NURS423 Strategies of Professional Practice
Students function as change agents in an organizational health setting to influence client care, advocate for clients and professional nursing practice. Each student selects a health care organization that serves clients from a variety of developmental stages, levels of wellness, socio-cultural backgrounds, spiritual, and health care needs. The student incorporates selected knowledge from the arts, humanities, sciences, and nursing to address the organization's ability to meet the health care concerns of these clients. Students use the Betty Neuman Health Care Systems Model, organizational dynamics, ethical and professional standards to systematically collect data, and identify strengths and areas of concern of the health care system. Strategies for intervening will be selected and implemented in collaboration with the health care team. Critical thinking, review of the literature, and research findings are used throughout the change project. An evaluation plan will be developed to monitor the outcome. The students will analyze their role as change agent, advocate, and leader. Professional growth and accountability for nursing practice within society is emphasized. The student formally presents the change project to the academic community. Full semester. Lecture: 3 hours; clinical laboratory 6 hours. Prerequisites: NURS 313, NURS 315, NURS 411, or NURS 419. Pre-corequisite: NURS 421.
Prerequisite
NURS313, NURS315, NURS411, NURS419, NURS421
Corequisite
NURS423L