Politics of Health and Nursing Managment

Políticas de Saúde e Gestão em Enfermagem

Curse code:9500313

Ana Vanessa Antunes

Learning outcomes of the curricular unit:

Goals:

• To enable the student to understand health care policies and practices in health institutions in Portugal.
• To identify the particularities of health care organizations and the main models of the health system financing.
• Critically analyze nurses’ role in the management and leadership of health care organizations.
• Critically analyze the role of general care nurses in continuous quality improvement of health care.

Skills:

• It describes basic concepts of organization and management of the national health system.
• Discusses the evolution of health care policies in Portugal.
• It characterizes the different components of health organizations management process.
• Initiates and participates in discussions of innovation and change in nursing and health care.
• Describes the competencies of general care nurses in the management and organization of health care services.
• Recognizes the role of nursing in policy development and planning of health programs.
• Identifies nursing care quality indicators.

Syllabus:

1. THE MANAGEMENT PROCESS
   Basic concepts.
   Theories of administration.
2. HEALTHCARE POLICIES
   Healthcare market particularities.
   Competitiveness and sustainability.
   Financing models.
   Social justice
3. HEALTH IN PORTUGAL
   Historical and legal background.
   National health system organization.
   Health and social care networks.
   National healthcare plan.
4. NURSING MANAGEMENT
   General care nurse management skills.
   Team and project management.
   Organizational change management.
   Conflict management.
   Nursing leadership.
   Ethical issues.
5. HEALTHCARE QUALITY
   Quality models.
   Accreditation versus certification.
   Safety and risk management.
   Nursing care quality indicators.

Suggested Bibliography:

• Barros, P. P. (2014). Economia da saúde. Leya.
• Beck, M., & Melo, S. (2014). Quality Management and Managerialism in Healthcare: A Critical Historical Survey. Springer.
• Cherry, B., & Jacob, S. R. (2017). Contemporary nursing: Issues, trends, & management. 7th Edition. St Louis: Elsevier Health Sciences.
• Chiavenato, I. (2016). Fundamentos de Administração: Planeamento, Organização, Direção e Controle para Incrementar Competitividade e Sustentabilidade, Elsevier.
• Ellis, P., & Bach, S. (2015). Leadership, management and team working in nursing. 2 nd Edition. London: Learning Matters.
• Goleman, D.; Boyatzis, R. &Mckee, A. (2012). Os novos lideres – A inteligência emocional nas organizações. Gradiva: Lisboa.