Leadership in Health Care and Practice

3 credits · Graduate

This course provides a critical examination of selected current issues in health and advanced practice nursing in Canada with a focus on underlying social, political, cultural, historical, legal, and economic factors. This course examines ways in which nurses can influence policy development and foster change in the health system, including how theories of leadership and change can be implemented to ensure quality care, provider and client satisfaction, and equitable distribution of resources in various practice settings. Preclusion(s): HHSC 602-3 and POLS 603-3 Major Restriction: Master of Science in Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) or Master of Science in Nursing (Thesis or Project Option) students