Nursing Leadership and Care Management (Free Online Course With Diploma)
Alison Free Online Learning
Key Information
Campus location
Online
Languages
English
Study format
Distance Learning
Duration
6 - 10 hours
Pace
Full time, Part time
Tuition fees
Request info
Application deadline
Request info
Earliest start date
Request info
* free course
Scholarships
Explore scholarship opportunities to help fund your studies
Introduction
This free online nursing course overviews the most important elements of a nursing leader’s daily role. The nursing profession has evolved significantly over the years. Today, professional nurses are also team leaders and healthcare teachers. By the end of the course, you will have learned the skills and approaches used by nurse leaders to improve healthcare delivery and will have greatly boosted your care management skills.
This Free Online Course Includes:
- 6-10 Hours of Learning
- CPD Accreditation
- Final Assessment
Alison Certificates
All Alison courses are free to enrol study and complete. To successfully complete this Diploma course and become an Alison Graduate, you need to achieve 80% or higher in each course assessment. Once you have completed this Diploma course, you have the option to acquire an official Diploma, which is a great way to share your achievement with the world.
Your Alison Diploma is:
- Ideal for sharing with potential employers
- Include it in your CV, professional social media profiles and job applications.
- An indication of your commitment to continuously learn, upskill & achieve high results.
- An incentive for you to continue empowering yourself through lifelong learning.
Alison offers 3 types of Diplomas for completed Diploma courses:
- Digital Diploma: a downloadable Diploma in PDF format immediately available to you when you complete your purchase.
- Diploma: a physical version of your officially branded and security-marked Diploma, posted to you with FREE shipping.
- Framed Diploma: a physical version of your officially branded and security-marked Diploma in a stylish frame, posted to you with FREE shipping.
Gallery
Scholarships and Funding
Curriculum
This course will teach you the different roles that nurses play in today’s evolving healthcare settings. First, you will be given an overview of what nurse leader does and what difference they make within healthcare delivery. Different nursing leadership skills, techniques, and approaches will be discussed so that you can gain a fuller understanding of what it takes to lead other nurses and health workers. Next, important issues in today’s nursing workplace such as transcultural nursing will be overviewed.
Next, this course will discuss the vital roles that the medical team plays within the operating room. You will learn the responsibilities as well as the necessary skills needed by nurses during different phases of the surgical cycle, from the pre-operative to post-operative phase. The course will then teach you the different types of nursing leadership styles commonly used today. Here, you will also learn about the factors that influence the productivity levels of co-nurses within the facility. Finally, you will learn the most effective teaching strategies used by nurse educators today.
This course provides excellent material for those who want to develop their nursing career. By taking this course, you will improve your nursing leadership and teaching capabilities and gain insights into the best practices used to improve healthcare delivery today. So get started and give your nursing career a real boost today.
Module 1
The Nurse As Team Leader
In this module, learn about the roles of the practical nurse as a Team Leader, the team approach to Nursing, the facts that define Team Nursing, the basic elements of team nursing, the Nursing Care Plan, leadership styles, leadership skills, and leadership qualities.
Module 2
The Nurse As Teacher
In this module, learn more about the practical nurse as a teacher, patient teaching which is inherent to the role of nursing, facts related to Patient teaching, types of learning, principles for effective Teaching-Learning, and the functions of nursing.
Module 3
Diploma in Nursing Management - First Assessment
You must score 80% or more to pass this assessment.
Module 4
Caring In A Hospital Setting - Case Study In The UK
This module looks at; the people who have roles within the hospital, how they interact with each other, patients and what they consider to be 'care', and the different approaches and contributions to care by doctors and nurses are explored and patients give their perspective on the care they receive.
Module 5
Communication Skills
In this module, learn more about methods and skills of communication, purposes of human communication, components of the human communication system, elements of therapeutic communication, methods of verbal and nonverbal communication, and the appropriate techniques of communication with patients.
Module 6
Transcultural Factors Influencing Nursing
Learn more about transcultural nursing, factors of transcultural nursing, sociocultural beliefs about illness, including causes, cures, and nursing implications, and religious denominations with appropriate beliefs and respective nursing implications.
Module 7
Diploma in Nursing Management - Second Assessment
You must score 80% or more to pass this assessment.
Module 8
Peri and Pre-Operative Patient Care
In this module, learn more about peri and pre-operative patient care, what peri-operative and pre-operative patient care are all about, the facts related to the surgical experience, the impact of surgical intervention on the patient, and the various types and classifications of surgery.
Module 9
The Intra-Operative Phase
In this module, learn about the Intraoperative phase, what the Intraoperative phase is, the surgical team, the classification of surgical procedures, and the reasons for surgical intervention.
Module 10
The Recovery Room Phase
Learn about the recovery room phase, what the recovery room is, the nursing care goals of the recovery room, nursing implications related to the general care of a patient in the recovery room, and the accommodation of patients who have undergone major or minor surgery.
Module 11
Diploma in Nursing Management - Third Assessment
You must score 80% or more to pass this assessment.
Module 12
Course assessment
Program Outcome
What You Will Learn In This Free Course
- Identify the factors that define team nursing and the responsibilities of a team leader.
- Examine the steps in the teaching-learning process and what factors affect learning.
- Define the principles for effective teacher-learning and the three types of learning.
- Identify nursing interventions needed to communicate with a patient who is blind, deaf, or speaks a foreign language.
- Examine the factors of transcultural nursing and sociocultural beliefs about the illness to include causes, cures, and nursing implications.
- Cite facts related to the surgical experience and its associated nursing implications.
- Define the three major classifications of anaesthetic agents.
- Identify nursing implications related to preventing surgical complications.
Complete This CPD Accredited Course & Get Your Diploma!
Certify Your Skills
A CPD-accredited Alison Diploma/Certificate certifies the skills you’ve learned.
Stand Out From The Crowd
Add your Alison Certification to your resume and stay ahead of the competition.
Advance in Your Career
Share your Alison Certification with potential employers to show off your skills and capabilities.
Career Opportunities
Nursing Educator
Their clinical expertise and passion for teaching are just two reasons Nurse Educators significantly influence how prepared the next generation of nursing professionals is to meet current and future challenges in healthcare.
ER Nurse
A trip to the emergency room is always scary. Emergency Room (ER) Nurses are licensed and registered nurses who discharge the role of first responders in medical emergencies.
Head Nurse
Save one person; you’re a hero. Save hundreds; you’re a Head Nurse who works at the heart of healthcare. Constant attention to the overall care of patients by a good Head Nurse may be just as significant as a major operation by a surgeon.
Nurse Practitioner
Nurse Practitioners are angels of mercy who strive to patiently and tenderly bring comfort, courage, hope, acceptance and a gentle touch to all the patients in their care.