Courses & Units

Concepts of Nursing 4: The Emerging Leader NUR356

Introduction

Concepts of Nursing 4 is a capstone unit that provides you with an opportunity to consolidate prior learning and develop the skills and attributes to transition from student to registered nurse. This unit will equip you with specific skills to operate effectively as an emerging leader in complex, uncertain and rapidly changing healthcare environments. The areas of authentic leadership, lean processes, quality improvement, health economics and digital health will be addressed to enable you to use evidence-informed solution-focused skills when engaging with stakeholders in a case for adopting a sustainable change. As a student in this unit, you will hear from inspiring leaders, work to solve real world problems and have the opportunity to demonstrate how you can draw on your motivations and aspirations to have a meaningful positive impact on nursing practice.

Summary

Unit name	Concepts of Nursing 4: The Emerging Leader
Unit code	NUR356
Credit points	12.5
College/School	College of Health and Medicine School of Nursing
Discipline	Nursing
Coordinator	Ms Joy Pertile
Available as an elective?	No
Delivered By	University of Tasmania

Availability

Location	Study period	Attendance options		Available to
Online	Nursing Study Period 2		Off-Campus	International International	Domestic Domestic
Online	Nursing Study Period 3		Off-Campus	International	Domestic

Key

: On-campus
: Off-Campus
: International students
: Domestic students

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Key Dates

Study Period	Start date	Census date	WW date	End date
Nursing Study Period 3	9/9/2024	30/9/2024	21/10/2024	1/12/2024
Nursing Study Period 2	20/5/2024	11/6/2024	1/7/2024	11/8/2024

* The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (refer to How do I withdraw from a unit? for more information).

Unit census dates currently displaying for 2024 are indicative and subject to change. Finalised census dates for 2024 will be available from the 1st October 2023. Note census date cutoff is 11.59pm AEST (AEDT during October to March).

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Learning Outcomes

Apply the concepts of authentic leadership to health care issues.
Integrate lean approaches to health care delivery.
Apply the concepts of health economics and principles of quality improvement to the health care sector.
Propose a solution-focused approach to inform sustainable change.
Communicate the findings and recommendations of health service delivery concepts to key stakeholders.

Fee Information

Field of Education	Commencing Student Contribution ^1,3	Grandfathered Student Contribution ^1,3	Approved Pathway Course Student Contribution ^2,3	Domestic Full Fee ⁴
060301	$555.00	$555.00	not applicable	$2,883.00

¹ Please refer to more information on student contribution amounts.
² Please refer to more information on eligibility and Approved Pathway courses.
³ Please refer to more information on eligibility for HECS-HELP.
⁴ Please refer to more information on eligibility for FEE-HELP.

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Please note: international students should refer to What is an indicative Fee? to get an indicative course cost.

Requisites

Prerequisites

NUR244 Concepts of Nursing 2: Ethics and Research

Teaching

Teaching Pattern	The unit is fully online and provides you with opportunities for synchronous and asynchronous interactions – peer to peer, student to teacher and teacher to student. You are expected to devote around 10 hours per week to the study materials, assessment tasks and self-directed learning. You can interact with the online content at any time, which will be in a modularised format. Online tutorials/webinars will provide further opportunity to engage with instructors and peers and consolidate your knowledge of the online presentations and readings. The format and content of these sessions will be advertised through MyLO announcements. Whilst the unit calendar provides a weekly guide, it is expected that you set your own goals to meet the unit learning outcomes. You are however, expected to have engaged with the relevant online learning activities before you attend the Online Intensive Workshops. In addition to MyLO, you will be required to use an electronic platform to support your learning journey, through developing your professional portfolio to display your work. On graduation, you will continue to have access to your professional portfolio.
Assessment	Case Study (20%)\|Written Report (35%)\|Presentation (45%)
Timetable	View the lecture timetable \| View the full unit timetable

Teaching Pattern

The unit is fully online and provides you with opportunities for synchronous and asynchronous interactions – peer to peer, student to teacher and teacher to student. You are expected to devote around 10 hours per week to the study materials, assessment tasks and self-directed learning.
You can interact with the online content at any time, which will be in a modularised format. Online tutorials/webinars will provide further opportunity to engage with instructors and peers and consolidate your knowledge of the online presentations and readings. The format and content of these sessions will be advertised through MyLO announcements.

Whilst the unit calendar provides a weekly guide, it is expected that you set your own goals to meet the unit learning outcomes. You are however, expected to have engaged with the relevant online learning activities before you attend the Online Intensive Workshops. In addition to MyLO, you will be required to use an electronic platform to support your learning journey, through developing your professional portfolio to display your work.

On graduation, you will continue to have access to your professional portfolio.

Assessment

Case Study (20%)|Written Report (35%)|Presentation (45%)

Timetable

View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

Required	Required Readings will be provided by your Unit Coordinator.
Recommended	Recommended Readings will be provided by your Unit Coordinator via the unit Reading List on the University Library website.
Links	Booktopia textbook finder

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