Nursing Leadership: Change Management and Innovation

About this course

Nursing Leadership: Driving Change & Innovation in Nursing Practice is an intermediate-level course designed for clinical nurses and nurse leaders who want to drive meaningful change in complex healthcare environments. As healthcare evolves, success depends on your ability to lead with clarity, test ideas systematically, and foster innovation at every level of care. In this course, you’ll learn practical strategies for applying change management principles, aligning initiatives with organizational goals, and creating conditions where frontline innovation can thrive. Through short videos, case studies, hands-on labs, and reflective coaching, you’ll build skills in PDSA cycles, stakeholder engagement, and idea incubation. Whether you're launching a unit-level pilot, scaling up a practice innovation, or shaping a more resilient nursing culture, this course will help you lead with purpose—and deliver lasting impact for patients, teams, and systems.

Course objectives

• to equip nurses and nurse leaders with strategies for driving change
• to align nursing initiatives with organizational goals
• to promote a culture of innovation in healthcare settings