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66 School of NursingYear TwoRequired Combined Clinical/Seminar Courses: 780a, 780b.Required Seminars: 571a, 639a, 717a, 775a.Required Research Course: 721a/b.Electives (optional).Scholarly Inquiry Praxis.The course plan for scheduled part-time study can be obtained from the Student AffairsOffice.nursing management and policy specialty*The objective of the Nursing Management and Policy specialty is to prepare nurses whoare able to integrate concepts, knowledge, and skills of management and policy for positionsof leadership across delivery settings. The specialty is based on the belief that managementand policy are the important determinants of contexts of practice. The specialtymakes certain assumptions, the most important of which is that health service deliveryneeds individuals who possess high-level conceptual skills, have the abilities to articulatemissions and goals, understand information and how it is used in decision making, exerciseleadership skills, and are able to function comfortably in multidisciplinary work. Themastery of these advanced conceptual skills is necessary to articulate the problems, solutions,goals, and strategies to enhance the delivery of health care. This speciality isdesigned to provide nurses didactic and practical experiences in management and healthpolicy.While course work is available in finance, accounting, and management theory, thecurriculum emphasizes the analytic approach to management and policy as processeswhich depend on expert nursing practice as a base. Students are required to take a set ofcore courses and then select electives from any school in Yale University to augmenttheir skills and knowledge. This allows students to individualize their program of studyin preparation for the leadership role of their choosing.In the first year, students acquire the basic knowledge necessary for understanding themanagement of health services organizations and the development of health policy. Anindividual practicum provides for the application of didactic material to real-life problemsin health organizations. In the final year, students expand their previous studies withintegrative work in planning, policy, and management. Additionally, students participatein a preceptored group practicum that maximizes the opportunity to experienceadvanced practice of management and policy. The plans of study are constructed to allowstudents a wide variety of elective courses to support their individual areas of interest.When choosing courses, students are encouraged to take advantage of the diverse offeringswithin the School and the University.All students in the Nursing Management and Policy specialty are required to selecttwo courses from two cluster groups. One course must be selected from each cluster fora minimum total of five credits. Courses in Cluster A examine policy or managementissues and their applications to clinical areas or settings of choice; courses in Cluster Badd a method or technique to students’ repertoire of skills in management or policy.*The Nursing Management and Policy specialty will be closed after the 2002–2003 academic year.