NURS-FPX 4010
Leading People, Processes, and Organizations in Interprofessional Practice
This course looks at how nurses work with other health professionals to solve real problems in care delivery. You explore how teams communicate, where collaboration breaks down, and how evidence and leadership practices can be used to improve outcomes for patients and staff.
Overview
What this course covers
This course looks at how nurses work with other health professionals to solve real problems in care delivery. You explore how teams communicate, where collaboration breaks down, and how evidence and leadership practices can be used to improve outcomes for patients and staff.
Learning objectives
- Explain how interprofessional collaboration affects patient and organisational outcomes
- Identify a practical problem in a care setting and gather relevant evidence
- Evaluate best practices for interdisciplinary teamwork and change leadership
- Communicate a proposed plan clearly to a professional audience
Main topics
- Interprofessional collaboration
- Team communication
- Change leadership
- Evidence-based practice
- Organisational and human resources factors
How the course is structured
The course is organised around a series of assessments completed over the term rather than weekly exams. Each assessment builds on the previous one, so early work on identifying a problem and gathering evidence feeds into the later plan and presentation.
Course components
- Interview and issue analysis
- Annotated evidence review
- Interdisciplinary improvement plan
- Plan proposal presentation
Helpful resources
- Peer-reviewed nursing and interprofessional collaboration journals
- APA 7 formatting guidance
- Your course announcements and rubric in the classroom
Assessments
Assessments in this course
Each assessment has its own page explaining what it is, why it matters and how to prepare.
Assessment 1
Assessment 1
Assessment 1 of NURS-FPX 4010 is one step in the course sequence. It asks you to apply what the course has covered so far to a realistic situation and to support your reasoning with credible sources.
Read the guideAssessment 2
Assessment 2
Assessment 2 of NURS-FPX 4010 is one step in the course sequence. It asks you to apply what the course has covered so far to a realistic situation and to support your reasoning with credible sources.
Read the guideAssessment 3
Assessment 3
Assessment 3 of NURS-FPX 4010 is one step in the course sequence. It asks you to apply what the course has covered so far to a realistic situation and to support your reasoning with credible sources.
Read the guideAssessment 4
Assessment 4
Assessment 4 of NURS-FPX 4010 is one step in the course sequence. It asks you to apply what the course has covered so far to a realistic situation and to support your reasoning with credible sources.
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