NUR1113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Patient Safety
1. Define clinical leader *
An expert clinician involved in providing direct clinical care who influences others to improve the care
they provide continuously (Cook, 1999).
2. Before liial leadership, adiistrators ad aagers who were’t health care professionals used
to lead health care. *
Which model do you think is better? Why? What are some strengths and weaknesses of each model?
Clinical leadership: Easier to bring about change from within (bottom-up). Clinical leaders know the
realities of how things work on the group and can adapt change accordingly. They are also time-poor
ad it’s diffiult to reai liially fit ad e a aager at the sae tie.
Admin/Managers in charge: Stand-alone managers may have specific skills and training, in HR for
example. They can specialise in one area. May be seen as an outsider to clinicians and out of touch with
the realities of patient care. They are less likely to identify problems that require action and change.
3. Define cognitive learning model *
Describes how people develop competencies.
4. Clinical leadership is a competency. What is a competency? *
An ability to do something successfully or efficiently. Competencies define professional roles and are
way of measuring training and development and guiding assessment.
5. What are the 5 learning stages experienced by nurses? *
• Awareness of clinical leadership in nursing
• Integration of clinical leadership in actions
• Active leadership with patient/family
• Active leadership with the team
• Embedded clinical leadership extended to organizational level and beyond
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