MCCCD Program Description

Health Care Management for School Nurses

Course: NCE236

First Term: 2006 Summer I

Lecture 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s) 3 Load
Subject Type: Occupational
Load Formula: S

Description: Introduction to management concepts, organizational theory, and leadership, and their application to the development of the nurse`s role as manager in the health office. Explores managerial principles of planning, organizing, staffing, leading and controlling in the context of both individual and group behavior as experienced in health care systems

MCCCD Official Course Competencies
1. Examine the dynamics of the organizational environment acting on the school health environment. (I) 2. Identify factors that enhance organizational effectiveness and those that may reduce it. (I) 3. Describe ethics, values and management responsibilities reflected in the school health environment. (II) 4. Identify the functions of management in the school health office. (III) 5. Describe management and leadership qualities valued by employers in the school health environment. (III) 6. Describe management models used in the school health environment. (III) 7. Describe the process of decision making in regards to the management of the school health office. (IV) 8. Examine communication models and factors affecting effective communication. (V) 9. Identify strategies for improving time management in the school health office. (VI) 10. Explain factors that affect the professional role development of the registered nurse in the school health setting. (VII)
MCCCD Official Course Competencies must be coordinated with the content outline so that each major point in the outline serves one or more competencies. MCCCD faculty retains authority in determining the pedagogical approach, methodology, content sequencing, and assessment metrics for student work. Please see individual course syllabi for additional information, including specific course requirements.

MCCCD Official Course Outline
I. Organizational Environment A. Factors that enhance organizational; effectiveness in the school health environment B. Factors that decrease organizational effectiveness in the school health environment II. Ethics, values and management responsibilities A. Principles of ethics B. Ethical models C. Resources III. Management functions A. Theories of management B. Styles of Management C. Nursing Management models IV. Decision Making A. Process of decision making 1. Defining the problem 2. Prioritizing 3. Approaches to resolution B. Decision making application in the school health office V. Communication A. Communication models B. Factors affecting communication C. Role of automated information systems VI. Time Management and organization A. Goal setting B. Strategies in time management C. Tools for time management VII. Professional Role Development A. Nurse as a member of the school team B. Nurse/student relationships

MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: 4/25/2006

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