NUR-30224 - Module Specification
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

Leading and managing nursing care effectively is a key feature of nursing practice as a registered nurse, and forms one of the seven platforms of pre-registration nursing education (NMC 2018). This module will enable you to gain further knowledge and understanding relating to the theoretical principles of leadership and management, reflecting on your own leadership qualities and behaviours. It also focuses on the cost effectiveness of the provision of nursing care, and how a business case would be developed to support the funding of an initiative in nursing practice.

To:
- Critically analyse the principles of effective leadership and management of nursing care, including development of personal leadership behaviours.
- Articulate how nurses can be empowered to effectively influence future care provision, including cost effectiveness of nursing care.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Appraise the principles of health economics and their relevance to resource allocation in health and social care organisations and other agencies: 1
Evaluate a rationale for a hypothetical business case for additional nursing care funding relating to their own field of nursing, applying knowledge of finance, resources and safe staffing levels: 1
Critically reflect upon own leadership, management and team working skills in relation to the demands of professional practice in their own field of nursing: 1

Study hours

Breakdown of active learning hours-
In situ- 24hrs (Lectures, discussion, seminars, tutorials, workshops, assessment preparation)
Asynchronous- 8hrs (Guided independent study including preparation for scheduled sessions, follow up work)
Breakdown of independent study hours-
Independent study- 118hrs (Wider reading, revision, assessment preparation)
Due to the dynamic nature of nursing programmes, the above breakdown may be subject to alteration.

School Rules

Students will be required to have achieved progression to year 3 of the BSc Nursing Programme, before completion of this module.
You will not be able to complete this module unless you are in good academic standing, having successfully completed the previous part/year 2 of your BSc programme

Description of Module Assessment