N240 – Concepts and Principles in Nursing Administration
Prerequisite: N207
Course Description:
Concepts and principles in leadership and management as applied to health care context.
Course Objectives:
At the end of the course, you should be able to:
- Discuss concepts and principles in leadership presence.
- Develop self-awareness and progress towards self-mastery and technical competence as a leader.
- Demonstrate ability to influence individuals and groups in goal setting, problem solving and decision-making.
- Apply management principles in nursing and health care environment.
Course Outline:
Unit 1. Leadership Presence
A. Personal leadership
Module 1: Leadership Traits and Styles
- Self-assessment
- Skills inventory
Module 2: Effective communication and presentation
Module 3: Relationship building
Module 4: Reflective Thinking
B. Public and Private leadership
Module 5: Goal-setting (Building shared vision)
Module 6: Group problem-solving and decision-making
Module 7: Group building and managing work teams
Unit II. Management principles in nursing and health care environment
A. Systems Thinking
Module 8: Concept of a system
Module 9: Systems approach
Module 10: WHO building blocks of health system
B. Management Perspectives in nursing organizations
Module 11: Health care system
Module 12: Management functions
- Planning
- Organizing
- Directing
- Controlling
Module 13: Modalities of nursing care
C. Strategic planning in nursing organizations
Module 14: Context of strategic planning
Module 15: ABCs of strategic planning
Module 16: Challenges in strategic planning
D. Models of nursing administration
Module 17: General Systems Theory and Open Systems Model
Module 18: Model based on Orem’s Self care
Module 19: Iowa Model of nursing Administration
Module 20: Model of International Nursing Administration
Module 21: Other models
E. Ethico-legal frameworks related to nursing administration
Model 22: Ethical framework in nursing administration
Module 23: Legal aspects in nursing
- Patient’s rights
- Scope of nursing practice
- Laws and regulations on labor management
Module 24: Policy making in nursing