Leading a Quality Improvement Project in the Workplace (online)
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| NURS3130 | Nursing | 3 | 40 | Autumn UK, Spring UK, Summer UK |
- Code
- NURS3130
- School
- Nursing
- Level
- 3
- Credits
- 40
- Semesters
- Autumn UK, Spring UK, Summer UK
Summary
This course considers a service improvement change in the students student’s clinical setting and will address the following issues:
• Rationale for a change;
• Clinical and theoretical evidence to support a change.
• Project planning and management principles.
• Principles of quality improvement
• Practice activities that will facilitate change.
• Ethical, legal and professional implications of any change;
• Stakeholder involvement and support;
• Service and project evaluation.
• Critical reflection of work-based learning.
Target Students
Registered nurses.
Classes
- One 7-hour lecture each week for 16 weeks
Number of Weeks 16 Number of session There will be the equivalent of one study session per week online Duration of session 7 Hours
Assessment
- 50% Coursework 1: A written proposal for a quality improvement project. 3000 words.
- 50% Coursework 2: A written report of the quality improvement project. 3000 words.
Assessed by end of designated period
Educational Aims
To facilitate the student’s completion of a quality improvement project within the workplace utilising the principles of workplace learning.Learning Outcomes
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the principles of work-based learning and its application to service improvement. Initiate contact with educational facilitators and organise own professional development, accepting this as an essential part of lifelong learning.
Demonstrate knowledge of a training needs analysis and professional development processes and requirements in their practice setting. Formulate an action plan to address the need for a change in the workplace.
Critically discuss how understanding change management has enhanced knowledge of professional practice nationally and internationally.
Analyse local practice data and use it to examine one aspect of service provision. Appraise specialist clinical evidence that might support a particular change.
Examine the clinical and intellectual demands of a professional role and self-assess knowledge and skills to meet these requirements.
Plan and evaluate small changes to service provision. Reflect upon and evaluate work-based learning as an approach to improving personal/professional practice.
Conveners
- Mr Christopher Palmer