NMHS30290 Leadership & Management

Academic Year 2022/2023

This module introduces the student to the key principles/theories of management and leadership, quality improvement, and information management systems. It provides the student with an understanding of how management and leadership, quality improvement and the information impact within the clinical practice. Issues concerned with maintaining quality in nursing/midwifery and health care, including change management, and clinical audit will be further explored. Additionally, students will be introduced to a number of methods and tools that may be used to measure quality in healthcare. The effect of informatics on the healthcare consumer as well as professional practice, administration, research and education are also explored.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

1. Apply theories of leadership and management to practice
2. Critically discuss how nursing and midwifery leaders and managers promote a safe and therapeutic environment
3. Describe team development
4. Discuss the challenges and opportunities of working as part of a team.
5. Develop professional scholarship through self-directed learning skills, critical questioning/reasoning skills, and decision-making skills in nursing/midwifery as the foundation for lifelong professional education, maintaining competency, and career development.
6. Analyse the principles of collaborative practice and conflict resolution
7. Describe the principles of managing organisational change

Indicative Module Content:

Structure of the Irish healthcare service
Overview of management principles
Overview of a selection of leadership theories
Principles of Quality in Healthcare
Managing and leading nursing/midwifery care
Team development
Professional Scholarship and Peer Review
Conflict Management -
Managing change
Organization culture

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24
Practical

12
Autonomous Student Learning

90
Total

126
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
The key teaching and learning approaches used in the module include: face to face lectures; critical writing; reflective learning; online, and class discussions. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Equivalents:
Manag and Qual Improv (NURS30290)


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Presentation: Individual 5 min Video or Poster Week 4 n/a Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

20
Project: Group Project Week 11 n/a Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

80

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Feedback individually to students, post-assessment - this is given orally, and written/annotated feedback out of class, in a meeting. Group/class feedback, post-assessment - this will be given as written feedback through the VLE.

Name Role
Ms Marlize Barnard Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Assoc Professor Mary Casey Lecturer / Co-Lecturer