Human Resource Management

NURS 5304/6304/7304

3 Credit Hours

Personnel and human resource issues including labor management in nursing and health care settings.

At the conclusion of this course the student will be able to:

1.      Assess the resources necessary to provide services or products in the healthcare industry.
2.      Develop strategies and plans pertinent to the allocation of scarce health care resources. 
3.      Demonstrate professional accountability for competent nursing administrative practices in the application of human resource allocation incorporating professional nursing values.
4.      Discuss global factors affecting healthcare resource allocation.

Prerequisite:  NURS 5301 Nursing Administration I

I.       The Nature of Health Care Human Resources

A.     Human Resource Competencies, Structures and Standards

B.     Strategic Human Resource Management

C.     Legal Issues Affecting the Workplace

D.     Job Design and Analysis

II.       The Employee and Health Care Human Resources

A.         Recruitment and Selection

B.         Organizational Relations and Retention

C.        Training and Development

D.        Performance Management

E.         Employee Relations

III.    The Organization and Health Care Human Resources

        A.    Labor Relations

        B.    Compensation

        C.    Benefits Management

        D.    Health and Safety

Please visit the Virtual Bookstore to obtain textbook information for this course:  http://rodp.bkstr.com

Supplemental periodicals and journal articles assigned by instructor.

The minimum requirements can be found at http://www.rodp.org/students/hardware_software.htm. 

The minimum requirements can be found at http://www.rodp.org/students/hardware_software.htm. 

Additional software requirements for this course include Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint), Acrobat Reader, and supporting software for media playing (e.g. Real Player).

Please see the separate page inside the course to find instructor contact information as well as a statement of virtual office hours and other communication information.

All course requirements are submitted online. 

Grading Scale

A  = 93-100
B  = 85-92
C  = 77-84
D  = 70-76

F  = <70

Examinations:  There are 3 objective examinations in this course. Examinations will be time-

limited and administered via the course website.

Professional Paper: One formal paper is due in this course.  The assignment requires the student to identify and explore a contemporary issue related to human resource management in nursing organizations. The student is required to examine the current healthcare literature and synthesize current research findings within the text of the paper. The student is also required to select and apply one method of human resource management theory to address the issue.  Papers must be formatted according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), 5th ed. 2001.

Discussion Board Assignments: Discussion board questions and assignments will be posted in association with each of the three course modules. Please respond to all of these on the discussion board, unless you are directed otherwise. It is recommended that you review the new postings on the discussion board daily, or at least three times per week. Discussion Board Grades will be posted after each module.  Those scores will be combined to comprise the final Discussion Board grade for the course. 

The discussion board can (and should) be the most important learning tool in online courses, if it is used properly. The discussion board is analogous to coming to class in traditional courses. The following will be considered when grading discussion board activity:

·        Did the student participate in "Original Posts", as well as providing "Response Posts" to peers?

·        Are the original posts: correct/accurate, supported by references or citations, thought-provoking, original (versus a rewording of something already posted), professionally written (with proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling)?

·        Do the response posts add new ideas to the discussion?

·        Does the student appear to be engaged with peers in the discussion throughout the week? Or, do they post all their information on the last days of the lesson (which doesn't allow peers much opportunity to provide feedback).

·        Quality in discussions will be considered more important than quantity.

·        Students are expected to at least read all the information that is posted on the Discussion Board.

The student is expected to:

•         Learn how to navigate in the WebCT system.

•         Keep abreast of course announcements.

•         Use the assigned college or university e-mail address as opposed to a personal address.

•         Contact the instructor if unclear about assignment expectations.

•         Address technical problems immediately.

•         Always include a subject line.

•         Remember without facial expressions some comments may be taken the wrong way.

•         Be careful in wording your emails. Use of emoticons might be helpful in some cases.

•         Use standard fonts.

•         Do not send large attachments without permission.

•         Special formatting such as centering, audio messages, tables, html, etc. should be avoided unless necessary to complete an assignment or other communication.

•         Respect the privacy of other class members.

The Tennessee Virtual Library is available to all students enrolled in the Regents Degree Program. A link to the Virtual Library is included on the Course Menu under Study Tools.

Qualified students with disabilities will be provided reasonable and necessary academic accommodations if determined eligible by the appropriate disability services staff at their home institution. Prior to granting disability accommodations in this course, the instructor must receive written verification of a student's eligibility for specific accommodations from the disability services staff at the home institution. It is the student's responsibility to initiate contact with his/her home institution's disability services staff and to follow the established procedures for having the accommodation notice sent to the instructor.

The instructor reserves the right to make changes as necessary to this syllabus. If changes are necessitated during the term of the course, the instructor will immediately notify students of such changes both by individual email communication and posting both notification and nature of change(s) on the course website.

If you are having problems logging into the course, timing out of the course, using the course web site tools, or other technical problems, please visit the AskRODP Customer Support web page at http://help.rodp.org or call the AskRODP Help Desk at 1-866-550-RODP (1-866-550-7637)