2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 20, 2026  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
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NU 481 - Issues in Nursing Research and Management


Credit(s): 4
This capstone course provides a framework for the synthesis of research and leadership concepts in nursing. The research process is thoroughly explored to facilitate student development as intelligent research consumers and advocates of evidence-based professional nursing practice. Legal, ethical, social, political, quality, fiscal, and technological factors influencing current and future roles in nursing are analyzed. Leadership and management theory are integrated throughout to prepare students for the complex practice roles in today’s healthcare system with emphasis on the practice of a new graduate. Opportunities are provided for reflection on development and identification of strategies for transitioning into professional life and continuing personal and professional growth.



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