Module Descriptors
LEADERSHIP AND DECISION MAKING
NURS50760
Key Facts
Health, Education, Policing and Sciences
Level 5
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Shelley Howles
Email: Shelley.Howles@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities:
Independent Study Hours:
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- Practical - Presentation (20 minutes) weighted at 100%
Module Details
Special Admissions Requirements
Pre-requisites: Enrolment on the Nursing Associate programme.
Admissions Requirements: Employment with a relevant healthcare organisation. Access to practice learning environment as a Trainee Nursing Associate.
Admissions Requirements: Employment with a relevant healthcare organisation. Access to practice learning environment as a Trainee Nursing Associate.
Learning Outcomes
1. DEMONSTRATE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THEORIES AND FRAMEWORKS OF LEADERSHIP AND DECISION MAKING THAT WILL SUPPORT JUDGEMENT IN PRACTICE.
Knowledge and understanding Learning
2. UNDERSTAND AND EVALUATE THE WAYS IN WHICH EVIDENCE- BASED PRACTICE AND POLICY PROVISION SUPPORTS CONTEMPORARY LEADERSHIP AND DECISION MAKING IN A CLINICAL SETTING.
Enquiry
Analysis
3. CRITICALLY EVALUATE LEADERSHIP ISSUES AND THE APPROPRIATENESS OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO SOLVING PROBLEMS AND UNDERSTAND THE PARAMETERS OF YOUR ROLE IN PROPOSING SOLUTIONS.
Problem Solving
Enquiry
4. DEMONSTRATE AN UNDERSTANDING, AND REFLECT ON, EFFECTIVE TEACHING, LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT OF PEERS AND ITS ROLE IN LEADERSHIP.
Knowledge and Understanding
Reflection
Knowledge and understanding Learning
2. UNDERSTAND AND EVALUATE THE WAYS IN WHICH EVIDENCE- BASED PRACTICE AND POLICY PROVISION SUPPORTS CONTEMPORARY LEADERSHIP AND DECISION MAKING IN A CLINICAL SETTING.
Enquiry
Analysis
3. CRITICALLY EVALUATE LEADERSHIP ISSUES AND THE APPROPRIATENESS OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO SOLVING PROBLEMS AND UNDERSTAND THE PARAMETERS OF YOUR ROLE IN PROPOSING SOLUTIONS.
Problem Solving
Enquiry
4. DEMONSTRATE AN UNDERSTANDING, AND REFLECT ON, EFFECTIVE TEACHING, LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT OF PEERS AND ITS ROLE IN LEADERSHIP.
Knowledge and Understanding
Reflection
Assessment Details
A coherent and structured facilitation of learning (20 minutes duration) that explores how a leadership decision was taken and managed in practice (referring to appropriate policy and theory throughout).
The summative assessment must be passed.
Formative
Formative Assessment:
A group presentation of 10 minutes based on student's experiences on team working during the module and related to the module learning outcomes. The presentation will be peer and self-assessed
Feedback from session lecturers
Group tutorials
Feedback from group presentation and classroom activities
The summative assessment must be passed.
Formative
Formative Assessment:
A group presentation of 10 minutes based on student's experiences on team working during the module and related to the module learning outcomes. The presentation will be peer and self-assessed
Feedback from session lecturers
Group tutorials
Feedback from group presentation and classroom activities
Indicative Content
An exploration of leadership theories
Risk management
Emotional intelligence and self-awareness
Mindfulness and its role in leadership
Cognitive behavioural therapies and the decision-making process
Bias – unconscious and cognitive
Decision making theories, frameworks and tools
Teaching, learning and assessment in the design and delivery of peer learning
Leadership and the process of change
Ethical decision making
Teamworking
Risk management
Emotional intelligence and self-awareness
Mindfulness and its role in leadership
Cognitive behavioural therapies and the decision-making process
Bias – unconscious and cognitive
Decision making theories, frameworks and tools
Teaching, learning and assessment in the design and delivery of peer learning
Leadership and the process of change
Ethical decision making
Teamworking
Learning Strategies
The module will be delivered face to face with an additional Blackboard site resource
Scheduled teaching and learning activities: 36 hours
To include:
30 hours lead lectures
4 hours seminar presentation and feedback
2 hours group tutorial
Guided independent study: 144 hours
60 hours blended learning Blackboard
34 hours library study/subject reading
50 hours assessment preparation
Scheduled teaching and learning activities: 36 hours
To include:
30 hours lead lectures
4 hours seminar presentation and feedback
2 hours group tutorial
Guided independent study: 144 hours
60 hours blended learning Blackboard
34 hours library study/subject reading
50 hours assessment preparation
Texts
ROWE, G. et al (2017) The Handbook for Nurse Associates and Assistant Practitioners. London. Sage.
SINEK, S. (2017) Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't. London. Penguin.
GOLEMAN, D. (1996) Emotional Intelligence: Why it Can Matter More Than IQ. New York. Bloomsbury.
STANDING, M. (2017) Clinical Judgement and Decision Making in Nursing. London. Sage.
MISCHEL, W. (2015) The Marshmallow Test. London. Corgi Books.
SINEK, S. (2017) Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't. London. Penguin.
GOLEMAN, D. (1996) Emotional Intelligence: Why it Can Matter More Than IQ. New York. Bloomsbury.
STANDING, M. (2017) Clinical Judgement and Decision Making in Nursing. London. Sage.
MISCHEL, W. (2015) The Marshmallow Test. London. Corgi Books.
Resources
Library
IT resources and classroom setting
IT resources and classroom setting