Conceptual Base for Leadership and Management -- Healthcare Policy, Legal Issues, and Ethics in Healthcare Delivery -- Operational and Strategic Planning: Change, Innovation, and Decision Making -- Organizational Structure for Effective Care Delivery -- Healthcare Economics -- Acute Care Organizations: An Example of a Healthcare Organization -- Public / Community Health: Expansion and Need for Leadership -- Recruitment and Retention: Meeting Staffing Requirements -- Managing Patient/Person-Centered Care -- Diversity and Disparities in Healthcare -- Consumers and Nurses -- Developing Interprofessional and Intraprofessional Teams -- Improving Teamwork: Collaboration, Coordination,and Conflict Resolution -- Effective Staff Communication and Working Relationships -- Delegation for Effective Outcomes -- Evidence-Based Practice -- Healthcare Quality: A Critical Health Policy Issue -- Implementing Healthcare Quality Improvement -- Healthcare Informatics and Technology -- Staff Education to Meet Health Professions Core Competencies and Improve Care