Lecture: 4 hours/week
In this course, students may engage in the following learning activities: discussion, group work, case studies, peer review, problem solving, oral presentation, debate, role play/simulation, project work, and quizzes.
- Psychiatric Nursing Conceptual Framework
- Leadership and management theories
- Leadership and management roles, functions, and issues in the Canadian health care system
- Managing and leading change
- Decision making, problem solving, conflict resolution, delegation, and role transitioning
- Current and emerging legal and ethical issues
- Health care organizations
- Quality and risk management
- Power, politics, and influence
- Strategic planning
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- Apply leadership and management theories into psychiatric nursing practice across diverse clinical contexts;
- Integrate leadership, management, and research-informed approaches to support safe, ethical, and quality mental health care delivery;
- Demonstrate effective collaboration and communication within health care teams, including navigating diverse perspectives and roles;
- Analyze leadership and management roles and functions within psychiatric nursing in response to changes in the Canadian health care system; and
- Analyze the influence of leadership and management approaches in the Canadian health care system.
Assessment will be based on course objectives and will be in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy. An evaluation schedule is presented at the beginning of the course.
Instructors may use a student’s record of attendance and/or level of active participation in the course as part of the student’s graded performance. Where this occurs, expectations and grade calculations regarding class attendance and participation will be clearly defined in the Instructor’s Course Outline.
This is a letter-graded course.
Textbooks and materials are to be purchased by students. A list of required textbooks and materials is provided for students at the beginning of the semester.
For students registered in the BSPN Degree program: PNUR 3401, PNUR 3421, PNUR 3430, PNUR 3441, PNUR 3403, and PNUR 3462
For students regisistered in the LPN Access to Psychiatric Nursing Degree program: PHIL 3125, PNUR 3321, PNUR 3421, and PNUR 4573
Students in the BSPN and LPN Access programs are required to maintain a minimum grade of 65% (C+) in all courses in order to progress in the program.
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