SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY
College of Nursing
Masters Nursing
Program
NU 672 Nursing Management and Executive Leadership Practicum
NU 672
Course Number:
Nursing Management and Executive Leadership Practicum
Course Title:
3 credits / 60 hours clinical- Theory – 2 credits; Clinical – 1 credit
Course Credit:
NU501, NU530, NU601, NU602, NU617, NU511, NU576, NU575,
Prerequisites: NU521, NU665
Dr. Linda Morrow, Clinical Associate Professor
Faculty:
Contact Information:
203-767-7087
Schedule phone appointment through email
Office Hours:
Online Format, Asynchronous
Class Times/Format:
Course Description:
This is the next to the last course in the nursing sequence for the Nursing Management and Executive
Leadership program. Nursing 672 will focus at the larger organization’s macrosystem level. Students will apply
and analyze the theories, competencies and concepts of previous courses in a designated clinical practicum
experience using a preceptor. Further, students will share their reflections with other course participants
through a weekly discussion using appreciative inquiry to describe a significant learning on the strengths and
weaknesses of their clinical site focused on the course objectives.
The core role competencies for the nurse manager and executive leader frame the course activities including
managing client needs and expectations, marketing, managing financial resources, assessing quality and safety,
visioning and strategic planning, designing care management systems, and developing operational plans for
accountability and ethical practice. Leadership strategies for accomplishing this work are explored. Current
issues and trends in health care and nursing management and executive leadership are covered in course
readings and integrated into (the) course assessments/project.
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,In this course, the student will perform an organizational assessment and evaluation (macrosystem level) in
two parts and complete Part I of the capstone project.
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,Student Learning Outcomes:
Master’s Program
I. Background for Practice from Sciences and Humanities
II. Organizational and Systems Leadership
III. Quality Improvement and Safety
IV. Translating and Integrating Scholarship into Practice
V. Informatics and Healthcare Technologies
VI. Health Policy and Advocacy
VII. Interprofessional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population Health Outcomes
VIII. Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving Health
IX. Master’s-Level Nursing Practice
Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, each student is expected to demonstrate the following learning outcomes by
being able to:
1. Analyze organizational, ethical, and leadership theories, which guide the organization’s leaders
and their administrative practice at the macrosystem level, as derived from the literature. (SLO I)
2. Review the organization’s macrosystem level strategic and operational plans and the importance
of developing these plans along with how they cascade down through the microsystems in the
organizations. (SLO II)
3. Review and determine how the organization’s marketing plan positions it to meet its mission and
serve the community/population’s needs - describing those needs using data. (SLO II, VIII)
4. Analyze the organization’s macrosystem level care delivery system in terms of ability to meet its
community/population needs; meet patient safety/quality goals; achieve clinical, functional and
financial outcomes (pay for performance) with emphasis on collaboration among disciplines and
across departments. (SLO II, III, V, VII, VIII)
5. Propose an evidence-based Performance Improvement project based on the knowledge acquired
by performing the organizational assessment and evaluation. (SLO II, III, IX)
6. Conduct a review of the literature and an action plan for change for the evidence-based
Performance Improvement project. (SLO I, III, IV, VI, IX)
7. Engage in self-reflection and continued learning to enhance competencies in the role of nurse
leader. (SLO II, IX)
8. Use theory and research from nursing and other disciplines to direct nursing practice as a
nurse leader/nurse executive. (SLO I, II, IV, VI, IX)
9. Apply/Implement the role of nurse leader/nurse executive. (SLO II, IX)
10. Practice collaboratively with a multidisciplinary administrative team. (SLO II, III, VII, IX)
11. Demonstrate competence in the scholarship of the NMEL track, the ability to work independently,
and the ability to present the results of their investigation effectively. (SLO IX)
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672
, Students will be expected to meet the course objectives listed above. Additionally, they will prepare specific
objectives for their learning experience, which are complementary of the course objectives and assist the
student in meeting the objectives of the course. These objectives will be formulated at the initial meeting of
the student and preceptor and will be finalized during the first week of the course.
Students are to complete their personal learning objectives utilizing the grid found in the link below. -
NU672_Student_Objective_Grid.doc. The student objective grid is to be submitted via the
Assignment Manager in Blackboard by the end of Week 01 (Sunday).
