UTA NURS4455 NURS4455 Nursing Leadership and Management Module 5 Assignment
Module 5 Assignment 1
Overview: Organizational Analysis – Your Experience
The major assignment for this course is analysis of your organization. During the span of this course, you have been shadowing a nurse leader, observing and reflecting on skills, behaviors, and strategies that the leader exhibits. You have also been assessing and reflecting on your own leadership and management styles and skills. Now you will gather those thoughts in a more formal retrospective of your experience in the course. You may notice that the rubric for the previous assignment is similar to the rubric for this assignment. Keep in mind that the previous assignment you were presenting an analysis of the leader/manager that you shadowed and with this assignment you are presenting an analysis of the overall experience (which does include the time spent with your leader/manager).
Objectives
• Explain how organizations function.
• Compare and contrast characteristics of leadership and management.
• Apply trends, issues, theories, and evidence as guidelines for management decisions.
• Evaluate effectiveness of communications patterns using specific management situations.
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Observations
What types of conflict did you observe? Was your leader/manager effective or ineffective in handling the conflict(s)? Give 2 specific examples of how your leader/manager’s leadership style influenced their method to handle the conflict.
If you didn’t observe any conflict, describe a common conflict that occurred in your workplace. How did your manager handle the conflict and was it effective or ineffective? Give 2 specific examples of how your leader/manager’s leadership style influenced their method to handle the conflict.
Reflections
Briefly summarize what your initial impression would be of the Nurse Manager and how your impression of the Nurse Manager’s role has changed during this shadowing experience.Briefly describe your own leadership style and whether or not you feel that this style would complement the organization. Summarize how your manager’s leadership skills and style either complements or competes against the effectiveness of the organization.
Professional Development
Would you like this position? Why or why not? What skills would you need to develop and how would you acquire them if you were interested in this position? What types of professional development would help you develop these skills?
NURS4455 Nursing Leadership and Management
Module 5 Assignment 2
Overview: Professional Development Plan
This course aims to help you utilize quality improvement processes and management tools to improve client care outcomes, partly by improving the nurse’s working environment as you make and implement good decisions. Now you will apply those processes and tools to yourself by creating a professional development plan.
Look back at your Professional Development Inventory and Leadership Self-Assessment from module one. Use these tools as you develop your own professional development plan for both short term and long term success. You will develop your own personal nursing philosophy, using previously developed philosophies (cite sources). You will then set short term and long term goals keeping in mind intrinsic and extrinsic forces that may aid or hinder your progress.
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Objectives
• Explain how organizations function.
• Compare and contrast characteristics of leadership and management.
• Apply trends, issues, theories, and evidence as guidelines for management decisions.
• Evaluate effectiveness of communication patterns using specific management situations.
Part A. Completion of Assessment Tools
My Vision and Interests: How do each of these areas contribute to or inhibit your ability to reach your goals?
| Personal VALUES | Influencing FACTORS (positive and negative) |
| Responsibilities
Commitment
|
Personal Experience
Family Member(s)
Friends
Peers
Mentors
Work-Related |
| OPTIONS to Consider | PLANNED Accomplishments |
| Education
Financial Needs
Balancing Personal & Professional Life
|
As an Individual
Leader
Team Member
|
My SWOT Analysis
| STRENGTHS | WEAKNESSES |
| Personal Strengths/Talents
Professional Interests
|
Personal Characteristics
Professional Development Areas |
| OPPORTUNITIES | THREATS |
| Learning Experiences
Flexibility
Planned or Unplanned
Resources and Networks
Balancing Personal & Professional Life
|
Fears
Competition
Limiting Factors
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My Professional Goals
Write at least one goal in each time category. Write the goal in measurable terms, and list them in order of those that are most important to you to those that are least important.
| As a New BSN Graduate | With Experience 3 – 5 Years |
| New Horizons 10 Years | Career Accomplishments 25 – 30 Years |
Part B: Analysis and Conclusions
References, Format, and Organization
Write at least one paragraph(at least three sentences) in response to each of the categories below. (Each space will expand as you type.) Use at least 3references to support your discussion of each component.The references that you utilize aid in validity of your personal philosophy as well as help to strengthen your argument for prioritization as well as strategies used. Write citations in APA format, and include a references list (in APA format) at the end of the document. (NOTE: To make it easier to distinguish your work from the guiding instructions, use black text.)
Statement of Philosophy
Record your statements of philosophy of Nursing and of personal philosophy. Explain how these are reflected the values, vision, and personal interests that you recorded in your “My Vision and Interests” tool.
Use of Assessment Tools to Formulate Goals
Clearly utilize information from the Assessment Tools as the basis for formulating your goals. Develop a list of prioritized goals based on your assessments. Goals must be stated in measurable terms, i.e., how can you tell you have accomplished that goal?Identify dates for accomplishing each goal.
Specific Strategies
Identify specific strategies for accomplishing your goals.Give specific examples for accomplishing your goals, including resources and major intermediate steps.
Priority of Goals
Explain how the priority of your goals is consistent with your statements of values. Explain how your goals are congruent with each other and with your values.