NURS-610 Principles of Administration
The purpose of the course is to expand one's understanding of and familiarity with the significance of the Administrator's role in health care delivery based on regulatory, industry and professional standards of practice. Organizational and systems leadership for quality improvement and systems thinking is introduced. Content focuses on the costeffectiveness of clinical decisions and recommendations for increasing the costeffectiveness of quality care. Various contemporary leadership and management models are critiqued and contrasted with professional standards for administering patient-centered compassionate care. Organizational and systems leadership are critical to improve patient and healthcare outcomes. The challenges to address emerging practice problems and dilemmas that emerge as new diagnostic and therapeutic technologies evolve will be presented through Project-Based case studies.