General Objectives:

The purpose of this practicum in a hospital setting is to familiarize graduate school of nursing students
with the functioning of a professional nurse manager/ director, and to apply the knowledge and concept
of leadership, administration and management in carrying out the nurses role as a futureleader.

Specific objective:

At the end of 80 hours practicum in a hospital setting, graduate school of nursing students will be able
to:

1. Identify how the health care organized and financed in a tertiary care facility.
2. Recognize the efforts for improving the quality of health care done I the institution.
3. Identify characteristics of the high- performance organization.
4. Recognize the efforts of the institution on using evidence- based nursing care and develop
an understanding of evidence and its use in decision making.
5. Identify current challenges (if there’s any) for health information technology applications.
6. Identify the role of informatics in evidence- based practices and patient safety.
7. Identify the common communication networks applied in a hospital.
8. Identify the barriers on communications and strategies to overcome it.
9. Recognize the need for nurses to be politically involved with the consume movement in
health care.
10. Understand the importance of an organizations’ mission and philosophy and the impact of
these on the structure and behaviour of the organization.
11. Articulate the importance of aligning the organization’s strategic vision both with its
mission, philosophy, values and also the communities and the stakeholders served.
12. Apply an understanding on the organizational structure used by the organization, and
identify the advantages as well as disadvantages of it.
13. Define conflict management in hospital setting, and identify any seen conflict situations.
14. Identify steps in the conflict management process.
15. Identify budget preparation process for health care organization.
16. Identify delegation, accountability, responsibility and supervision.
17. Identify organization’s responsibility for delegation and the chain of command.
18. Identify potential delegation barriers.
19. Explain how quality improvement affects the patient and the organization.
20. Relate how the principles of Quality Improvement are being implemented in the
organization.
21. Support ethical leadership and responsibility in professional practice.
 Objectives Proposed Learning Time Frame Resources
Activities
1. Describe the  Conduct  1 day  NSD
set up and the courtesy call  1 day Director/
organizational with the NSD  1 day preceptor
structure of Director or  Whole  Job
the hospital preceptor. duration description
2. Define the  Review of the duty. manual
roles and manual of  Whole  NSD Policy
responsibilitie policies and duration Manual
s of a clinical procedures of duty.  Nursing
nurse  Review job  Whole Service
specialist or its description of duration Strategic
equivalent. the clinical of duty Plan.
3. Familiarize nurse  Whole  Nursing
with the specialist. duration Service
strategic plan  Review of duty. Staff.
of the strategic plan  Whole  Nursing
institution in made by the duration Audit Team
the delivery of NSD of the of duty.  Patient’s
nursing care. institution.  Whole Chart
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harmonious Observe unit of duty. Administrat
and collegial meetings and  Whole or and
relationship familiarize self duration Supervisors,
among with hospital of duty. and Nursing
nursing personnel  Whole Service
service team  Attend/ duration Staff.
for efficient, observe clinical of duty.  Nursing
effective and rounds and  Service
safe client endorsement. Administrat
care.  Participate in or and
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with the audit.  Nursing
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management observe Administrat
team in the Nursing or,
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theories or accomplishme Faculty.
models to the nt of daily  Nursing
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nurse Nursing or,
specialist. Director/ Supervisors
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partnership Supervisors/ Resource
with nursing clinical nurse Officer.
management specialists in  Nursing
to ensure making the Service
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implementatio care or client ors,
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nursing  Observe/ assist anf Human
services based Nursing Resource
on Director/ Officer.
institutional Nursing  Clients,
requirement Supervisor in Nurse
ratio and random clinicians,
standard. checking or nurse
8. Enhance skill reviewing practitioner.
in Nursing  Students
communicatio activities based with other
n and on quality staff nurses.
collaboration standards.
with other  Attend and
members of observe in
the health Hospital
care team to Administrative
sustain / clinical
functionality meetings
of nursing  Assist the
service. Nursing
9. Enrich critical Director to
thinking and draft memos,
decision letters and
making skill in circulars.
order to  Observe
respond and decision
deal with making and
variety of critical thinking
situation processes of
involving the nursing
clinical care
 processes. managers.
10. Develop  Observe
expertise and Nursing
competent Director/
abilities Nurse
necessary for Supervisor in
effective counselling
administration nursing staff
of clinical  Participate/
nursing Observe in the
services in conduct of
oncology, general service
Diabetes and meeting.
cardiovascular  Participate/
nursing observe in
services. Staff
11. Identify Development
special client training
cases for programs.
diabetes,  Assist/ observe
oncology and Nursing Staff
cardiovascular who are
case. competent in
12. Conduct these fields of
health specializations.
education  Discuss special
sessions with client cases for
the DM, the case
cardiovascular colloquium
and cancer, comprehensive
ly.
 Health
education
teaching
sessions with
clients with
cardiovascular,
diabetes or
oncology
nursing
problems.