Course Title

Administration & Management in Nursing

Course Number

7402407

Instructor Name

Samah Ishtieh

Contact Information

[email protected]

Semester(s) and academic year(s)

First Semester 4

Compulsory / Elective

Compulsory

This course provides students with knowledge of management and leadership principles, theories and related functions needed and utilized by the nurse leader in order to organize effective client care in various health care clinical settings that significantly impact the improvement of quality in healthcare. This needs to apply evidence-based practice (EBP). Without EBP, healthcare providers are at risk for variances in care that could seriously affect patient safety and outcomes. Also this course aims at sharpening student skills in managing personnel and programs as well as integrating knowledge and skills gained in other modules during the student studying in the university, and help students to start new programs and innovative approaches to planning, implementing and evaluating programs and projects at student's community related work settings and sites. The course introduces the concept of health economics, health systems financing and cost effectiveness of services, while emphasizing the maintenance of the effectiveness of care to demonstrate social responsibility. 

Intended learning Outcomes and Competences:

Course Aim: At the end of this course, the fourth year student should be able to:  Conceptualize and apply the manger & leader role related to patients, units and personnel management to run nursing departments and units and prepare them for internship course.

Intended learning Outcomes of Course (ILOs)

1. Knowledge and Understanding:

At the end of this course students should be able to;

A.1. Define leadership and management.

A.2. Describe leadership roles and management functions in time management.

       A.3. Identify various types of organizational structure and their mission and

                philosophy.

       A.4. Recognize the different organizational designs for structuring nursing service, 

               and the impact of each on the delivery of nursing care.

A.5. Discuss the manager / leader role related to patients, units and personnel.

A.6. Discuss various nursing care delivery systems used in providing nursing

              care in various health care settings.

A.7. Discuss factors that need to be considered when delegating responsibility and    

        communicating assignment to nurses.

A.8. Discuss the conflict phenomena and varies conflict resolution techniques that are

        applicable by the nurse manager.

A.9. List the problem solving process. Identify using innovative approaches to           

problem solving.

A.10. List the process of decision making.

A.11. List the different stages of change.

A.12. Explain the components of supervision process.

A.13. Describe the common errors that could be found in performance appraisal.

A.14. Identify what is type of budget

A.15 Define evidence based practice

A.16 Indicate the relation between quality and safety

 

2. Intellectual skills

At the end of this course students should be able to;

B.1. Utilize leadership / management skills in the delivery of caring, competent, legal and ethical nursing care to individuals and groups in a variety of settings.

B.2. Compare and contrast management, organizational and leadership theories.     

B.3. Differentiate between management and leadership

B.4. Use critical thinking, decision making theories, and domains of practice in the management of nursing situations.

B.5. Analyze the unit need of supplies and equipment.

B.6. Classifying among different types of decision making.

B.7. Compare among different methods of performance appraisal.

 

3. Professional and practical skills

At the end of this course students should be able to;

C.1. Investigate ways to assimilate the role of health system's leadership in existing health care delivery systems.

C.2. Demonstrate patients’ assessment process to determine patient acuity and patient needs.

C.3. Use concepts of effective communication to manage a variety of nursing situations.

C.4. Apply the different methods of assignment.

C.5. Apply leadership theories to professional nursing practice

C.6. Demonstrate the head nurse role, supervisor, matron and leader through clinical  

        practice.

C.7. Apply principles of delegation to achieve the work.

C.8. Discover the problems that could be found in student's clinical areas and develop strategies to solve these problems.

C.9. Demonstrate how can manage stress.

C.10 Demonstrate EBP that achieve quality and safety

 

4. General and transferable skills

At the end of this course students should be able to;

D.1. Stimulate the critical and analytical thinking processes, and utilizes the gained knowledge to face ambiguous situations during the clinical experience.

D.2. Develop time table plan for her\his work during the day.

D.3. Prepare the different forms of requisition to be used in the clinical area.

D.4. Follow the universal precautions for infection control in the ward.

D.5. Work in a group dynamic.

D.6. Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members to create change and attain goals.  (Create change and attain goals of ………….. with interdisciplinary team

members).

D.7. Independently learning for job marketing

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