Entrepreneurship and Leadership (5 cr)

Objective

To be able to evaluate one’s own activities and understand the concept of inner entrepreneurship
To be able to assess the work group’s resources and prioritise work tasks and the related responsibilities
To understand the importance of leadership in nursingTo understand the fundamentals of entrepreneurship within the health care industry and as a part of the service system
To be able to coordinate the client’s total care in accordance with one’s obligationsTo understand the impact of changes in health care and to be able to act in a situation of change according to one’s responsibility
To demonstrate responsibility in regard to the quality of nursing in one’s own actions
To be able to prevent and identify anomalies in quality during all stages of the care process
To be able to evaluate the methods and quality of nursing during all stages of the care process

Content

Leadership skillsInner entrepreneurship
Managing oneself and one’s know-how
Critical reflection on one’s own activities
Different leadership styles and theories
Prioritising work tasks and the duties and responsibilities of the responsible person of a work group
Entrepreneurship as a form of work and duty
Entrepreneurship opportunities within the social welfare and health care industry
Cost-awareness and economic activity
Change processes within health care and their impact on an individual worker’s work
Quality and quality control
Legislation and national quality recommendations and requirements; taxonomy of nursing interventions, care and treatment recommendations and ethical guidelines
Quality management systems and quality management

Study forms and methods

Scheduled track:
During the course, we have lectures and discussions, small group exercises of several contents of the course. Pre-assignments for small group working, the subject will be deepen during class room teaching.
Written assignment; you have to assess your self-awareness, leading yourself and your own know-how according to the goals of the department. Assignment will be evaluated. We will practice the concepts of quality assurance in the small groups, preparing for that by using internet beforehand. Instructed reading assignment to the next lesson will be given, for ex. supervision and control. Written exam.

Student workload

The course consists of 135 hours. Class room teaching 24 h + exam 2 h. Pre-assignments for small group working 19h. Written assignments 50 h. Familiarizing with literature 40 h.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Excellent(5), good (4–3), fair (2–1), fail (0)