Nursing Leadership
In this course, you will apply the standards of practice for nurse leaders and the professional nurse; personal-leadership styles; collaborative leadership; and team-building strategies and positive, interdisciplinary working relationships. The products of these assessments might be useful in a performance review or job interview, to demonstrate your mastery of the competencies.
A note about APA citation style: Citation style refers to the rules and standards for documenting the sources used in a written work. The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (or APA manual) details the required style used in nursing. APA style guidelines help you write in a way that clearly communicates your ideas. Following APA style guidelines means that your written work has a consistent look and organization, allowing both the writer and the reader to focus on the ideas presented in the work. In your FlexPath program, this consistency allows the instructor to evaluate your ideas without becoming lost in unstructured writing.
Write a 3-4 page analysis that assesses your professional development needs as a nurse leader.
Note: The assessments in this course build upon each other, so you are strongly encouraged to complete them in sequence.
For professional nurse-leaders, effective communication skills are essential for interprofessional teamwork and collaboration. Kelly and Tazbir (2014) emphasize the importance of this interaction:
Interprofessional teamwork and collaboration among staff nurses and other disciplines in the health care setting are so critical to optimizing patient care safety and outcomes that they are a priority for most health care administrators, directors, and managers (p. 140).
Successful leadership strategies are based on a leader’s strengths, the situation, the environment, and the stakeholders involved. Developing a plan for professional development is integral in developing leadership and management skills.
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
Competency 1: Integrate key nursing leadership, management, and communication concepts into collaborative practice situations.
Differentiate between leadership and management.
Explain key nursing leadership, management, and communication concepts that facilitate collaboration and support interprofessional teams.
Describe a personal leadership and communication style.
Identify skills or areas for future professional development.
Competency 5: Communicate in manner that is consistent with the expectations of a nursing professional.
Write content clearly and logically, with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
Correctly format citations and references using current APA style.
Reference
Kelly, P., &Tazbir, J. (2014). Essentials of nursing leadership and management (3rd ed.). Clifton Park, NY: Delmar.
Throughout its history, nursing has relied on ethical principles to serve as guidelines in determining patient care (Kelly &Tazbir, 2014, p. 395). Health care leaders have the responsibility to create an ethically principled environment that upholds the professional standards. According to Kelly and Tazbir (2014), “Ethics is the branch of philosophy that concerns the distinction of right from wrong, based on a body of knowledge, not just based on opinions” (p. 395).
Reference
Kelly, P., &Tazbir, J. (2014). Essentials of nursing leadership and management (3rd ed.). Clifton Park, NY: Delmar.
Questions to Consider
To deepen your understanding, you are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of your professional community.
What are some effective strategies for communicating and resolving conflict?
What are some of the communication challenges when working with interprofessional teams?
How does the leadership style and behavior affect an organization’s culture?
What are the attributes of an effective nurse leader?
Resources
Suggested Resources
The following optional resources are provided to support you in completing each assessment. They provide helpful information about the topics in this unit. For additional resources, refer to the Research Resources and Supplemental Resources in the left navigation menu of your courseroom.
Capella Multimedia
Click the links provided below to view the following multimedia pieces:
Nurse Leadership: Present and Future Needs | Transcript.
Leadership Styles Questionnaire | Transcript.
Leadership Skills Questionnaire | Transcript.
Leadership Perception Questionnaire | Transcript.
Library Resources
The following resources are provided for you in the Capella University Library and are linked directly in this course. These articles contain content relevant to the topics and assessments that are the focus of this unit.
Giltinane, C. L. (2013). Leadership styles and theories. Nursing Standard, 27(41), 35–39.
Martin, D., Godfrey, N., & Walker, M. (2015). The baccalaureate big 5: What Magnet hospitals should expect from a baccalaureate generalist nurse. Journal of Nursing Administration, 45(3), 121–123.
Doroteo-Espinosa, M. M. (2013, February). Management strategies and leadership styles of selected hospitals for effective clinical nursing supervision. Paper presented at the International Conference on Management, Leadership & Governance, Kidmore End, UK.
Dickerson, P. S. (2014). Grounding our practice in nursing professional development. Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 45(7), 288–289.
Park, C. W. (2015). Interprofessional education: Implications for nursing professional development practice. Journal for Nurses in Professional Development, 31(4), 242–243.
Hauck, S., Winsett, R. P., &Kuric, J. (2013). Leadership facilitation strategies to establish evidence-based practice in an acute care hospital. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 69(3), 664–674.
Course Library Guide
A Capella University library guide has been created specifically for your use in this course. You are encouraged to refer to the resources in the BSN-FP4012 – Nursing Leadership and Management Library Guide to help direct your research
Internet Resources
Access the following resources by clicking the links provided. Please note that URLs change frequently. Permissions for the following links have been either granted or deemed appropriate for educational use at the time of course publication.
