NUR 312 - Leadership and Ethics in Professional Practice, 3 credit hours

Prerequisite(s): NUR 100, NUR 101, NUR 105, NUR 106, NUR 110, NUR 112, NUR 115, NUR 210, NUR 212, NUR 215
Addresses professional practice strategies including conflict management, decision making, interdisciplinary practice and working with teams. Legal principles of documentation. Application of standards of care to risk management and the organization of care delivery. Evaluation of health care systems, processes, and practice environments. Power, politics, and health policy; professional nursing roles in improving health systems. Standards of care and risk management strategies. Principles of ethics and their application to professional nursing practice, health care, and issues of social justice will be explored. Writing intensive.