COURSE DETAIL
NRSG 883 Complexity Science Approaches to Improve Organizational Effectiveness
Credit hours: 3 per Semester
Cluster: Nursing Knowledge Development: Theory, Philosophy and Science,
https://catalog.ku.edu/nursing/
Course Level: Doctoral
Course Type:
IPE: Yes - Course offered by CON/SON that focuses on interprofessional collaboration/communication/teamwork and allows interprofessional students from the teaching institution
Course Open to: all
Institution:University of Kansas
Pre-requisites: NRSG 880, or consent of instructor.
Course Description: This course introduces complexity science principles with the aim of improving the quality and effectiveness of healthcare organizations. Traditional approaches to quality improvement will be contrasted with tools and metrics that can be applied in complex organizations. Principles that relate to embeddedness, diversity, distributed control, co-existence of order and disorder, nonlinearity, inability to predict, emergence, and functioning at the edge of chaos will be introduced.
Method of Instruction: Online - some synchronous activities involved
Delivery Platform: Blackboard
Campus visits required: None
Course Contact: Katharine Garrity
email: kgarrity@kumc.edu
Tuition: NEXus common price
Other considerations: Open to master's students.
Available Seats by Semester for this course:
SUMMER 2019
Section:
Instructor: TBA
Seats: 3
Credits: 3 / Semester
Start Date: 06-04-19
End Date: 07-26-19
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SUMMER 2020
Section: 1001
Instructor: TBA
Seats: 3
Credits: 3 / Semester
Start Date: 06-02-20
End Date: 07-24-20
SUMMER 2021
Section: 1001
Instructor: TBA
Seats: 3
Credits: 3 / Semester
Start Date: 06-08-21
End Date: 07-30-21
SUMMER 2022
Section: 1001
Instructor: TBA
Seats: 3
Credits: 3 / Semester
Start Date: 06-07-22
End Date: 07-29-22