Module: Advancing Practice,Leadership & Collaboration

Module Specifications.

Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title	Advancing Practice,Leadership & Collaboration
Module Code	NS5012 (ITS) / NUR1114 (Banner)
Faculty	Science & Health	School	Nursing, PsyT & Comm Health
Module Co-ordinator	-
Module Teachers	-
NFQ level	9	Credit Rating	10
Pre-requisite	Not Available
Co-requisite	Not Available
Compatibles	Not Available
Incompatibles	Not Available

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Description

This module will provide students with the skills to undertake a practice development project reflecting their capacity to innovate and advance practice through leadership of change and collaboration with others.learners are expected tp partiociate in class discussion ,read prepared reading and contribute in an engaged way to the topics associated with the module.

Learning Outcomes

1. Justify an intended practice development innovation in a particular practice setting.
2. Demonstrate a collaborative approach to practice/service improvement.
3. Plan a detailed process of practice development/service improvement.
4. Lead innovation within their work setting.
5. Evaluate the process and outcomes of specific innovations by reference to specific evidence that includes feedback from other participants.
6. Explore particular approaches to change and practice development.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	6	in class discussion
Lecture	36	No Description
Online activity	8	No Description
Portfolio Preparation	21	No Description
Workplace application	75	No Description
Independent Study	104	No Description
Total Workload: 250

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

Leadership
Leadership, advancing practice and collaboration

Leadership theories and styles
Theories and styles with reference to healthcare

Change
Change and change management

Practice development
Practice development and advancing practice

Collaboration
Collaboration and stakeholders in healthcare settings

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	0%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Professional Portfolio	ePortfolio relating to a practice development carried out in own practice setting.	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 -

Indicative Reading List

Stanley, David, editor: 2017, Clinical leadership in nursing and healthcare: values into action,, Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, West Sussex, England,
Daft, Richard L; Lane, Patricia G: 2011, Leadership, Cengage Learning,, Australia: South-Western,,
Starratt, Robert J: 2004, Ethical leadership, John Wiley, Chichester,
Turner, Paul: 2019, Leadership in Healthcare: Delivering Organisational Transformation and Operational Excellence, Palgrave Macmillan,
Schober, Madrean: 2016, Introduction to advanced nursing practice: an international focus, Cham: Springer,

Other Resources

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