Sitting on the Committee are lecturers Albert Gallart and Encarna Rodríguez, assistant directors of the Department of Nursing, and lecturer Marisa Martín, coordinator of the first year and of the Double Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing and Psychology.
In this new episode of the DECIDE Chair podcast, the Committee members explain the project and discuss the positive results they have seen so far. “In short,” Gallart explains, “it is about applying the parameters of any organisation to the work of a nurse: strategic planning, which aims to stay one step ahead of the game, assesses the characteristics of the people and those of the organisation itself and, at the same time, the characteristics of the outside world. In other words, what is known as conducting a SWOT analysis”.
In fact, nursing leadership is a subject that, as they explain, was raised long before the start of the project itself: What characteristics should a nurse have now and in the future? Commitment, organisation, knowing how to develop ideas, proactivity, assertiveness, focus on the result”, continues Gallart. “But at the same time, 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, they should be leading the care given to the patient, bringing together, organising and managing the members of the entire interdisciplinary team.”
In the four years that it has been running, the students are seeing “the need for and usefulness of this project”, says Marisa Martín, “especially in terms of teamwork, one of the key aspects of their future professional development”. “In fact,” Gallart continues, “we have seen how this is where they grow the most, with emotional intelligence and emotional control being the areas they struggle with the most, along with strategic thinking”.
Finally, the three members of the Committee agree that the Nursing Leadership project is not only showing positive results in terms of the students’ education, which will be published in forthcoming scientific articles, but that it has also strengthened the union and commitment of the degree programme’s teaching team.
Listen to the podcast here
