NSG4722 — Leadership Principles
This course presents basic leadership theory and skills for novice to advanced beginner healthcare providers. Evidence based best practices coupled with systems thinking form a foundation for the concepts of change, transformation, risk taking, and vision as they relate to the leadership role. Co-requisite: NSG 4709 Adult Health Nursing III; or in one of the last two semesters for RN-to-BSN students. (Meets Communicating in the Discipline/Writing Intensive) NSG 4735/NSG4735L. Palliative and Gerontological Care. This course provides the foundational basis for professional nursing care for the chronic, end of life clients of all ages, and the older adult clients and their families. Core course concepts include comfort, chronicity, and optimal sense of wellness and functional status. This course explores and builds on theories related to the end of life and aging, normal changes of the aging, complex interactions of chronic comorbid physical and mental conditions, and associated nursing care common to the chronically ill patient and older adult. Course structure includes 3 credits lecture and 2 credits clinical lab. Prerequisite: Admission to the Nursing Program. Courses in Physical Science