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NURS 445

Advanced Leadership and Management for Professional Nursing

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelUpper Division
Average gradeA-
Standard

Overview

Description

Theoretical foundations and practice of advanced leadership and management in professional nursing.

Requirements

Prerequisites

  • Admission to RN-BSN major.
Original catalog text

Prerequisites

Prerequisite(s): Admission to RN-BSN major.

Units

Lecture3

Catalog Details

Offering

Offered: Every Fall and Spring

Terms

fall, spring

Restrictions

Admission to RN-BSN major.

Attributes

Standard

Learning Outcomes

  • apply evidence-based leadership and management principles to the care of patients.
  • evaluate the use of selected leadership and management theories to varied health care settings and structures.
  • compare the roles and functions of a nurse leader to those of a nurse manager in varied healthcare settings.
  • examine opportunities to improve the quality of patient care through effective nursing leadership strategies.
  • evaluate models of nursing care delivery that promote decision-making, independent judgement, and effective communication.
  • analyze the attributes of effective inter-professional team leadership and the impact on effective healthcare delivery.