NS5780 - Applied Nursing Leadership and Management in Developing Countries

Credit points:	03
Year:	2012
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Nursing, Midwifery & Nutrition

This subject develops specific theoretical and practical leadership and management skills required by nurses in developing countries. Knowledge gained will include information about workforce management, migration out/'brain drain' of nurses from developing to developed countries, issues around remittance, partnerships with developed countries, how to deal with external consultants, applying for funding from international aid agencies and scope of nursing practice issues as examples of content. Assessment will involve the practical application of this knowledge in the students' own setting.

Learning Outcomes

• demonstrate the application of leadership and management practices to develop a results-focused organisational culture;
• utilise knowledge of business case development to apply for funding grants to international aid agencies;
• utilise project management knowledge and skills successfully;
• apply principles of sound leadership and knowledge of cultural differences to develop and successfully manage partnerships with organisations in developed countries.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to deploy critically evaluated information to practical ends;
• The ability to find and access information using appropriate media and technologies;
• The ability to evaluate that information;
• An understanding of the economic, legal, ethical, social and cultural issues involved in the use of information;
• The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• The ability to manage future career and personal development;
• The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• The ability to generate, calculate, interpret and communicate numerical information in ways appropriate to a given discipline or discourse;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
• The ability to work with people of different gender, age, ethnicity, culture, religion and political persuasion;
• The ability to work individually and independently;
• The ability to select and use appropriate tools and technologies;
• The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.

Availabilities
External, Study Period 1
Census Date 22-Mar-2012
Coordinator:	Ms Caryn West
Lecturers:	Assoc. Professor Jane Mills, Assoc. Professor Lee Stewart, Professor Kim Usher.
Method of Delivery:	CDROM and WWW - LearnJCU
Assessment:	assignments.

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.