Unit Title : Advanced Leadership Professional And Clinical Module
Word Count : 4000 words
Assessment Type : Assignment
AIM : To explore leadership in nursing from different perspectives encouraging the student to examine the importance of leadership in influencing and shaping nursing practice

Learning Outcomes :
On successful completion of this module, the student will be able to:
1.Critically discuss the theoretical approaches to leadership and organisational behaviour in healthcare;
2.Critically discuss factors influencing and shaping both the health care arena and policy developments;
3.Critically evaluate the role of leadership in change management;
4.Critically discuss strategic management, service planning & financial accountability 4000 word assignment

This assignment requires you to draw on concepts covered during this module and critically discuss the statement ‘“Leadership is not about being in charge. Leadership is about taking care of those in your charge”
• Demonstrate your knowledge and your ability to apply theory to practice
• Broad assignment recognising that students taking this module are at different stages in their careers and have different roles within healthcare
• Facilitates you in exploring and writing about leadership in a way which is meaningful to you.
• You are more likely to do well in an assignment when you write about something which interests you or with which you have had a close association.

The following list is an example of what you could base your discussion on but is not exhaustive. You may choose to discuss
• leadership within localized specific incidences of care/management
• leadership within your organization
• major national issues such as the cervical check scandal or the abortion referendum and the leadership lack of leadership evident