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This module consolidates learning around compassionate, clinical leadership in adult nursing. Students will consider the accountabilities and human consequences associated with their own and others' leadership decisions at the point of care.

Students will be supported to explore the complexities and uncertainties of clinical situations. Students will critically examine how the 'quality' of care is defined, measured and audited, and the impact of these measurements on the lived experiences of people. They will reflect upon their own professional development needs and proactively plan their own development

The aim of this module is:

• To enable students to critically consolidate their role as an autonomous adult nurse, accountable for leading and managing the care of groups of people in complex and uncertain situations.

By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:

1. Work in partnership with people, families, carers and colleagues to safely and effectively lead, manage, monitor and prioritise care for a group of people in complex and unpredictable situations.


2. Recognise the inter-relationship between safe staffing levels and appropriate skills mix, and reflect how these affect public safety, public protection and quality of adult nursing care.


3. Act as a role model by complying with legislation, regulations and policies for assessing, managing and reporting and documenting risks, near misses and critical incidents.


4. Demonstrate effective person and team leadership when working with colleagues and leading teams in adult care services.


5. Reflect on the role of registered nurses and other professionals at different levels of seniority when prioritising actions and care in the event of a major incident in adult care services.


6. Demonstrate knowledge of how prescriptions are generated, the role of generic, unlicensed and off-label prescribing, and the risks associated with these prescribing approaches.

Syllabus

• Understanding and applying the principles for making reasonable adjustments.


• Understanding the responsibilities of the registered nurse in medicine management including the role of generic, unlicensed and off label prescribing and the associated risks.


• Planning and managing safe discharge and transfer of patients between care settings.


• The principles of effective and authentic clinical leadership in adult nursing contexts.


• Group, team and organisational dynamics.


• Prioritisation and delegation of care needs.


• The integration and influence of health legislation and policies in decision-making and leadership.


• Measuring quality of care and the performative use of metrics.


• Maintaining safe work and care environments.


• Skill mix and safe staffing in adult nursing contexts.


• Managing and reporting risk in clinical settings where adult nurses work.


• Major incidents in adult nursing contexts.

Lectures and flipped classroom

Interactive lectures from keynote speakers and clinicians (shared with mental health nursing students) will introduce the principles, concepts and models of leadership, quality improvement and governance. Online learning objects, including videos from managers, leaders and people with lived experience, will be used to prepare students for lecture activities.

Tutorials

Opportunities to apply the principles to a series of field specific case studies in action learning sets (both face to face and virtual) will be co-facilitated by clinicians and academic staff who hold, or have held, clinical leadership roles.

Simulated practice

Opportunities will be offered for students to participate in simulated activities to rehearse leadership activities in complex and ambiguous situations, in the safety of a simulated environment.