NSB104 Leading and Learning

Unit Outline: Semester 2 2024, Kelvin Grove, Internal

Overview

This foundation unit in leading and learning develops the knowledge necessary to function as an effective team member, consumer advocate, educator, and leader of self and others. Peoples’ experience of health care, nurses’ therapeutic communication skills and facilitating interactions that represent person-centred care principles are a particular focus. These are key attributes of the registered nurse in contemporary practice, contributing to practice that meets the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards and Aged Care Quality Standards, and provides the basis for team and professional leadership for the future. The unit will encourage different ways of thinking, broad perspectives, and evidence-based decision making to inform practice in local and global contexts. The unit complements all first-year units, in particular NSB102 Professional Practice and Cultural Safety and NSB105 Wellness Across the Lifespan.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. 1. Examine the role of the registered nurse within the nursing profession, including the provision of safe and quality person-centred care in relation to concepts of self leadership and professional capabilities
2. 2. Apply knowledge of the NMBA (2016) Registered Nurses Standards for Practice 1 and 2 concerning professional, ethical, social, and cultural dimensions of communication to establish and maintain therapeutic relationships and professional and consumer partnerships in health care
3. 3. Explain key professional challenges within contemporary and future healthcare environments for both the individual and community
4. 4. Apply digital and academic literacy skills to locate and integrate relevant evidence to inform practice.

Content

Learning Approaches

This unit will use a blend of face-to-face workshops and online learning. You will have to the opportunity to actively engage with, and take responsibility for, self-directed learning. You are encouraged to develop peer networks to support a collaborative approach to learning. You will be guided in your development through completion of online literacy tutorials such as the Study Smart module.

To appreciate the value of peers and the knowledge and experience they bring, small group tutorials will use structured exercises, readings, and resources to lead collaborative learning, encourage critical inquiry, and reflect on a range of issues. You will also be introduced to the concept of interprofessional education through a self paced online module to build your awareness of the wider interprofessional healthcare team/roles for person centred care.

Feedback on Learning and Assessment

You will be provided with feedback and guidance to assist your learning throughout the semester through:

• Formative feedback online or in class interactions throughout semester individually and/or as a group
• Progressive summative feedback on online quizzes, presentation and leadership scenarios
• Peer and teacher interactions and feedback within workshops
• The unit coordinator and tutors will be available for consultation throughout the semester in on-campus and online contexts

Assessment

Overview

There are 3 summative assessments to be completed in this unit. Quizzes to progressively develop your conceptual knowledge, a brief group presentation with individual reflection on team interaction leading to an end of semester health case scenario bringing together leadership, communication issues and evidence to support your recommended actions and strategies.

Unit Grading Scheme

7- point scale

Assessment Tasks

Assessment: Quizzes

Your understanding of core unit concepts will be tested using multi-choice questions that will be completed online.

Assessment: Reflection and digital presentation

Research a key issue relevant to person-centred care and identify and in a short presentation explore the key challenges this issue presents for patients and for nurses’ leadership skills. You will also be required to provide a brief reflection on the team processes involved in the group presentation.

This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.

Assessment: Leadership scenarios

You will analyse selected leadership scenarios and using knowledge of nursing standards and professional responsibility identify and explain the rationale for actions or strategies in response to the scenario, supporting your points with evidence. You will be asked to apply insights from your own leadership and communication styles in relation to suggested leadership responsibilities and strategies.

This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.

Academic Integrity

Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.

Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.

You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.

Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.

Resources

Resource Materials

Recommended text(s)

Crisp, J., Douglas, C., Rebeiro, G., Waters, D. (Eds).Potter & Perry’s Fundamentals of Nursing. (6th ed).  Elsevier.

Henderson, A. (2018). Communication for Health Care Practice eBook, Oxford University Press. (Available online via ProQuest Ebook Central)

Risk Assessment Statement

There are no out of the ordinary risks associated with this unit. You will be made aware of evacuation procedures and assembly areas in the first few lectures. In the event of a fire alarm sounding, or on a lecturer's instruction, you should leave the room and assemble in the designated area, which will be indicated to you. You should be conscious of your health and safety at all times while on campus. More information on health and safety can be obtained from http://www.hse.qut.edu.au/.

