NUR 457 Management in Nursing

Examination of the changing management roles and functions of the professional nurse in complex and diverse healthcare environment. Students will explore problem solving and ethical decision-making models as well as tools and techniques for planning, organizing, directing, controlling, reporting, and improving the productivity and performance of resources within a healthcare department. Topics include healthcare finance reimbursement, bookkeeping, accounting principles, budgeting processes (capital and operating), and cost/benefit analysis, and use of technology/informatics at a microsystem level view in a healthcare organization.