Revised 8/2020

NSG 230 - Advanced Professional Nursing Concepts (2 CR.)

Course Description

Develops the role of the professional nurse in the healthcare environment in preparation for practice as a registered nurse. Introduces leadership and management concepts and focuses on the integration of professional behaviors in a variety of healthcare settings. Lecture 2 hours. Total 2 hours per week.

General Course Purpose

The purpose of this course is to further develop the concepts of professional nursing.

Course Prerequisites/Corequisites

Prerequisites: BIO 141 and BIO 142 or BIO 231 and 232. ENG 111, PSY 230, SDV 101 or 100 BIO 150 or BIO205, CST 110 or 115 or 126 or 229, required Elective ENG 112 or HIS 101 or MTH 154 or MTH 245, NSG 100, NSG 106, NSG 130, NSG 152, NSG 170 and NSG 200, NSG 210, NSG 211 Corequisites: HUM Elective (see college catalog), NSG 252, NSG 270

Course Objectives

Upon completing the course, the student will be able to:

  • Evaluate legal and ethical principles related to health care policy and health care economics.
  • Evaluate quality indicators in health care organizations
  • Analyze leadership and collaborative practice strategies that foster mutual respect and shared decision making.
  • Analyze care coordination related to episodic vs. continuous care across multiple settings.
  • Integrate clinical judgment when collaborating with the healthcare team in the management of care for complex clients.
  • Apply the principles of leadership and management regarding the legal and ethical responsibilities related to safe medication administration.

Major Topics to Be Included

  • Leadership Concept
    • Leadership versus management
    • Formal versus informal leadership
    • Leadership theories
    • Exemplars: styles of leadership, change management, team building
  • Ethics Concept
    • Moral courage
    • Strategies to promote ethical care,
    • Human right to self determination
    • Obligation to report
    • Exemplars: ethical dilemmas
  • Quality Concept
    • Quality indicators
    • Culture of quality
    • Major attributes of health care quality
    • Equitable care
    • Core measures
    • Sentinel events
    • Exemplars: magnet designation, root cause analysis, Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS)
  • Informatics Concept
    • Clinical informatics
    • Domains of informatics
    • Electronic health record
    • Trends in nursing informatics
    • Exemplars: clinical decision support systems
  • Health Care PolicyHealth Care Economics Concept
    • Individual health care financing
    • Organizational financing
    • Trends in health care policy
    • Exemplars: regulatory agencies, financing access: Medicare, Medicaid, Health insurance, accrediting bodies
  • Coordination of Care Concept
    • Care coordination models
    • Delegation
    • Clinical reasoning
    • Role differentiation
    • Natural and manmade disasters
    • Pharmacology: Radiation Emergencies-medications to counteract: Sargramostin, Philgrastim, Potassium Iodide; Anticholinergic Drugs-Atropine; Antibiotics: Tetracycline; Cephalosporin
    • Exemplars: emergency triage, bioterrorism
  • Communication Concept
    • Communication pitfalls
    • Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient
    • Safety (Team STEPPS)
    • Exemplars: conflict resolution, lateral violence, civility in the workplace
  • Caring/Advocacy Concept
    • Exemplars: Compassion fatigue and self-care