS 457, NURS 466 UG