LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT IN NURSING

NSG3LAM

2014

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

This subject introduces the student to the major principles of management with the aim of assisting first-line managers in health services. Students examine theoretical frameworks, concepts and research findings, from the general and nursing management literature, and consider implications for managing a nursing unit. Emphasis is on the effective utilisation of resources (human, material, financial and information) in managing a professional nursing staff who provide quality nursing care in complex health care organisations.

Faculty: Faculty of Health Sciences

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Sonia Reisenhofer

Available to Study Abroad Students: No

Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG

Exchange Students: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: N/A

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Learning resources

Readings

Resource Type	Title	Resource Requirement	Author and Year	Publisher
Readings	Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing: Theory and Application	Prescribed	Marquis, B.L., & Huston, C.J. 2009	6TH EDN PHILADELPHIA: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS

Singapore, 2014, Week 08-17, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: No

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information:

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Sonia Reisenhofer

Class requirements

Block Mode
One 3.0 days block mode per study period and delivered via face-to-face.
"Six 3-4 hour or Three 6-8 hour lecture/seminars"

Problem Based Learning
Nine 3.0 hours problem based learning per study period and delivered via blended.
"self-directed learning activities, supported by a learning package, equivalent to three hours of classroom contact per week"

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	%
One 1000 word equivalent assessment		30
One 1000 word equivalent assessment		30
One 1500 word equivalent assessment		40

Singapore, 2014, Week 23-31, Day