Nursing and Health Care Management (P00110)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : HEA-P-NHCM

This course will examine topical management issues, which are relevant to nurses and other health care providers who may or may not have experience in the higher levels of management. Account is taken of recent changes in different levels and aspects of health care organisation, such as changes affecting the provision, the recipients and the providers. Research into management is critically utilised wherever suitable material exists. Political and ethical aspects feature prominently in the reading on which this course unit is founded, inevitably raising questions about the value systems underpinning decision-making. The context is the UK health care system in Scotland, but comparisons are made with health care systems in other countries.

Entry Requirements

? Costs : None

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Nursing Studies, (School of Health in Social Science, Schedule D)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
07/01/2008	11:10	13:00			To be held in room G3, Medical School, Teviot Place (doorway 6)

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	11:10	13:00	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

To examine current changes in health care management, through the use of research and other literature as well as the shared experience of the group.

To draw comparisons between developments in nursing/health care management at differing levels and progress in other areas of management.

To examine the political and ethical basis of management in health care.