Nurse Manager Skill Inventory. (2006). Retrieved from http://www.aacn.org/wd/practice/docs/nurse-manager-inventory-tool.pdf?menu=practice
Newline Ideas. (n.d.). Communication style self-assessment. Retrieved from http://www.newlineideas.com/communication-style-quiz.html
Free Management Library. (n.d.). Various self-assessments for personal and professional development. Retrieved from http://managementhelp.org/personaldevelopment/self-assessments.htm
Leadership IQ. (n.d.). Quiz: What’s your leadership style? Retrieved from http://www.leadershipiq.com/blogs/leadershipiq/36533569-quiz-whats-your-leadership-style
Situational Leadership Style Summary/Self Assessment. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.consumerstar.org/resources/pdf/Situational-Leadership-Self-Assessment.pdf
Psychology Today. (n.d.). Leadership style test. Retrieved from http://psychologytoday.tests.psychtests.com/take_test.php?idRegTest=3205
Learning Nurse. (n.d.). Nursing competence advanced self-assessment tools. Retrieved from http://www.learningnurse.org/index.php/assessment/sa-tools/sa-advanced
American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2011). Core competencies for interprofessional collaborative practice. Retrieved from http://www.aacn.nche.edu/education-resources/IPECReport.pdf
Bookstore Resources
The resource listed below is relevant to the topics and assessments in this course. Unless noted otherwise, this material is available for purchase from the Capella University Bookstore. When searching the bookstore, be sure to look for the Course ID with the specific –FP (FlexPath) course designation.
Kelly, P., &Tazbir, J. (2014). Essentials of nursing leadership and management (3rd ed.). Clifton Park, NY: Delmar.
o Chapter 1.
o Chapter 5.
Preparation
Use the Capella library and the Internet to research key nursing leadership, management, and communication concepts, and take several self-assessment tests to identify your leadership style and understand how to adapt your style to various situations. Although most of the free online tests are informal measures of skills and attitudes, the results may provide helpful insight into your leadership style and strengths and weaknesses.
Instructions
Deliverable: Develop a Professional Development Needs Assessment.
Scenario:
You have been promoted to Nurse Manager. As you transition into your new role, Human Resources (HR) requires you to participate in a leadership and management training workshop. The first day of the workshop involves a self-assessment of your leadership and communication style and an examination of key characteristics of an effective nursing leader, culminating in an assessment of your professional development needs. HR requires you to submit a Professional Development Needs Assessment so future training sessions are designed to meet those self-identified needs.
Use the following subheadings to organize your Professional Development Needs Assessment:
Leader and Manager: Differentiate between leadership and management.
What job tasks require a manager?
What situations require a leader?
Key Concepts: Explain key nursing leadership, management, and communication concepts that facilitate collaboration and support interprofessional teams.
Explain how key nursing leadership, management, and communication concepts facilitate collaboration with interprofessional teams.
Leadership Self-Assessment: Describe your personal leadership and communication style.
Explain the strengths of your style that make an effective leader.
Skill Development: Identify skills or areas for future professional development.
What training do you need to be a successful leader in your new position?
Additional Requirements
Written communication: Written communication should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
APA formatting: Resources and in-text citations should be formatted according to current APA style and formatting.
Length: The plan should be 3–4 pages in content length, double-spaced.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
Number of resources: Use a minimum of three peer-reviewed resources.
Professional Development Needs Assessment Scoring Guide Grading Rubric
Criteria
Non-performance
Basic
Proficient
Distinguished
Differentiate between leadership and management.
Does not differentiate between leadership and management.
Identifies management problems, but does not define or explain how leadership differs from management responsibilities or how situations require different skills.
Differentiates between leadership and management.
Differentiates between leadership and management; illustrates with specific examples of situations and tasks.
Explain how key nursing leadership, management, and communication concepts facilitate collaboration with interprofessional teams.
Does not explain how key nursing leadership, management, and communication concepts facilitate collaboration with interprofessional teams
Identifies nursing leadership, management, and communication concepts, but does not explain how they facilitate collaboration with interprofessional teams.
Explains how key nursing leadership, management, and communication concepts facilitate collaboration with interprofessional teams.
Explains how key nursing leadership, management, and communication concepts facilitate collaboration with interprofessional teams; provides specific examples from practice.
Describe a personal leadership and communication style.
Does not describe a personal leadership and communication style.
Describes either a personal leadership or communication style, but not both.
Describes a personal leadership and communication style.
Describes a personal leadership and communication style; reflects on specific outcomes for each in the workplace.
Identify skills or areas for future professional development.
Does not identify skills or areas for future professional development.
Discusses the benefits professional development, but does not identify specific skills or areas for future training.
Identifies skills or areas for future professional development.
Identifies skills or areas for future professional development; prioritizes professional development needs.
Write content clearly and logically, with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
Does not write content clearly, logically, or with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
Writes with errors in clarity, logic, grammar, punctuation, or mechanics.
Writes content clearly and logically, with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
Writes clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics; uses relevant evidence to support a central idea.
Correctly format citations and references using current APA style.
Does not correctly format citations and references using current APA style.
Uses current APA to format citations and references but with numerous errors.
Correctly formats citations and references using current APA style with few errors.
Correctly formats citations and references using current APA style with no errors.
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