NURS 4303 - Issues of Quality Improvement, Health Care Finances & Strategic Planning

3 credits

Identifies standards, analyzes quality of performance, and evaluates care outcomes in selected aspects of healthcare including various types of health delivery systems and personnel. Attention is given to working with health care costs, trends and financial constraints, other resource limitations, parent organizations and nursing budgets, generation and allocation of new and redesigned resources, and associated ethical issues. Students interface principles of strategic planning and action implementation with clinical health concerns. Synthesis of nursing curriculum theory and practice is demonstrated by completion of a comprehensive predictor examination and a strategic proposal.

Prerequisite: NURS 3432 Health Care Systems, Care Management, and Nursing Leadership