NURS620 Nurse Educator as Leader
The characteristics of leaders and leadership, differences between leaders and managers and moral leadership are analyzed. Emphasis is on nurse educators in the political arena, as change agents in academic and other health care settings, and as shapers of the future. Ethical and legal aspects of a nursing educator will be examined. Students will investigate skills needed to function as leaders in the academic nursing role in higher education or staff development relative to programadministration, student issues, program requirements, and faculty expectations. This course provides knowledge and skill to effectively manage change,empower others, and influencepolitical processes. There is a focus on organizational process, including the associated management of conflict, change, and control of risk within a political context.