HPA 443Nursing Home Administration

3 credits · Health Policy and Administration · Penn State

This course provides students who are interested in a career in long-term care to gain an operational knowledge of managing skilled nursing facilities. After mastering the concepts of skilled nursing management, the student can step into a position as an administrator, assistant administrator, or trainee administrator, and find a level of comfort in dealing with operational issues and problems encountered in day-to-day management situations in any type of long-term care organization. To accomplish this, the course incorporates numerous theories, models, illustrations, and examples to help the student grasp the complexities of managing a long-term care facility. Upon course completion students will be able to: Discuss the broad range of operational issues related to the field of nursing home administration; Describe the rules and regulations that impact nursing home operations; and Recognize the professional development needs of nursing home administrators.