Information for the student – Leadership and Management in Nursing (phased out)

To acquire the generic and specific skills needed to carry out nursing management and leadership tasks in healthcare institutions, using scientific evidence and skills necessary to improve quality of care, staff training, optimized work systems, optimization of human and material resources and team leadership.

Basic competences:

• Capacity for ongoing self-directed and independent learning.

• Capacity to demonstrate knowledge forming the basis of original thinking in the development or application of ideas, typically in a research context.

• Capacity to apply the knowledge acquired to problem-solving in new or relatively unknown environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to the field of studies.

• Capacity to integrate knowledge and tackle the complexity of formulating judgements based on incomplete or limited information, giving due consideration to the social and ethical responsibilities that are implicit in their application. 

• Capacity to communicate knowledge and conclusions and the grounds on which these conclusions have been reached to specialist and non-specialist audiences in a clear and unambiguous manner.

 

Generic competences

• Capacity to apply the knowledge acquired to problem-solving in new or relatively unknown environments within multidisciplinary contexts related to the field of study.

• Capacity to integrate knowledge and tackle the complexity of formulating judgements based on incomplete or limited information, giving due consideration to the social and ethical responsibilities that are implicit in their application.

• Capacity to communicate knowledge, conclusions and the grounds on which they are based to specialist and non-specialist audiences in a clear and unambiguous manner.

• Learning abilities that facilitate self-directed and independent learning.

• Comprehension and knowledge of the field of study and mastery of the skills and methods of research related to that field.

• Capacity to conceive, design, put into practice and adopt a process of research with academic rigour.

• Capacity to promote, in academic and professional contexts, scientific, technological, social, artistic or cultural advancement within a knowledge-based society.

• Capacity to work in interdisciplinary teams.

• Diversity and multicultural recognition in today's society.

• Capacity to analyse and synthesise in the preparation of reports.

• Capacity to create information systems to measure cost-effectiveness results in the health area.

• Capacity to adapt to new situations in a changing environment.

 

Specific competences

• Capacity to analyse the different healthcare models and systems used internationally and to look in detail at the different healthcare systems in Europe.

• Capacity to analyse and differentiate existing nursing theories and models and capacity to define their applicability levels.

• Capacity to analyse and differentiate management theories and styles, and capacity to define their usefulness and applicability in the field of healthcare.

• Capacity to analyse theories of communication, motivation and leadership and their importance for the development of the nursing profession and healthcare systems.

• Capacity to distinguish between the different quality programmes employed in the field of healthcare and to analyse their practical usefulness.

• Capacity to analyse different models of ethical decision-making related to management and to choose the most appropriate ones in the field of healthcare.

• Capacity to use qualitative and quantitative research methodologies and to apply them to different social and healthcare systems.

• Capacity to create and execute management plans related to the direction of healthcare centres, specifically nursing departments.

• Capacity to manage, coordinate and lead teams in the healthcare sector, specifically a nursing team.

• Capacity to create budgets and manage them efficiently in different healthcare institutions.

• Capacity to establish a department philosophy following the principles of the chosen healthcare and nursing model.

• Capacity to promote people's development through the design and evaluation of continuous training programmes and access to different levels of professional careers.

• Capacity to manage conflicts in healthcare organizations and to use mediation techniques to resolve them.

• Capacity to create and promote projects and research in the field of nursing and healthcare management.