CLINICAL PRACTICUM -2 Credits (80 hours)

Clinical Practicum for Mental Health Nursing - I&II are given under Mental Health Nursing - I Clinical Practicum
NURSING MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP
PLACEMENT: VI Semester

THEORY: 3 Credits (60 hours) includes Lab/Skill Lab hours also

PRACTICUM: Clinical: 1 Credits (80 hours)
DESCRIPTION: This course is designed to enable students to acquire knowledge and competencies in areas of
administration, and management of nursing services and education. Further prepares the students to develop leadership
Competencies and perform their role as ceffective leaders in an organization.
COMPETENCIES: On completion of the course, the students will be able to
Analyze the health care trends influencing development of nursing services and cducation in India.
2 Describe the principles, functions and process of management applied to nursing.
3 Develop basic understanding and beginning competencies in planning and organizing nursing services in a hospital.
4 Apply the concept of human resource management and identify the job description for all categories of nursing
personnel including in service education.
5. Discuss the principles and methods of staffing and scheduling in an individual hospital/nursing unit.
6. Develop skill in management of materials and supplies including inventory control.
7 Develop tecam working and inter professional collaboration competencies.
Identify effective leadership styles and develop leadership competencies.
9. Utilize the knowledge of principles and line of control and participate in quality management and evaluation activities.

10. Utilize the knowledge related to financial planning in nursing services and education during budgetary process.

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11. Apply the knowledge of nursing informatics in maintenance of records and reports relevant to patient information,
nursing care and progress.
12. Demonstrate understanding of the INC guidelines for establishment and accreditation of educational institutions in
terms of faculty norms, physical infrastructure and clinical facilities.

13. Demonstrate beginning competencies in planning, organizing and staffing at college including implementation and
evaluation of curriculum.

14. Identify the legal issues and laws relevant to nursing practice and education.
1S Apply the knowledge and utilize the various opportunities for professional advancement.

COURSE OUTLINE

T-Theory
Unit Time Learning Content Teaching/ Learning Activities Assessmnent
(Hrs) Methods
Outcomes

|1 T)Explore the Health Care and Development of Lecture cum discussion .Short answer
|health care, Nursing Services in India . Assessment
development of Directed reading and written
nursing Current health care delivery system of assignment of assignment
services and India review
education in Planning and development of nursing
|India and
services and education at global and
trends national scenario
Recent trends and issues of nursing
service and management

II 2(T)Explain the Management Basics Applied to " Lecture and discussion " MCQ
principles and Nursing . Short answer
functions of
management
Definitions, concepts and theories of
applied to management
nursing Importance, features and levels of
management

Management and administration

" Functions of management
" Principles of management
Role of a nurse as a manager

|Introductionto Management Process

Describe the Planning
introductory
concepts of Organizing
management as Staffing
a process
" Directing/Lcading
" Controlling
MANAGEMENT OF NURSING
SERVICES
III4(T)|Describe the Planning Nursing Services Lecture and Discussion . Formulate
essential Mission &
elements of Vision, Mission, philosophy, . Visit to specific hospital/ patient Vision
planning objectives care units Statement for
Nursing service policies, procedures " Demonstration of disaster drill the nursing
and manuals in the respective setting department/
unit
" Functional and operational planning
Assessment
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Unit Time Learning Content Teaching/ Learning Activities Assessment

(Hrs) Methods
Outcomes
Strategic planning of problem
solving
Program planning - Gantt chart & xercises
milestone chart
. Visit Report
" Budgeting - concepts, principles,
types,
" Budget proposal, cost benefit analysis
" Planning hospital and patient care unit
(Ward)
Planning for emergency and disaster
IV |4(T) Discuss the |Organizing " Lecture cum discussion Short answer
|concepts of
organizing Organizing as a process ssignment, Comparison of organizational Assessment
delegationnatand coordination structure of various of assignment
including
|hospital rganizations
" Hospital - types, functions &
organization organization "Nursing care delivery systems -
ssignment
" Organizational development
" Organizational structure
Preparation of Organizational
hart of hospital/ Nursing
" Organizational charts services

" Organizational effectiveness

Hospital administration, Control &
line of authority
Hospital statistics including hospital
utilization indices
" Nursing care delivery systems and
trends

Role of nurse in maintenance of

effective organizational climate
6 (T) ldentify the Staffing (Human resource Lecture and discussion Formulate
significance of management) Job
|human resource " Role play description at
management
Definition, objectives, components different
and functions Games self-assessment, case
(HRM) and discussion and practice session levels of care
material Staffing & Scheduling & compare
management Calculation of staffing with existing
and discuss its
Staffing - Philosophy, staffing equirements for a specified
activities system
elements ward
Recruiting, selecting, deployment Preparation of
duty roster
Training, development, credentialing.
retaining, promoting, transfer,
terminating, superannuation
" Staffing units - Projccting staffing
requirementscalculation of
requirements of staff resources Nurse
patient ratio, Nurse Population ratio as
per SIU norms/IPH Norms, and Patient
classification system
Categories of nursing personnel
including job description of all levels
" Assignment and nursing care
responsibilities
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Unit Time Learning Content Teaching/ Learning Activities Assessment

