Politics of Health and Nursing Managment
Políticas de Saúde e Gestão em Enfermagem
Course 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:
- THE MANAGEMENT PROCESS
Basic concepts.
Theories of administration. - HEALTHCARE POLICIES
Healthcare market particularities.
Competitiveness and sustainability.
Financing models.
Social justice - HEALTH IN PORTUGAL
Historical and legal background.
National health system organization.
Health and social care networks.
National healthcare plan. - NURSING MANAGEMENT
General care nurse management skills.
Team and project management.
Organizational change management.
Conflict management.
Nursing leadership.
Ethical issues. - HEALTHCARE QUALITY
Quality models.
Accreditation versus certification.
Safety and risk management.
Nursing care quality indicators.
Suggested Bibliography:
- Barros PP (2014). Economia da saúde. Leya.
- Beck M & Melo S (2014). Quality Management and Managerialism in Healthcare: A Critical Historical Survey. Springer.
- Cherry B & Jacob SR (2017). Contemporary nursing: Issues, trends, & management. 7th ed. 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. 2nd ed. London: Learning Matters.
- Goleman D, Boyatzis R & Mckee A (2012). Os novos lideres – A inteligência emocional nas organizações. Gradiva: Lisboa.