Abstract
Nursing leaders are increasingly required to create and implement innovative solutions to address challenges in the workplace. However, the present-day education of graduate nurses may not adequately prepare them for entrepreneurial approaches to problem solving required in today's complex healthcare environments. To fill this gap, we designed, implemented, and evaluated a Healthcare Grand Challenge course for graduate nurses interested in developing their leadership skills. Following the course, students were invited to participate in a qualitative research study to explore their experiences and perceptions of the course and identify how they used the knowledge and skills developed through the course in their leadership practices. This study provides key lessons for future offerings of grand challenge courses while highlighting the influence of grand challenge courses on current and future nursing leadership practice.
Highlights
Graduate certificate programsGraduate certificates programs are one way to support the learning and development of professionals while providing clear credentials relevant in both academic and non-academic careers (Osborne, Carpenter, Burnette, Rolheiser, & Korpan 2014)
This study provides key lessons for future offerings of grand challenge courses while highlighting the influence of grand challenge courses on current and future nursing leadership practice
Nowell et al.: Healthcare grand challenge course experiences, certificate programs are grounded in evidence-based knowledge that is relevant to specific disciplines and contexts
Summary
Graduate certificates programs are one way to support the learning and development of professionals while providing clear credentials relevant in both academic and non-academic careers (Osborne, Carpenter, Burnette, Rolheiser, & Korpan 2014). Nowell et al.: Healthcare grand challenge course experiences, certificate programs are grounded in evidence-based knowledge that is relevant to specific disciplines and contexts. Graduate certificate programs that are meaningful, accessible, and relevant to current nursing practice are gaining in popularity across the U.K. Australia, Canada, and the U.S as they allow nurses to meet the demands of the healthcare industry while prepositioning them for success with knowledge, skills, and insights that are relevant and pertinent to their area of nursing practice (Abraham & Komattil, 2017; Lindsay, Oelschlegel, & Earl, 2017; O’Neil & Fisher, 2019). Increased enrollment of registered nurses (RNs) in certificate programs provides the much-needed evidence of their inherent value and benefit to professional practice (Moore, 2020).
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