Academic Catalog

N586AM Administration and Management Nursing Practicum

This graduate-level course focuses on the Administration and Management specialist role through the application of theoretical concepts and strategies for a selected audience and the implementation of a quality improvement project in a health-related setting. Emphasis is on effective communication and sensitivity to the varying needs of the audience. The Administration and Management specialist role will be analyzed and applied in collaboration with a master’s prepared nurse preceptor with experience in this specialty. Evidence-based strategies will be developed into a comprehensive project to engage learners in active learning and implemented to meet mutually determined outcomes. The student will complete an annotated bibliography and the project activities might include but are not limited to: creating a toolkit of resource references, developing a presentation, creating a survey to measure satisfaction with activity, attending professional meetings, writing a publishable article, presenting a topic to patients, creating a webinar, delivery of training modules, developing software to meet a need, developing an advocacy agenda or tool, or proposing a change in practice, process or procedure. This course requires a total of a minimum of 80 hours of Administration and Management practicum experience within a practice environment and must include inter-professional collaboration. Finally, the student will complete the MSN program’s Comprehensive Examination during module seven of this course. 

Credits

3

Offered

Online