Advanced Leadership Skills for Licensed Practical Nurses

Overview: This course has been designed to support LPNs in making the transition from front line care providers to leaders/managers. It is intended to prepare LPNs to take on leadership roles in varied health care settings, with a focus on the residential care context.

Course Length: 10 weeks

Admission Requirements:

• Designed specifically for LPNs (but also open to other RNs and RPNs) with current licensing / registration who have reviewed and signed off on an Online Learning Acknowledgement Form

• Participants must have basic computer skills and access to a computer with internet access

Course Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Describe trends that impact the Canadian health care delivery system and nursing care

• Identify leadership settings for the LPN and the role of the nurse leader in each of these settings

• Clarify the LPN role / scope of practice

• Recognize ways that team leaders use informatics, including the Internet, to provide timely care

• Describe how legislation, professional standards, entry-level competencies, code of ethics and practice guidelines influence nursing practice in residential care

• Specify professional issues such as responsibility, accountability and ethical practice relevant to the LPN role in residential care

• Use an ethical decision making process to examine ethical dilemmas in nursing practice in residential care

• Describe the leadership responsibilities of the LPN when working with unregulated health care providers

• Describe the influence of collaborative and inter-professional relationships on a quality practice environment in residential care

• Demonstrate the ability to access and assess current and relevant resources to prepare for nursing practice, with a focus on evidence-informed gerontology research

• Discuss the importance of respecting cultural diversity and inclusivity

• Use self-reflection and reflective journal writing to enhance learning and nursing practice

• Discuss ideal leadership styles and characteristics

• Articulate their own leadership style and characteristics

• Identify the components of team leadership / the team leader role

• Set goals for learning and leadership development

• Identify potential sources of interpersonal and interprofessional conflicts

• Apply strategies for managing interpersonal / interprofessional conflicts

• Identify key categories of client care priorities

• Use critical thinking to develop strategies for allocating resources judiciously to meet specific client needs

• Describe how team leaders' routines may vary with the organizational patterns of nursing service delivery, during evening or night shifts, and with the personal strengths of individual nurses

• Receive and give effective change-of-shift reports

• Describe contributions that a team leader can make to enhance the efforts of collaborative, multidisciplinary teams

• Identify and utilize effective performance review and coaching techniques

Course Fee: Individuals $600
Stenberg College PN Graduates / Employer Funded Seats (i.e. Health Authority) $465

Course Delivery & Upcoming Dates:
This course is offered in 2 delivery formats (hybrid delivery or fully online delivery), designed to meet the needs of participants in the lower mainland area and/or those in various regions across B.C.

This course is available on a group registration basis only; to arrange for an offering, please contact Sarina Corsi, Director of Education at scorsi@stenbergcollege.com