Leadership and Management in Nursing and Midwifery

Course Level Postgraduate

Year

Area/Catalogue
NURS 5150

Course Level
Postgraduate

Offered Externally
Yes

Note: This offering may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Course ID
153602

Unit Value
9

University-wide elective course
No

Timetable/s
First Semester
(Study Period 2)
Second Semester
(Study Period 5)

Course owner
UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences

Future Student Enquiry Current UniSA Student Enquiry

Course aim

Students will be equipped with the knowledge and skills to develop leadership and/or management roles in nursing, midwifery and health services.

Course content

Theories of leadership and management and their application to nursing, midwifery and health services; emotional intelligence; building resilience; creating influence; change management (leading and building multi disciplinary teams); organisational development, nursing and multi-disciplinary staff development, mentoring
staff; performance management; managing staff; resource management.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
EXTERNAL, CITY EAST, ONLINE
Online (Online content)	- x 13 weeks
Online (Online discussion forums)	- x 13 weeks
Online (Online virtual classroom)	2 hours x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Case study, Contribution, Critical analysis

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.250
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4C)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
International students and students undertaking this course as part of a postgraduate fee paying program must refer to the relevant program home page to determine the cost for undertaking this course.

Non-award enrolment
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.