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Unit of Study NRS30004 - Care Management and Leadership (2020)

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  • Enrolment information

    This unit contains laboratory activities and/or professional experience learning that require students to fulfil certain vaccination and compliance requirements prior to attending. As some of these can take up to 5 months to complete, you must prepare now. Failure to comply with these requirements will result in you being unable to undertake the stipulated Laboratory Activity and/or Professional Experience Learning which may result in failure of the unit. Full details are available at www.scu.edu.au/clinicalplacements

Unit description

Provides opportunities for students to consolidate their learning on management and leadership concepts by further exploring how leadership and management theories apply to the nurse's role. Learning emphasises the development of personal leadership strategies in preparation for graduate practice.

Unit content

  • Approaches and models of effective leadership
  • Leadership communication skills - collaboration, negotiation and conflict resolution 
  • Decision making and coordination
  • Teamwork, delegation and supervision
  • Managing change
  • Mentoring and staff development
  • Health care systems and organisational culture
  • Strategies to promote positive cultures
  • Principles of care leadership
  • Nurse sensitive quality indicators
  • Case management and care coordination
  • Preparation for PEP7

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Coffs Harbour
Session2
Session2
Gold Coast
Session2
Session2
Lismore
Session2
Session2

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 analyse the major models of care management and leadership
2 judge and apply professional and therapeutic communication skills to nursing leadership and care management
3 critique the concepts of delegation, change management and conflict resolution management strategies
4 demonstrate leadership concepts, skills and decision making required in the provision of quality nursing care, healthcare team coordination, and the accountability for care delivery in a variety of settings.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. analyse the major models of care management and leadership
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  2. judge and apply professional and therapeutic communication skills to nursing leadership and care management
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  3. critique the concepts of delegation, change management and conflict resolution management strategies
    • GA3:
    • GA6:
  4. demonstrate leadership concepts, skills and decision making required in the provision of quality nursing care, healthcare team coordination, and the accountability for care delivery in a variety of settings.
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.