NURSING 403Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement
Nursing · 3 units · Graduate professional courses (400-499)
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students are prepared to navigate complex health-care environments by integrating leadership theory and quality improvement science. Examination of how the DNP-prepared nurse drives systemic change through evidence-informed leadership strategies, fosters safety cultures, and improves clinical outcomes. Students evaluate personal leadership styles, engage in strategic planning, and apply evidence-based frameworks to mitigate organizational threats. Study bridges gap between clinical expertise and systems leadership, providing tools necessary to lead clinical quality and safety initiatives to ensure sustainable practice improvements.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
NURSING 403
- NURSING 470ADNP Scholarly Project Course I: Project Conceptualization and Planning
- NURSING 470BDNP Scholarly Project Course II: Project Proposal
- NURSING 470CDNP Scholarly Project Course III: Project Implementation
- NURSING 470DDNP Scholarly Project Course IV: Project Evaluation
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 7 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.