Lecture 8: Developing the Role of the Nurse Student Leader

Developing the Role of the Nurse Student Leader Leadership Strategies ***Define Self leadership. Self leadership means recognising, exercising, and improving your own leadership. The practice of self-leadership is to constantly develop the 'inner game' (mindset) and the ‘outer game’ (action). The inner game consists of Intention, Self-awareness, Self-confidence, and Self-efficacy (self-belief) to achieve Personal Mastery, whilst the outer game consists of influence and impact. ***Assess leadership potential and guiding values. Development Opportunities ***Determine opportunities to develop your leadership style and competencies & demonstrate how students can assume a variety of leadership roles in their undergraduate nursing programs o Academic community Engage in activities. • Student groups (e.g., CNSA) • Organizing events (e.g., CNSA conference, CNIA conference) • Leading advocacy endeavors • Attend town halls and community meetings in areas of interest • Collaborate with students from other disciplines in university-wide initiatives • Advocate for nursing education o Research engagement. ▪ Understand &engage in the research process and cultivate interpersonal skills &d advance critical thinking competencies. Activities: • Participate in research studies • Taking on research assistant positions • Join the research ethics board • Apply research to practice • Join a nursing research interest group o Professional practice ▪ Develop leadership skills. • Teamwork • Interprofessional collaboration • Advocacy • Activities: ▪ Attend professional development workshops and presentations. • Embrace learning opportunities • Become an effective follower • Advocate for nursing https://www.icn.ch/ • Advocate for patients and families o Career planning and development ***Develop a plan for leadership development. • Create a vision • Know where to go and how to get there • Identify common goals • Develop plans • Establish collaborative relationship • Be aware of strengths and weaknesses Process and Quality Management/ Improvement o Quality management (QM) refers to a philosophy of health care culture that emphasizes customer satisfaction, innovation, and employee involvement. operates most effectively within a flat, democratic, organization structure. o Quality improvement (QI) refers to an ongoing process of innovation, prevention of error, and staff development that is used by institutions that adopt the quality management philosophy. o Quality improvement process requires you to • • • • • • o Assemble the QI team. Identify the aim: What are we trying to accomplish? Identify the measures: How will we know if a change is an improvement? Defining the changes: What changes will result in an improvement? Implement rapid cycle improvements. Sustain the improvements. And utilizes DMAIC. • • • • • Define opportunities. Measure performance. Analyze opportunity. Improve performance. Control performance. *** Entry-Level Competencies for the Practice of Registered Nurses o Competency Category 1: Clinician o Registered nurses are clinicians who provide safe, competent, ethical, compassionate, and evidence-informed care across the lifespan in response to client needs. Registered nurses integrate knowledge, skills, judgment, and professional values from nursing and other diverse sources into their practice. \ o Competency Category 2: Professional o Registered nurses are professionals who are committed to the health and well-being of clients. Registered nurses uphold the profession’s practice standards and ethics and are accountable to the public and the profession. o Competency Category 3: Communicator o Registered nurses are communicators who use a variety of strategies and relevant technologies to create and maintain professional relationships, share information, and foster therapeutic environments. o Competency Category 4: Collaborator o Registered nurses are collaborators who play an integral role in the health-care team partnership. o Competency Category 5: Coordinator o Registered nurses coordinate point-of-care health service delivery with clients, the health-care team, and other sectors to ensure continuous, safe care. o Competency Category 6: Leader o Registered nurses are leaders who influence and inspire others to achieve optimal health outcomes for all. o Competency Category 7: Advocate o Registered nurses are advocates who support clients to voice their needs to achieve optimal health outcomes. Registered nurses also support clients who cannot advocate for themselves. o Competency Category 8: Educator o Registered nurses are educators who identify learning needs with clients and apply a broad range of educational strategies towards achieving optimal health outcomes. o Competency Category 9: Scholar o Registered nurses are scholars who demonstrate a lifelong commitment to excellence in practice through critical inquiry, continuous learning, application of evidence to practice, and support of research activities.