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Course Title: NRSG 509 Clinical Leadership Practicum

Credits: 2 (clinical lab)

Semesters Offered: Fall

Prerequisites: NRSG 604, NRSG 608, NRSG 611, or consent of instructor

Degree: MN

AACN Core Competencies for Advanced-level Nursing Education: 1, 2, 3, 4

AACN MN Essentials: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

MRJCON MN Program Learning Outcomes: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

 

Course Description:

Students will engage in activities that promote development of Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) competencies. Collaborating with faculty and clinical preceptor, students will assess a selected microsystem. This course is designed to evaluate strategies used to promote patient-centered care and interprofessional-collaboration in selected settings.

Catalog Description:

Students will engage in activities that promote development of Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) competencies. Students will assess a selected mircrosystem. This course is designed to evaluate strategies used to promote patient-centered care and interprofessional-collaboration in selected settings.

Course Learning Outcomes: Upon completing this course, the student will be able to: 

  1. Explore the use of nursing and healthcare systems engineering theories, concepts and tools to assess current structure, processes and outcomes selected healthcare microsystems.
  2. Examine the influence of interprofessional communication, technology, and information systems on a lateral integration of healthcare services in a selected healthcare setting.
  3. Facilitate collaborative, interprofessional approaches and strategies in the design, coordination, advancement of education, evaluation, and accessibility of patient-centered care.
  4. Analyze the health education plan, evaluating the role of the team, the teaching learning methods used, the client interactions, the expected and actual outcomes, including health status changes.

Exemplars of Course Learning Outcomes:

Construct a culturally holistic microsystem assessment within a healthcare organization for a specific cohort of patients (CLO 1,4,5)

Conduct an improvement project analysis.

Discuss elements of leadership, technology integration in healthcare, collaboration, communication, and CNL roles and responsibilities.

AACN Competencies [AACN Essentials, 2021]

This course introduces:

This course developes:

This course advances:

 

1.1e, 1.1f,1.1g

1.2h, 1.2i

1.3d, 1.3e,1.3f

2.1d,2.1e, 2.1g

2.2h,2.2i,2.2j

2.3h

2.4g

2.5h, 2.5i, 2.5j, 2.5k

2.6e, 2.6f, 2.6g, 2.6h,2.6i, 2.6j

2.7d, 2.7e, 2.7f

2.8f, 2.8g, 2.8h, 2.8i

2.9f, 2.9g, 2.9h, 2.0i, 2.9j

3.1j, 3.1k, 3.1L, 3.1m, 3.1n

3.3c, 3.3d, 3.3f,

3.4f, 3.4g, 3.4h, 3.4i, 3.4j, 3.4k, 3.4L

3.5f, 3.5g, 3.5h, 3.5i, 3.5f

3.6g, 3.6h,3.6i, 3.6j

4.1h, 4.1i, 4.1j, 4.1k, 4.1m

4.2f, 4.2g, 4.2h, 4.2i, 4.2g, 4.2h, 4.2L, 4.2j, 4.2k

4.3e, 4.3f, 4.3g, 4.3h, 4.3i

Curricular Threads addressed in this course:

  • Equity and Inclusion
  • Diversity
  • Cultural Sensitivity
  • Social Determinants of Health
  • Communication
  • Ethics
  • Clinical Judgement

Recommended Content:

Conduct a microsystem assessment with interdisciplinary team.

Identify purpose, patient population(s), professionals, processes, patterns.

Identify metrics used to assess outcomes of selected microsystem (relevant data points, clinical status, financial costs, functional status, satisfaction).

Identify potential themes for improvement.

Present findings and potential solutions to administrative personnel.

Using an existing database, examine aggregate care outcomes to evaluate the effectiveness of specific nursing interventions used with a selected group of patients or microsystem.

Observe and analyze interprofessional team reviews of patient plans of care; ensure revisions are evidence-based, contribute to achievement of patient outcomes, and reflect client/ family input.

Integrate best practice guidelines and EBP into patient plans of care.

Analyze interprofessional patterns of communication, collaboration, and conflict.

References

 

American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2013, October). Competencies and curricular

expectations for clinical nurse leader education and practice. Washington, DC, Author.

 

American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2013). The essentials: Competencies and curricular expectations for clinical nurse leader education and practice. Washington, DC, Author.

 

American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2017, May). Recommended CNL Practice Experiences. Washington, DC, Author.

 

Approved by GAAC: 12/9/13; 02/8/2019; 10/2024

Approved by Faculty: 1/7/14; 05/03/2019