Nursing Studies - The Nurse as Team Leader and Teacher (Free Online Course With Certificate)

This free online Nursing Studies course focuses on the nurse as a team leader and teacher. The essential role of a nurse as a caregiver is well recognized, but the modern nurse can also be a team leader. With this course, you will gain an overview of the main roles nurses hold as team leaders. You will study team nursing, different leadership styles, and their impact on team performance and productivity levels.

This Free Online Course Includes:

• 3-4 Hours of Learning
• CPD Accreditation
• Final Assessment

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This course will first discuss the factors that influence team productivity. You will learn that in order to be productive, nurses must utilise both specialist skills and knowledge. The course will discuss the challenge of measuring productivity as well as the factors relating to and impacting team productivity. You will then learn how to measure productivity for task-based activities and study leadership styles and productivity. You will also look into the subject of management and leadership.

You will then study the steps in the nursing teaching process. The course will discuss the importance of planning and carrying out a pre-evaluation of skills to assist in diagnosis and lesson planning. You will learn the importance of post-teaching and evaluation of learning as well as the key elements in the learning process. The course will then teach you how to assess learning needs and also discuss the different types of learning styles.

Nurses are professionals whose knowledge and skills go beyond caring for patients. They can also be effective teachers within healthcare environments. This nursing course will help you learn important teaching and learning strategies, the factors which affect learning, and the steps in the teaching-learning process. By the end of this course, you will understand the essential and multi-dimensional role of modern nurses and will have given your nursing skills a great boost.

Module 1

The Nurse as a Team Leader

In this module, learn about the roles of the practical nurse as a Team Leader, how to adopt a team approach to Nursing, the facts that define team nursing, basic elements of team nursing, the Nursing Care Plan, leadership styles, leadership skills, and leadership qualities.

Module 2

The Nurse as a Teacher

In this module, learn more about the nurse as a teacher, patient teaching which is inherent to the role of nursing, facts related to Patient teaching, types of learning, principles for effective Teaching-Learning, and the functions of nursing.

Module 3

Course assessment

What You Will Learn In This Free Course

• Identify factors which define Team Nursing.
• Identify the responsibilities of a Team Leader.
• Define the different types of Leadership styles.
• Examine what factors affect productivity levels.
• Identify the steps in the teaching-learning process.
• Define what factors can affect learning.
• Identify principles for effective teacher-learning.
• Identify the three main types of learning.

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