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Leadership and Effective Management
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:17.08.2021 15:48:32
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | MDAK_323 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.00 | ECTS: | 1.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Health Care | Target Audience: | Nursing Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Agita Melbārde-Kelmere | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Nursing and Obstetric Care | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, mdak rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061568 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 3 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 6 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 5 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 10 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | General psychology, the Foundations of social Sciences, Economics and Organization management. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Provide the students with knowledge of health care management, organisation culture, motivation of work, change implementation, develop the leadership skills for nurses and midwives. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | The essence of leadership in nursing science. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 2 | Nursing science and research process. Change management. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 3 | Nurse and other health care workers management. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 4 | Ability of a nurse as a manager or leader (leadership functions, communication within the group, grouping). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Management of change, ability to take risks, ability to influence processes and results. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Ways of managing the work of nurses and other medical staff, analysis of examples. Analysis of the characteristics of effectiveness and leaders. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Motivating employees, grouping, analyzing collective responses, understanding. Analysis of various examples, simulation techniques. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Developing nurse individual personality, moral posture and communication skills, approaches to creativity. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Students prepare and present an analysis of their study in the field of organisation management and leadership, as well as carry out a practical analysis of the management of the organisation, plan an effective strategy for the implementation of change. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Active participation in activities – presentation of own-initiative works – learners prepare and present a study analysis in the field of organisation management and leadership, as well as a practical analysis of organisation leadership, plan an effective strategy for the implementation of change. Class participation (50%), test at the end of the semester (50%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Test | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | As a result of course acquisition, students will acquire knowledge of the theories of motivation and leadership in the work of nurses, different aspects of staff management. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students will be able to identify basic principles for the operation of the nurse leader, to differentiate between the characteristics of the structure, to analyse staff reactions and to describe the preconditions for effective management of the work of nurses. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | On course completion, students will be able to assess the motivation of employees, analyse staff management and psychological processes within the organisation, carry out effective management of change, implement the organizational strategy and develop individual personality. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Leadership in Nursing | ||||||||
| 2 | Leadership in nursing practice | ||||||||
| 3 | Zīlīte L, Personāla vadība un socionika, Rīga, Izdevniecība: Turība Biznesa Augstskola SIA, 2013 | ||||||||
| 4 | Garleja R., Darbs, organizācija un psiholoģija, RAKA, 2010 | ||||||||
| 5 | Forensic Nurse Hospitalist: The Comprehensive Role of the Forensic Nurse in a Hospital Setting | ||||||||
| 6 | Leading in a Time of Chaos | ||||||||
| 7 | An Experiential Educational Intervention to Improve Nurse Managers' Knowledge and Self-Assessed Competence With Health Care Financial Management. | ||||||||
| 8 | Showing the way with gracious leadership | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Autoru kolektītvs, Projektu vadība, Lietišķās Informācijas dienests SIA, 2007 | ||||||||
| 2 | The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health | ||||||||
| 3 | Transformational leadership: journal club for emergency and intensive care nurse managers. | ||||||||
| 4 | Patient Safety Culture Bundle for CEOs and Senior Leaders | ||||||||
| 5 | The Ethical Leadership Scale (ELS): Italian adaptation and exploration of the nomological network in a health care setting | ||||||||
| 6 | A Unique Strategy to Address Nurse Leader Fatigue | ||||||||
| 7 | Learning to lead: A scoping review of undergraduate nurse education | ||||||||
| 8 | A clinical nurse leader competency framework: Concept mapping competencies across policy documents | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Good leadership in nursing: what is the most effective approach? | ||||||||
| 2 | Forands I., Menedžmenta mazā enciklopēdija, 2018 | ||||||||
| 3 | Expanding the Role of Nursing in Health Care Govern a n c e | ||||||||
| 4 | Following the Path; A Grounded Theory Study Regarding Doctoral Roles | ||||||||
| 5 | Applying transformational leadership in nursing practice | ||||||||
| 6 | Black Nurses Rock: Leaders in Caring for Our Communities | ||||||||
