Healthcare system is transforming and the role of the nurses is also modifying accordingly. Also nurses are expected to adopt the role of advocacy in this transformed healthcare system. Everyday nurses take care of patients and feels the need of some changes in the policy in order to take care of patient effectively. Nurses are obligated to strengthen skills that enable them to influence public policy so they can better serve patients. It is very important for the nurses to assess their abilities and skills of leadership and advocate, which will assist them to improve themselves. As a nurse, the writer also assessed their own leadership skills by using, Nurse Manager Skills Inventory. This inventory was created for nurses to assess their professional and development abilities. The writer will discuss personal and professional accountability, career planning, personal journey disciplines and reflective practice (American Association of Critical-Care Nurses [AACN] and American Association of Nurse Executives [AONE], 2006). In addition to it, the writer will also discuss own experience of utilizing leadership skills to advocate for bringing changes in the workplace and also discuss strategies to achieve personal goal for leadership growth and development. Personal and Professional Accountability In this category of the Nurse Manager Inventory Tool, it includes personal growth and development, ethical behavior and practice, professional association involvement and certification. In all the sub-category of personal and professional accountability, the writer scored competent skill level (American Association of Critical-Care Nurses [AACN] and American Association of Nurse Executives [AONE], 2006), which means that the writer is committed and legally obligated to the profession. Also working hard to maintain this accountability by pursuing higher education and certification program, and is affiliated with the professional organization like American Nurses Association. These strategies are very essential and crucial in the building of personal and professional accountability and it enhance and motive the nurse leader to assess and improve their abilities and skills to perform competently in the health care system. Career Planning In the category of career planning includes awareness and understanding of current job description, future planning of the nursing career and acknowledgement of the career path in the healthcare field. In this category too, the writer scored competent skill level, which means that the writer is cognizant and aware of current nursing job requirements and also can able to associate own potentials as a leader. It will assist the writer in viewing own position as a leader and encourage to increase educational level and experience in the nursing profession (American Association of Critical-Care Nurses [AACN] and American Association of Nurse Executives [AONE], 2006). By pursuing high educational level and achieving experience, the writer would be able to evaluate the upcoming opportunities in the transformed healthcare system. Also this category will assist in focusing on our own high priority career goals for longer time, which will assist in achieving significant leadership career opportunities where the writer will totally avail and utilize
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These skills are shared leadership, action learning and reflective practice and the writer again achieve the competent level in this category too. It means that the writer acknowledge the skills of shared decision making, utilize problem solving skills and evaluates the work situation and find strategies to improve the care. These qualities are very important and crucial for nurse leaders to ensure patient safety by involving other health care professionals, using thoughtful strategies to solve problem and adopting reflective …show more content…
In the process of advocacy communication and active involvement of the other staff member and also reinforcing the changes are very important strategies (Grand Canyon University, 2011). When the nurse choose to take on the role of advocacy to change the system, nurses have to move out of their comfort zone of their practice arena and work into a remote arena where they have to stand for improvement of patient care. As nurses working at the front line in the healthcare field, they have the potential to be successfully advocating for their exceptional point of view on the health care polices and their unique voice for positive changes in the healthcare workplace. Also, in order to build understanding on important health care policies in others, nurses should robust their advocacy power by networking with other coworkers and healthcare professionals (Abood,
These skills are shared leadership, action learning and reflective practice and the writer again achieve the competent level in this category too. It means that the writer acknowledge the skills of shared decision making, utilize problem solving skills and evaluates the work situation and find strategies to improve the care. These qualities are very important and crucial for nurse leaders to ensure patient safety by involving other health care professionals, using thoughtful strategies to solve problem and adopting reflective …show more content…
In the process of advocacy communication and active involvement of the other staff member and also reinforcing the changes are very important strategies (Grand Canyon University, 2011). When the nurse choose to take on the role of advocacy to change the system, nurses have to move out of their comfort zone of their practice arena and work into a remote arena where they have to stand for improvement of patient care. As nurses working at the front line in the healthcare field, they have the potential to be successfully advocating for their exceptional point of view on the health care polices and their unique voice for positive changes in the healthcare workplace. Also, in order to build understanding on important health care policies in others, nurses should robust their advocacy power by networking with other coworkers and healthcare professionals (Abood,