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92448 Leadership for Beginning Practice
University of Technology Sydney
Assessment - Reflection - the Leader in You
As a newly graduated nurse you will be expected to work independently and as part of a team. It is important for you to understand yourself in order to understand where you fit within the team to ensure not only your patients' safety but also for your own wellbeing. This assessment will help you self-reflect in order to learn techniques for effective communication, collaboration and self-care when you commence your nursing career.
In Week 5 you will complete a short online test to determine your personality type. You will then analyse this information using the SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) technique. You will then apply the results of the analysis to a case study related to nursing leadership and use the Gibb's Model of Reflection to reflect upon the application. Finally, you will discuss how this exercise has contributed to your ability to build personal resilience and identify self-care strategies. These exercises will help you build information you could use in your essay.
Essay Question
Using the case study as a starting point, analyse and evaluate the issues and factors that impact on nursing leaders and professional practice; explain clinical leadership expectations for beginning new graduate nurses and reflect on strategies to develop personal and professional resilience that are important to your role as a leader.
Case Study
Kim, a Registered Nurse, graduated from the University of Technology Sydney in 2018. She is now undertaking a Transition to Practice (TTP) program at a tertiary hospital in western Sydney.
Issues and factors that impact on nursing leaders and professional practice
How would you approach the situation if you were the Nurse Unit Manager (NUM)? How would the RN Standards of Practice apply in the NUM's case?
Clinical leadership expectations for beginning new graduate nurses: scope of practice, legal and ethical boundaries
Did Kim meet her obligations as a new graduate nurse? How would the RN Standards of Practice apply in Kim's case?
Gibbs model of reflection: strategies to develop personal and professional resilience
How you would have felt in Kim's situation. What strategies would you recommend to develop personal and professional resilience?
Supportive elements in effective leadership: knowledge, evidence, communication and networks
What knowledge, evidence, communication and networks could leaders, such as the NUM in the case study, offer new graduate nurses to support their development as a leader?
Attachment:- Case Study.rar