Student Evaluation
Course Grading
Assignment 1 Discussions 15% (OBJ #1-7)
Assignment 2 Organizational Assessment and Evaluation Part 1 40% (OBJ #1,2,3,4,11)
Assignment 3 Journals 5% (OBJ #7)
Assignment 4 Capstone Project Part 1 40% (OBJ #5, 6, 8, 11)
Practicum Evaluation (Preceptor Evaluation of Student) P/F (OBJ #9)
Practicum Log P/F (OBJ # 9, 10)
Student Evaluation of Preceptor/Site P/F (OBJ #7)
Calculated Weighted Total Grade 100%
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College of Nursing
Masters Nursing
Program
NU 672 Nursing Management and Executive Leadership Practicum
NU 672
Course Number:
Nursing Management and Executive Leadership Practicum
Course Title:
3 credits / 60 hours clinical- Theory – 2 credits; Clinical – 1 credit
Course Credit:
NU501, NU530, NU601, NU602, NU617, NU511, NU576, NU575,
Prerequisites: NU521, NU665
Dr. Linda Morrow, Clinical Associate Professor
Faculty:
Contact Information:
203-767-7087
Schedule phone appointment through email
Office Hours:
Online Format, Asynchronous
Class Times/Format:
Course Description:
This is the next to the last course in the nursing sequence for the Nursing Management and Executive
Leadership program. Nursing 672 will focus at the larger organization’s macrosystem level. Students will apply
and analyze the theories, competencies and concepts of previous courses in a designated clinical practicum
experience using a preceptor. Further, students will share their reflections with other course participants
through a weekly discussion using appreciative inquiry to describe a significant learning on the strengths and
weaknesses of their clinical site focused on the course objectives.
The core role competencies for the nurse manager and executive leader frame the course activities including
managing client needs and expectations, marketing, managing financial resources, assessing quality and safety,
visioning and strategic planning, designing care management systems, and developing operational plans for
accountability and ethical practice. Leadership strategies for accomplishing this work are explored. Current
issues and trends in health care and nursing management and executive leadership are covered in course
readings and integrated into (the) course assessments/project.
1
Sacred Heart NU
672
,In this course, the student will perform an organizational assessment and evaluation (macrosystem level) in
two parts and complete Part I of the capstone project.
2
Sacred Heart NU
672
,Student Learning Outcomes:
Master’s Program
I. Background for Practice from Sciences and Humanities
II. Organizational and Systems Leadership
III. Quality Improvement and Safety
IV. Translating and Integrating Scholarship into Practice
V. Informatics and Healthcare Technologies
VI. Health Policy and Advocacy
VII. Interprofessional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population Health Outcomes
VIII. Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving Health
IX. Master’s-Level Nursing Practice
Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, each student is expected to demonstrate the following learning outcomes by
being able to:
1. Analyze organizational, ethical, and leadership theories, which guide the organization’s leaders
and their administrative practice at the macrosystem level, as derived from the literature. (SLO I)
2. Review the organization’s macrosystem level strategic and operational plans and the importance
of developing these plans along with how they cascade down through the microsystems in the
organizations. (SLO II)
3. Review and determine how the organization’s marketing plan positions it to meet its mission and
serve the community/population’s needs - describing those needs using data. (SLO II, VIII)
4. Analyze the organization’s macrosystem level care delivery system in terms of ability to meet its
community/population needs; meet patient safety/quality goals; achieve clinical, functional and
financial outcomes (pay for performance) with emphasis on collaboration among disciplines and
across departments. (SLO II, III, V, VII, VIII)
5. Propose an evidence-based Performance Improvement project based on the knowledge acquired
by performing the organizational assessment and evaluation. (SLO II, III, IX)
6. Conduct a review of the literature and an action plan for change for the evidence-based
Performance Improvement project. (SLO I, III, IV, VI, IX)
7. Engage in self-reflection and continued learning to enhance competencies in the role of nurse
leader. (SLO II, IX)
8. Use theory and research from nursing and other disciplines to direct nursing practice as a
nurse leader/nurse executive. (SLO I, II, IV, VI, IX)
9. Apply/Implement the role of nurse leader/nurse executive. (SLO II, IX)
10. Practice collaboratively with a multidisciplinary administrative team. (SLO II, III, VII, IX)
11. Demonstrate competence in the scholarship of the NMEL track, the ability to work independently,
and the ability to present the results of their investigation effectively. (SLO IX)
3
Sacred Heart NU
672
, Students will be expected to meet the course objectives listed above. Additionally, they will prepare specific
objectives for their learning experience, which are complementary of the course objectives and assist the
student in meeting the objectives of the course. These objectives will be formulated at the initial meeting of
the student and preceptor and will be finalized during the first week of the course.
Students are to complete their personal learning objectives utilizing the grid found in the link below. -
NU672_Student_Objective_Grid.doc. The student objective grid is to be submitted via the
Assignment Manager in Blackboard by the end of Week 01 (Sunday).
Student Evaluation
Course Grading
Assignment 1 Discussions 15% (OBJ #1-7)
Assignment 2 Organizational Assessment and Evaluation Part 1 40% (OBJ #1,2,3,4,11)
Assignment 3 Journals 5% (OBJ #7)
Assignment 4 Capstone Project Part 1 40% (OBJ #5, 6, 8, 11)
Practicum Evaluation (Preceptor Evaluation of Student) P/F (OBJ #9)
Practicum Log P/F (OBJ # 9, 10)
Student Evaluation of Preceptor/Site P/F (OBJ #7)
Calculated Weighted Total Grade 100%
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