Management Skills for Nurses and Midwives

Snapshot

Courses available:

Academic award	SCOTCAT award	Academic status	Course length
This module can be undertaken on a stand-alone basis or as part of the Bachelor of Nursing (BN), Bachelor of Nursing (Palliative Care)(BNPC) or Master of Palliative Care (MPC).	20 points at Level 3 (SHE), 20 points at Level M (SHE)	Undergraduate and postgraduate	200 hours of student effort (including assessment)

Academic School:

Distance Learning Centre (Nursing & Palliative Care)

How to apply:

Visit the Distance Learning Centre webpage

Fees:

Please contact us for fees information (below).

Overview

The student is challenged to consider management issues; and the various management roles which the nurse may engage in day-to-day work. This module enables the nurse to analyse their management ability in relation to a one-to-one relationship with their patient as well as within the multi-professional team.

Aims of the Module

To improve the management skills of nurses and midwives in the area of their practice.

Module Content

This module explores a range of themes within the Hesketh and Dowling (1997) Model :

exploration and reflection on key management problems
using the eight role management theory competency framework
critical analysis of your individual a management style

For further information please see the module information on www.dundee.ac.uk/medden/dlc/

Assessment

The module assessment is practice focused and aims to facilitate the development of professional practice. Students are encouraged to engage with self-assessment activities throughout the learning experience. Formative assessment enables students to develop practice and academic process skills through tutor feed-back.

Student Support

A text-based study guide is used to support learning for this module. The study guide helps the student make essential links between theory and practice and prepare for the module assessment. A dynamic tutorial support system operates with a tutor link to the module. Students are encouraged to use the tutorial system according to their need.