Module: Nursing Informatics, Management & Leadership

Module Specifications.

Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title	Nursing Informatics, Management & Leadership
Module Code	NS441 (ITS) / NUR1093 (Banner)
Faculty	Science & Health	School	Nursing, PsyT & Comm Health
Module Co-ordinator	Amanda Phelan
Module Teachers	Susan Hourican
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	Not Available
Co-requisite	Not Available
Compatibles	Not Available
Incompatibles	Not Available

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Description

The increasing development of eHealth in national service delivery requires nursing graduates to have attained entry to practice informatics competencies to optimise leadership and management of professional practice. As an enabler, information and communication technology contributes to quality of service delivery, co-ordination of care and patient safety. Supporting leadership and management, this module builds on formative informatics skills developed in years 1-3 and provides students with competencies and knowledge to deliver patient centered care underpinned by effective practice based research. This module will also examine contemporary management and leadership issues which impact on nursing contexts. Students will explore and debate approaches to management and leadership within nursing and healthcare organisations and examine how they influence their role as nurses within this context.

Learning Outcomes

1. Develop an understanding of the principles of using ICT applications, in vitro diagnostic medical devices and other smart devices for delivery of nursing care and management of patient centric health information
2. Analyse contemporary management and leadership issues in nursing and their implications for practice.
3. Analyse the impact that health informatics, eHealth and the digital patient will have on management and leadership issues within nursing.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	21	Face to face lecture and online
Seminars	3	Supplementary exchange of information relating to module (face to face)
Directed learning	101	Independed study
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Professional regulation of nursing practice in Ireland: the role and function of An Bord Altranais

Fitness to practice

Theories of management and leadership

Methods of care delivery in nursing

Motivation in the workplace

Maintaining quality of care in nursing practice

Career development

The scope of professional nursing practice

Professional accountability

Professional responsibility

Maintaining professional competence

Delegation

Nursing Informatics

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	0%	Examination Weight	100%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Loop Quiz	n/a	100%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories: Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module. Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module. Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Marquis, B. and Huston, C: 2020, Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing, 10th, Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins London, 978-1-9751-39
An Bord Altranais: 2015, Scope of Practice for Nursing and Midwifery Framework, An Bord Altranais, Dublin,
Masters, K: 2017, Role Development in Professional Nursing Practice, Jones and Bartlett, London,
An Bord Altranais: 2020, Guidance to Nurses and Midwives on Medication Management., An Bord Altranais., Dublin.,
An Bord Altranais: 2018, Practice Standards for Nurses and Midwives with Prescriptive Authority,, An Bord Altranais., Dublin,
2020: Management Theory and Practice, 9th Edition, 293261
2015: An Introduction to Nursing Informatics, 4th, 293262
2016: Evidence-Based Health Informatics - Promoting Safety and Efficiency Through Scientific Methods and Ethical Policy,, IOS,

Other Resources

61265, Web resource, 0, Code of Conduct, http://www.nursingboard.ie/en/code/new-code.aspx, 61266, Link to HIQA, 0, Health Information and Quality Authority, http://www.hiqa.ie/, 61267, Link to Mental Health Commission, 0, Mental Health Commission, http://www.mhcirl.ie/,