NURSING LEADERSHIP AND PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

Undergraduate

This course extends the student’s ability to examine theoretical and practice concepts in nursing leadership/management and primary health care. Students discuss concepts in health care organization(s) and management and the implications of those concepts when analyzing leadership styles in a clinical setting. Students explore leadership roles assumed by nurses and examine challenges confronting nursing leaders in an era of change. Emphasis is placed on strategies to enhance nursing influence on the evolving Canadian health care system. Models of partnership, decision making, collaboration and communication and the importance of teamwork are stressed. PREREQUISITE: Four Year Program: Nursing 3100; Accelerated Program: Nursing 3230