Overview
This unit prepares you to undertake a leadership role in healthcare contexts. In this unit, you will have the opportunity to analyse theories and models of leadership and reflect upon your leadership strengths and weaknesses. You will apply leadership theories and your selected leadership model/s to leadership roles in the healthcare setting. This unit enables you to focus on emotional intelligence and critique the concept of relational power to autonomous practice. Through the use of coaching and mentoring strategies learned in this unit, you will develop the capacity to lead, empower and inspire members of the healthcare team.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Students must be enrolled in CL22 Master of Clinical Nursing to undertake this unit. Pre-requisite: NURS20166.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2026
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Unit evaluations
Students enjoyed this unit and found there were clear unit requirements.
Continue to provide clear unit requirements.
Feedback from Unit evaluations
Students reported they found the unit helped them develop useful knowledge / skills and that the unit was relevant to their degree.
Continue to have unit content that provides students with appropriate knowledge and skills relevant for their degree. Continue to consider assessments that relate to the workplace.
Feedback from Unit evaluations
Students reported they learned from assessments and received useful feedback on their assignment.
Continue to review unit assessments to ensure they relate to the workplace. Continue to provide considered feedback that is aimed at promoting student learning.