Journal of Nursing Administration

Overview

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.

Context

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?

Suggested Resources

Library Resources

The following resources are provided for you in the 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.

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