Course introduction
Nursing Management
and leadership
485
Rawhia salah
Assistant Prof. of Nursing
2015/2016
Course general information
Course code
• NUR 485
Course name
• Nursing Management
and leadership
Credit hours
• 3 (Theory)
Course date/time: Wednesday
2:00- 4.00pm
What is the main purpose for this course?
What is the main purpose for this course?
• This course aims to provide students with basic
knowledge and supervisory skills affecting their
management and leadership skills that are required
for managing nursing teams from different cultural
background emphasizing leadership style.
Course outline
• Communication
skills
in
nursing
management practice
• Stress management in nursing management
practice
• Decision making process and tools in nursing
management practice
Course outline
• Motivation and morale in nursing management
practice
• Conflict management in nursing management
practice
• Theories of leadership in nursing management
practice
Course outline
• Financial management , cost containment, and
marketing in nursing management practice
• Organizational concepts and structures in
nursing management practice
• Selection and development of personnel in
nursing management practice
• Staffing and scheduling in nursing management
practice
Course outline
• Evaluation and discipline of personnel in
nursing management practice
• Continuous
management,
quality
and
management practice
improvement,
change
in
risk
nursing
Week No
Day / Date
Sunday
Exams
Content
1st week
24 -1-2016
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Orientation “ Course syllabus”
2nd week
31-1-2016
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Communication skills in nursing management practice
3rd week
7-2-2016
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Stress management in nursing management practice
4th week
14-2-2016
Quiz
5th week
21-2-2016
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Motivation and morale in nursing management practice
6th week
28-2-2016
First exam
Conflict management in nursing management practice
7th week
6-3-2016
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Theories of leadership in nursing management practice
8th week
13-3-2016
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Evaluation and discipline of personnel in nursing management practice
9th week
20-3-2016
Midterm
vacation
10th week
27-3-2016
QUIZ
11th week
3-4-2016
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Selection and development of personnel in nursing management practice
12th week
10 - 4-2016
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Staffing and scheduling in nursing management practice
13th week
17- 4-2016
Second exam
Decision making process and tools in nursing management practice
Organizational concepts and structures in nursing management practice
Financial management , cost containment, and marketing in nursing management
practice
14th week
24 - 4-2016
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Continuous quality improvement, risk management, and change in nursing
management practice
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Schedule of Assessment
SUBJECT
GRADE
Week Due
Quizzes
10
5th , 11th week
First Assessment Exam
20
8th week
Second Assessment Exam
20
13th week
Project
10
Last 2 Weeks
Final Exam
40
At the End
TOTAL
100
Learning Materials
• Whitehead DK, Weiss SA, Tappen
RM. Essentials of Nursing
Leadership and Management. 5th
ed. 2010
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Contacte information
Office hours:
Sunday 1:00 -2.00pM
Monday 9:00-11.00 am
and
E-mail:dr.rawhia@inaya.edu.sa
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