This course discusses historical, contemporary, and current management and leadership concepts while exploring self-application techniques and models through individual leadership abilities and styles. Three (3) credit hours (three classroom hours per week). Must be completed with a grade of “C” (2.0) or better. (Fall, Spring)

Credit hours: 3; 3 classroom hours for 15 class periods. Prerequisites: 4300 level courses, 4430, 4440 pre or co-requisite.

• Yoder-Wise, P. (2019) Leading and Managing in Nursing (7th ed.). St. Louis: Mosby. ISBN 978-0-323-18577-6.
• Morrell, M. & Capparell, S. (2001). Shackleton’s Way: Leadership Lessons from the Great Antarctic Explorer. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-200236-4.
• American Psychological Association (2010). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). American Psychological Association. ISBN: 1557988102

Supplemental Resources

Face to Face Student Handbook (Pre-Licensure and HP Programs) (https://www.suu.edu/nursing/pdf/f2f.student-handbook-2025.pdf)

Learning Outcome Alignment: A list of learning outcomes for this course is found below. You will demonstrate your understanding of the outcomes under the assessment criteria.

1. Understands and utilizes leadership / management skills to provide patient centered nursing care and perform nursing interventions safely for a variety of patients in a variety of settings; modify care as needed based on client characteristics and needs.
2. Understands and develops collegial relationships with inter and multidisciplinary team members using management and leadership concepts and therapeutic communication skills while adhering to professional standards and behaviors.
3. Use appropriate processes and frameworks for care planning, solving problems, managing practice, providing leadership and helping to improve and change health care practice.
4. Use framework of personal and nursing values and standards to build on knowledge from previous nursing courses to move along the continuum of practice from novice to expert.
5. Develop personal leadership abilities based on self- assessment and analysis of personal leadership styles.
6. Learns to apply course information to improve practice setting dynamics as they relate to leadership and management.
7. Learn and develop resource avenues to seek leadership and management actions, which compliment information presented in class and future opportunities.

Grade Scheme

Grades will be determined in the undergraduate programs using the following grading scale. To progress in the undergraduate program, students must pass each course with a C (74%) minimum.

Assignment Outline

Preparation and participation/attitude - 25%

Expected Outcome

Students are prepared to investigate, participate, and apply concepts of leadership and management in nursing, having read the text and assigned pre-class activities prior to class attendance. As active learners, students gain a progressively more complex knowledge base when they are prepared and fully participate in class and group activities.

General Description

Preparation for, and participation in class learning activities is important to successful use of class time and integral to achieving the learning outlined for this course. Students come to class having read the text and other resources identified. Weekly individual and group assignments validate thoughtful preparation and integration of material and ensure readiness for class activities. Participation in class includes group discussions, presentations, and collaborative and individual learning experiences. It is essential that students participate and become engaged learners so the concepts can be acquired prior to actual practice where some practices are not consistent with what makes leadership / management effective. A very simple gage for students to use in assessing if their pre-class assignments are adequate for class discussion is to ask themselves, “Have I completed this assignment as a “minimalist” or have I put well-structured and well thought-out information into my responses”?

Attitude is a little thing that you control but makes a big difference. It is very hard to assess so my best assessment comes by seeing your level of engagement in class.

Testing ATI - 25%

Expected Outcome:

Exams help to document that you have a sound knowledge base of the required reading material and identify areas of strengths and needs for improvement. Students are expected to pass each exam at or above the level set through the ATI assessment data as decided by the instructor. If this does not occur, a remediation plan will be determined between the student and the instructor as needed.

General Description

There are 2 leadership ATI tests for this course, midterm and final. Each test has 70 questions and you have 90 minutes to complete it.

Grading for the ATI

Students who receive below a level 1 receive a 0%. Students who receive below level 1 on both the midterm and final ATI will receive 0% for both exams and will fail the course.

Assignments - 20%

Throughout the course, there are assignments that align with the content discussed in the course each week. Assignment instructions are in canvas and completed assignments should be uploaded to canvas.

Shackleton's Way reading and discussions - 15%

There are 5 discussions embedded within the course based on the required reading of Shackleton's Way.

Trula - 15%

For the first half of the semester you will schedule and participate in coaching sessions through Trula coaching where you work on a goal for improvement in your life, this can be personal, professional or academic. Once you have completed your 4 sessions where you are coached you will move onto the coach training LMS module which takes 6-8 hours. There are 2 submissions for Trula coaching the first submission in canvas is your completion certificate of your 4 sessions and the second assignment is your completion of the coach training modules.

