Course overview
This course will explore contemporary issues related to leadership and management necessary for a registered nurse. All nurses have leadership and to some extent management responsibilities. Topics will include characteristics of effective leadership and decision making, the health care workforce, changing dynamic of policy and practices in Australian health care, quality and safety in health care.
Course learning outcomes
- Discuss key structural factors that shape leadership decision making in the healthcare system.
- Reflect on your leadership strengths and weaknesses in relation to the RN role to improve your own practice.
- Analyse how nursing leadership can influence healthcare policy to impact healthcare outcomes.
- Integrate knowledge of the Australian healthcare system to influence quality care.
- Theorise how nursing leaders can influence a positive workplace culture.