Standards/Competencies

This unit is designed to support your development of the following standards\competencies.

Registered Nurse Standards for Practice

1: Thinks critically and analyses nursing practice.

1. The RN accesses, analyses, and uses the best available evidence, that includes research findings, for safe, quality practice
   Relates to: Reflection and digital presentation, Leadership scenarios
2. The RN develops practice through reflection on experiences, knowledge, actions, feelings and beliefs to identify how these shape practice
   Relates to: Quizzes, Reflection and digital presentation, Leadership scenarios
3. The RN complies with legislation, regulations, policies, guidelines and other standards or requirements relevant to the context of practice when making decisions
   Relates to: Quizzes, Reflection and digital presentation, Leadership scenarios
4. The RN contributes to quality improvement and relevant research.
   Relates to: Quizzes, Reflection and digital presentation, Leadership scenarios

2: Engages in therapeutic and professional relationships.

1. The RN establishes, sustains and concludes relationships in a way that differentiates the boundaries between professional and personal relationships
   Relates to: Quizzes, Reflection and digital presentation, Leadership scenarios
2. The RN communicates effectively, and is respectful of a person’s dignity, culture, values, beliefs and rights
   Relates to: Quizzes, Reflection and digital presentation, Leadership scenarios
3. The RN recognises that people are the experts in the experience of their life
   Relates to: Quizzes, Reflection and digital presentation, Leadership scenarios
4. The RN provides support and directs people to resources to optimise health-related decisions
   Relates to: Quizzes, Reflection and digital presentation, Leadership scenarios
5. The RN advocates on behalf of people in a manner that respects the person’s autonomy and legal capacity
   Relates to: Quizzes, Reflection and digital presentation, Leadership scenarios
6. The RN actively fosters a culture of safety and learning that includes engaging with health professionals and others, to share knowledge and practice that supports person-centred care
   Relates to: Quizzes, Reflection and digital presentation, Leadership scenarios
7. The RN participates in and/or leads collaborative practice
   Relates to: Quizzes, Leadership scenarios

3: Maintains the capability for practice.

1. The RN considers and responds in a timely manner to the health and wellbeing of self and others in relation to the capability for practice
   Relates to: Quizzes, Reflection and digital presentation, Leadership scenarios
2. The RN uses a lifelong learning approach for continuing professional development of self and others
   Relates to: Quizzes, Reflection and digital presentation, Leadership scenarios
3. The RN seeks and responds to practice review and feedback
   Relates to: Quizzes, Leadership scenarios
4. The RN actively engages with the profession
   Relates to: Quizzes, Leadership scenarios

4: Comprehensively conducts assessments.

1. The RN works in partnership to determine factors that affect, or potentially affect, the health and wellbeing of people and populations to determine priorities for action and/ or for referral
   Relates to: Quizzes, Reflection and digital presentation, Leadership scenarios
2. The RN assesses the resources available to inform planning.
   Relates to: Reflection and digital presentation, Leadership scenarios

7: Evaluates outcomes to inform nursing practice.

1. The RN determines, documents and communicates further priorities, goals and outcomes with the relevant persons.
   Relates to: Quizzes, Leadership scenarios

Course Learning Outcomes

NS42 Bachelor of Nursing

1. Apply scientific knowledge and skills from nursing and related disciplines to the provision of safe, person-centred, evidence-based nursing care across the lifespan
   Relates to: Quizzes, Reflection and digital presentation, Leadership scenarios
2. Apply critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and digital literacy skills to make evidence- based decisions and evaluate outcomes
   Relates to: Quizzes, Reflection and digital presentation, Leadership scenarios
3. Practice as an ethical, socially inclusive, and culturally safe practitioner, reflective of your professional nursing identity across a range of health service settings.
   Relates to: Leadership scenarios
4. Enact and sustain effective communication skills, therapeutic relationships, and professional capabilities to practice independently and in inter and intra professional teams, to ensure safe, person-centred care
   Relates to: Reflection and digital presentation, Leadership scenarios
5. Demonstrate developing socially informed leadership capabilities to achieve positive individual and community outcomes in dynamic healthcare contexts.
   Relates to: Leadership scenarios