RN, CNS, NP

Course Description

This seminar is a facilitator-led didactic course focusing on the knowledge base needed by candidates to successfully sit for the nurse executive leadership exam. This includes nursing theory, leadership theory, financial foundations and communication skills.

Key Learning Outcome

• After completing the program, 80% of participants will report an increase in knowledge and confidence necessary to pass the certification exam.

Agenda

Sign-in begins at 7:30 am. Each day includes a one-hour lunch (on your own), as well as a morning and afternoon break of 15 minutes each. The order of lectures presented and break times may vary according to speaker preference.

Day 1, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm

• Foundations of Leadership
  Definition of Mission, Vision and Philosophy | Traditional Leadership Styles | Contemporary Leadership Styles | Theories of Leadership
• Nursing Leadership Theory
  Environmental | Interpersonal Relations | Nature of Nursing Needs | Equilibrium | Nursing Process | Caring Model | Cultural Care Diversity
• Organizational Structure and Planning
  Corporate Integration | Centralized vs. Decentralized Industry | Strategic Stakeholders | SWOT Analysis | Project Management | Gantt and RACI Charts
• Federal Laws Related to Human Resources
  Human Capital Management | Federal Workforce Flexibility Act | Family and Medical Leave Act | COBRA | Americans with Disabilities Act | Fair Labors Standard Act | Age Discrimination Act | Civil Rights Act—Title VII
• Organizations and Entitites
  OSHA | Workers’ Compensation | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission | Affirmative Action | Corporate Compliance | HIPAA
• Labor Relations
  The Wagner Act | Taft-Hartley Amendment | Process of Unionization | Collective Bargaining | Labor Grievances | Arbitration and Strike
• Tools for Building a Team
  Employee Assistance | Job Descriptions | Recruiting | Multigenerational Workforce | Just Culture | Group Think
• Organizational Structure
  Chain of Command | Span of Control | The Organizational Chart | Flat Organizational Structure | Sole Proprietorship | General Partnership | Corporation
• Health and Public Policy
  Mandatory Reporting | State-Mandated Reports | Communicable Diseases
• Legal Foundations
  Criminal Law | Civil Law | Professional Negligence/Malpractice | Liability in Nursing | Medicare Fraud and Abuse
• Health Initiatives
  Healthy People 2030 | Sullivan Commission and Diversity | IOM Future of Nursing
• Financial Management
  Payers | Budgets | Break-Even Charts | Return on Investment | Cost-Benefit Ratio | Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
  
  Day 2, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm

• Financial Considerations
  Payment Options | Resource-Based Relative Value Scale System | HMO and PPO | Medicare and Medicaid
• Nursing Workforce
  Productive and Non-Productive Hours | Average Daily Census | Occupancy Rate | Profit per Inpatient Discharge | Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) | Nursing Hours Per Patient Day (NHPPD)
• Knowledge Self-Evaluation
  Quiz on Materials
• Care Delivery Systems
  Accrediting Bodies | Relationship-Based Care | Transforming Care at the Bedside | Family-Centered Care | Clinical Guideline, Pathway and Protocols
• Model of Professional Nursing Practice Regulation
  Scope & Standards of Practice | Ethics | Certification | Nurse Practice Act | Institutional Practice | Self-Determination
• Professional Practice Models
  Functional Nursing | Team Nursing | Primary Nursing | Disease-Management Model
• Group Dynamics and Competency
  Group Development | Orientation and Preceptorship | Competency Validation | Core Competency Framework | Or-ganizational Transparency | Employee Performance | Lateral Violence/Incivility
• Communication
  Systems | Upward and Downward | Principles and Styles | Conflict and Challenges | Documentation
• Quality Improvement
  Process Improvement | Pareto Principle | Lean Thinking | Six Sigma | Analyzing Errors | Quality Indicators
• Ethics and Advocacy
  Autonomy | Justice | Beneficence | Non-Maleficence | Code of Ethics | Ethical Dilemmas | Advocates
• Leadership Principles
  Emotional Intelligence | Types of Conflict | Sources of Influence and Power | Changes Theories
• Research and Data Collection
  Institutional Review Board | Research Techniques | Evidence and Data | H-CAHPS | Data for Decision-Making