(Hrs) Methods
Outeomes

Turnover and absenteeism

" Staff welfare

Discipline and grievances

|In-Service Education
Nature and scope of in-service Visit
cducation program to inventory store of the
institution
Explain the Principles of adult learning- eview
procedural
" Planning and organizing in-service Preparation of
steps of cducational program MMF/records
material
management " Methods, techniques and evaluation Preparation of
log book &
" Preparation of report condemnation
Develop Material Resource Management documents
managerial
skill in Procurement, purchasing process, Visit Report
|inventory inventory control & role of nurse
control and
Auditing and maintenance in hospital
actively and patient care unit
participate in
procurement

process
VI 5T)Describe the Directing and Leading " Lecture and discussion Assignment
important on Reports &
methods of Definition, principles, clements of Demonstration of record &
Records
supervision and directing report maintenance in specific maintained in
guidance wards/ departments nursing
" Supervision and guidance
department/
" Participatory management
" Inter-professional collaboration Preparation of
protocols and
" Management by objectives manuals

" Team management

" Assignments, rotations
" Maintenance of discipline
Leadership in management
VII 4 (T)Discuss the Leadership " Lecture cum discussion le Short answer
significance
and changing Definition, concepts, and theories " Self-assessment Essay
trends of Leadership principles and "Report on types of leadership Assessment
nursing competencies adopted at different levels of of
|leadership health care in the given setting cxercisc/repor
" Leadership styles: Situational t
leadership, Transformational Problem solving/ Conflict
Analyze the leadership management exercise
different
Methods of leadership development Observation of managerial roles
|leadership t different levels (middle level
styles and Mentorship'preceptorship in nursing mangers-ward incharge, ANS)
|develop " Delegation, power & polities,
leadership empowerment, mentoring and
competencies
coaching
" Decision making and problem solving
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Unit Time Learning Content Teaching/ Learning Activities Assessment

(Hrs) Methods
Outeomes

" Conflict management and negotiation

" Implementing planned change
VIII4 (T) Explain the Controlling " Lecture cum discussion Assessment
process of of prepared
controlling and Implementing standards, policies, " reparation of policies/ protocols
its activities procedures, protocols and practices protocols for nursing units/
department
Nursing performance audit, patient
satisfaction
Nursing rounds, Documentation
records and reports
Total quality management -Quality
assurance, Quality and safety
" Performance appraisal
" Program evaluation review technique
(PERT)
" Bench marking, Activity plan (Gantt
chart)
" Critical path analysis
IX 4 (T)Explain the |OrganizationalBehavior and Human Lecture and discussion Short answer
concepts of Relations OSCE
|organizational Role playl exercise -Group
|behavior and " Concepts and theories of dynamics & human relations
group organizational behavior
dynamics " Group dynamics
Revicw - Interpersonal relationship
"Human relations
" Public relations in the context of
nursing
" Relations with professional
associations and employee unions
" Collective bargaining
Review - Motivation and morale
building
Communication in the workplace -
assertive communication

" Committees - importance in the

organization, functioning
2 (T)Describe the Financial Management " Lecture cum discussion Short answer
|financial
management " Definition, objectives, elements, Budget proposal review Essay
related to functions, principles & scope of Assessment
financial management "Preparation of budget proposal
nursing for a specific department of assignment
services Financial planning (budgeting for
nursing department)
" Proposal, projecting requirement for
staff, cquipment and supplies for -
Hospital & patient care units &
emergency and disaster units
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Unit Time Learning Content Teaching/ Learning Activities Assessment

Meth.
(Hrs)
Outcomes

Budget and Budgetary process

Financial audit

XI 1(T)Review the Nursing Informatics/ Information Review Short answer

concepts, Management Review
principles and Practice session
. Patient records
methods and Visit to departments
use of nursing " Nursing records
informatics
" Use of computers in hospital, college
and community
" Telemedicine & Tele nursing
" Electronic Medical Records (EMR),
EHR

XII 1(T) Review Personal Management- Review Review

personal
management in Emotional intelligence Discussion
terms of
Resilience building
management of
emotions, stress Stress and time management - de
and resilience stressing
" Career planning
MANAGEMENT OF NURSING
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
XIII|4 (T Describe the Establishment of Nursing Educational " Lecture and discussion . Visit report
process of Institutions
establishing " Visit to one of the regulatory
Indian Nursing Council norms and bodies
educational
institutions and guidelines - Faculty norms, physical
its accreditation facilities, clinical facilities, curriculum
guidelines implementation, and
evaluation/examination guidelines
oordination with regul
INC and State Nursing
bodies -

Accreditation - Inspections
. Affiliation with university/State
council/board of examinations

XIV 4 (T) Explain the PManning and Organizing Directed reading INC Short
planning and Curriculum answer

organizing Philosophy, objectives and mission of

functions of a the college Preparation of organizational Essay
nursing college Organization structure of sructure of the college Assessment
school/college " Witten assignment - writing of assignment
Review -Curriculum planning philosophy of a teaching
department
Planning teaching and learning Preparation of master plan,
experiences, clinical facilities master time table and clinical rotation
plan, time table and clinical rotation
Budget planning faculty, staff,
cquipment & supplies, AV aids, Lab
cquipment, library books, joumals,
computers and maintenance

Infrastructure facilities - college,

classrooms, hostel, library, labs,

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