Postgraduate - UnitGHS5850 - Nursing leadership and management

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12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational Unit	School of Nursing and Midwifery
Offered	Clayton First semester 2015 (Flexible) Clayton Summer semester A 2015 (Flexible)
Coordinator(s)	Ms Ingrid Brooks

Synopsis

The unit gives nursing graduates a program which combines a strong theoretical and practical focus to health management and leadership. Topics on management and administration include: power, authority and politics; leadership; people in health service organisations; change and organisational effectiveness; quality improvement; governance and clinical risk management.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

Analyse extant theories of leadership and management
Compare and contrast concepts of leadership and management
Critically analyse the impact of the theoretical concepts of leadership and management to quality patient outcomes
Examine the impact of health policy on nursing management
Critique extant theories of power and their application to health care settings
Appraise the characteristics of effective organisations through the use of continuous improvement strategies
Critically analyse theories of change management and their application to health care settings.

Assessment

Written assignment 1 (3,500 - 4,000 words) (30%)
Written assignment 2 (5,000 - 6,000 words) (50%)
In class or online presentation (20%)

Chief examiner(s)

Ms Ingrid Brooks

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Nursing