Essay GDN3986: Clinical Leadership and Management in Nursing and Specialisations – Nursing Assignment Help

Assignment Task:

Introduction 

This study guide is designed to assist you with the learning journey of this unit. It provides support for your learning as it outlines what will be undertaken in each teaching session for the 8 weeks duration and enables you to prepare or revise the weekly content adequately. Numerous active links are provided to guide you to pertinent information on websites and within the IHM eLearning platform. Links are also provided to the required readings posted for you in the online library. This unit of study requires you to be motivated, active, self-directed learners because it promotes critical thinking and problem- solving skills essential for professional nursing practice and to be lifelong learners.

Unit Aims 
 
This unit aims to provide students with an understanding of the role of clinical leadership and management specific to the challenges faced by nurses working in various clinical environments. Emphasis will be placed on the following topics: conceptualising leadership; theoretical perspectives on leadership; power, authority, providing examples from contemporary practice on how nursing leadership can be the catalyst for change. 
 
Unit Learning Outcomes 
 
After satisfactorily completing this unit, students will have gained the ability to: 

• examine the role of management and leadership skills within a Nursing and Specialisation setting (2 & 7); 
• utilise the principles of management and leadership skills in Nursing and Specialisation settings (2 & 7); 
• assess the qualities and behaviours that contribute to effective clinical management and leadership (2 & 7); 
• use the knowledge to critically analyse, evaluate and reflect on the role of clinical leaders in Nursing and Specialisation settings (2 & 7); 
• develop effective self-management and teamwork including demonstrating the potential for clinical leadership skills (2 & 7); and 
• synthesise acquired knowledge to formulate a conceptual model of clinical leadership in Nursing and Specialisations (2 & 7).

Overview of content 
 
Section One – The healthcare system 

• Australian Health Care System; political, social and economic processes 
• Change theory and process in acute health care organisation such as nursing and specialisation settings  
• Organisation structures and their effects on communication 

Section Two – The leadership and management role 

• Clinical leadership in nursing and specialisation practices 
• Human resource challenges 
• Principles of teamwork 

Section Three – Factors that affect the management role 

• Effective clinical management and leadership principles 
• Budgeting and costing 
• Models of leadership and management for clinical leaders