Course Summary

• Wed Jan 14, 2026 — Who are you? due by 11:59pm
• Sun Jan 18, 2026 — Shackleton discussion 1 - Choosing your crew wisely Reply to Topic due by 11:59pm
• Wed Jan 21, 2026 — Mission statements due by 11:59pm
• Wed Jan 21, 2026 — Shackleton discussion 1 - Choosing your crew wisely Required Replies (1) due by 11:59pm
• Sun Jan 25, 2026 — Shackleton Discussion 2 - Choosing your crew wisely Reply to Topic due by 11:59pm
• Wed Jan 28, 2026 — Shackleton Discussion 2 - Choosing your crew wisely Required Replies (1) due by 11:59pm
• Wed Jan 28, 2026 — What is your leadership style? - Assignment due by 11:59pm
• Sun Feb 1, 2026 — Shackleton Discussion 3 - Managing Your Crew & Maintaining Morale Reply to Topic due by 11:59pm
• Sun Feb 1, 2026 — Building a resume assignment due by 11:59pm
• Sun Feb 1, 2026 — Paradigm Shift Assignment due by 11:59pm
• Wed Feb 4, 2026 — Shackleton Discussion 3 - Managing Your Crew & Maintaining Morale Required Replies (1) due by 11:59pm
• Sun Feb 8, 2026 — Shackleton discussion 4 - Flexibility, Adaptability and the Iceberg Shift Reply to Topic due by 11:59pm
• Wed Feb 11, 2026 — Shackleton discussion 4 - Flexibility, Adaptability and the Iceberg Shift Required Replies (1) due by 11:59pm
• Wed Feb 18, 2026 — ROTI Assignment due by 11:59pm
• Thu Feb 19, 2026 — Ticket to test - Midterm leadership ATI due by 11:59pm
• Sun Feb 22, 2026 — Shackleton Discussion 5 - Leading by Example: the Hot Chocolate Rule Reply to Topic due by 11:59pm
• Mon Feb 23, 2026 — Coaching Sessions & Completion Certificate due by 11:59pm
• Mon Feb 23, 2026 — Coaching Experience Reflection Paper due by 11:59pm
• Wed Feb 25, 2026 — Shackleton Discussion 5 - Leading by Example: the Hot Chocolate Rule Required Replies (1) due by 11:59pm
• Wed Mar 4, 2026 — Abilene Paradox Assignment due by 11:59pm
• Wed Mar 25, 2026 — Parable of the "Sadhu" Assignment due by 11:59pm
• Thu Apr 2, 2026 — 12 angry men assignment to complete during video due by 11:59pm
• Wed Apr 8, 2026 — Acuity staffing - in class assignment due by 11:59pm
• Fri Apr 10, 2026 — Trula coach training - LMS due by 11:59pm
• Sun Apr 19, 2026 — Ticket to test - Final leadership ATI due by 11:59pm
• Attendance and Attitude
• Commenced Attendance Quiz
• Final
• Midterm Exam

Instructor's Response Time & Feedback

I will respond to student emails or texts within three business days (Definition of business day: Monday through Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm and does not include holidays). All assignments will be graded within seven calendar days of the due date. If for some reason I am unable to respond or provide grades within the set timeline I will notify students through an announcement in advance.

Late Assignments

Papers/assignments are due at the time designated by faculty either in the calendar, syllabi, or in class discussion. If you know you will miss a class in advance of the due date submit materials early or ask a colleague to submit them on the due date. With unforeseen circumstances, you may not be able to submit an assignment on the designated due date, it is your responsibility to notify the instructor and negotiate a reasonable alternate due date prior to missing class when possible or as soon as it is feasibly possible. For this class, late assignments will lose 2 (two) points each day they are late up to 10 points When extenuating circumstances have been discussed with the instructor, it will be left up to instructor discretion on how to award points as circumstances vary. The instructor will decide when late work is no longer accepted. Emailing assignments to the instructor is NOT accepted unless arranged with the instructor. Many assignments are used for in-class discussion and group work so they should be completed prior to class and are due at the end of class. Faculty members retain the option of not accepting late papers/assignments and may deduct points for late work. Individual faculty maintains final determination in situations related to late work.

AI Policy

When students use generative artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process for this course, students should only use these technologies to improve readability and language, or to generate a basic skeleton of ideas for assignment content. Applying these technologies should be done with careful oversight, and students should carefully review and edit the result, as AI can generate good-sounding output that can be incorrect, incomplete or biased. SUU Policy#6.33 on academic integrity should be followed when using AI. If you are unsure to what extent to use AI as part of an assignment, please reach out to me before the assignment is due. If a student uses AI-assisted technologies, the student should disclose in their assignment the use of AI and AI-assisted technologies in the assignment by following the instructions below. This declaration does not apply to the use of basic tools for checking grammar, spelling, references etc. If there is nothing to disclose, there is no need to add a statement. Any assignment which has been determined by the professor (using the tools provided by SUU to monitor academic integrity) to have been created using these technologies which were not disclosed by the student is subject to failure.

Disclosure Instructions:

Students must disclose the use of generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process by adding this statement at the end of their assignment:

Statement: During the preparation of this work [THE STUDENT(S)] used [NAME TOOL /SERVICE] in order to [REASON].

Regular attendance is required at all classes and course-related experiences. Absences and tardiness will result in participation points being subtracted from grade. Attendance is also reflected in coming late to class, leaving early and missing parts of class for other reasons. A roll will be sent around sometime toward the beginning of class and may be circulated a second time to assure full class attendance. If you are not on it, you will not get credit for that day attendance. If you sign it late, you are considered late. Signing in behalf of others will result in all parties involved losing attendance for that day. The course instructor retains the option for deducting participation points for the above offenses. This should not be a difficult process. Please plan to attend all classes and stay throughout the entire time. If situations arise, discuss this professionally with the instructor.

Fee: $70

You are expected to provide and manage your own transportation and assume your own risks when traveling to and from classes, labs, or clinical experiences and when performing duties in class, lab, or clinical experiences. There are inherent risks involved in travel and in lab and clinical experiences. The most obvious risks are accidents, contracting infections or other communicable diseases, or workplace violence. Please take common precautions to prevent accidents, infections and violence and report them as necessary.