Category: Solved Questions

Instructions

Interview a master’s prepared nurse leader (chief nurse, associate chief nurse, director, supervisor, manager), a master’s prepared nurse with leadership responsibilities (nurse educator, nurse quality specialist, nurse risk manager, nurse case manager, etc.), or advanced practice nurse with leadership responsibilities (clinical nurse specialist, nurse anesthetist, nurse midwife, or nurse practitioner).

Analyze the leader’s role as it relates to a minimum of five of the major course concepts addressed (ethics in leadership, emotional intelligence, communication, conflict resolution, change theory, cultural competence/diversity, labor relations management, leadership models, management theory, motivational theory, Nurse of the Future competencies, interprofessional collaboration, and team building).

Provide a narrative summary of your interviewee’s responses to each of the concepts (but not a verbatim account) of the interview. Incorporate references to provide support and analyze the concepts you discussed. Include your impression of congruence between the leader’s self-reflection and your personal observations of demonstrated leadership. Include the following in your paper:

• Comprehension: Introduce the leader, his or her credentials, title, job responsibilities, placement on the organizational chart/reporting responsibilities, education, experience, mentors, and pathway to their current role.
• Application: Describe the predominate model/theory of leadership used by this leader. Describe their style of leadership.
• Analysis/Synthesis: Clarify and illustrate the leader’s level of authority and influence within the organization. Discuss their sense of empowerment and efforts to empower others. Describe their intra- and extra-organizational responsibilities.
• Compare your personal philosophy/style/model of leadership with this leader and share whether or not expectations/perceptions of this leader were accurate.
• Evaluation: Summarize the leader’s behavior, strengths, successes, challenges and weaknesses.

Your paper should be 9 to 10 pages long, not counting cover page or references list, and should utilize 10 to 12 scholarly references.

Please note: No submission is required this week for this checkpoint; this is simply a notification to begin preparing the assignment for later submission. You will submit your completed paper in Week 7 Assignment 1: Nurse Leader Interview.

Instructions

Imagine that you are a leadership consultant.

1. Use your example of conflict in your professional practice (from Week 4 Discussion 1: Conflict in the Workplace) and build on the readings, videos, and peer input you received.
2. Critically analyze the situation and create a plan that would have helped to resolve the conflict and promote collaboration among the group.
3. Your plan should include a minimum of five scholarly references not counting assigned texts, and be 7 to 8 pages long (page count does not include the cover or references list). Review your conflict scenario and include the following:
   • Comprehension: Review the details of the conflict scenario, identifying the type and effects of the conflict.
   • Application: Relate course content on delegation, empowerment, group dynamics, and constructive group roles and behaviors to the identified conflict scenario.
   • Analysis/Synthesis: Clarify understanding of the internal and external variables contributing to the conflict. Create a plan that would have helped to resolve the conflict and promote a high- functioning health care team.
   • Evaluation: Summarize the value of effective conflict- resolution skills for the nurse leader.

Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded.

Initial Post

In 450–500 words, address the following prompts:

• Provide an example of an effective group or team at your place of work. This is not general employed staff working together performing expected duties, but a specifically designated group/team/committee with a set agenda and focus. Examples might be a Patient Education Committee, Policy and Procedure Committee, Falls Committee, Accreditation Workgroup, etc.
• Identify the membership, mission, and goals of the group.
• How does nursing leadership promote effective communication and interpersonal collaboration within this group?

Replies

Reply to at least two of your classmates. In your reply posts, in a well-developed paragraph (300–350 words to each peer), provide scholarly support to provide alternative communication strategies.

Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded. The described expectations meet the passing level of 80%. Students are directed to review the Discussion Grading Rubric for criteria which exceed expectations.

Instructions

Read three scholarly articles on nursing and conflict management. Summarize and critically analyze each article separately (250–300 words for each article’s annotated bibliography).

For each article, determine the following:

• Identify and read relevant sources
• Summarize the purpose of the article, point or argument that the author is attempting to make
• Analyze the quality of the article by providing relevant details about the author credentials and authority to write the article, level of writing and intended audience, legitamcy of the content, and any limitations or weaknesses
• Evaluate the value of the article content to assignment objectives, course objectives, and nursing in general

Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded.

Initial Post

In 450–500 words, address the following prompts. Be sure to maintain HIPAA confidentiality guidelines by not revealing personal details.

• Share an incident in your professional nursing career in which conflict existed.
• Objectively present the factors contributing to this conflict.
• How did the response of the nursing leader influence the conflict?

Replies

Reply to at least two of your classmates. In your reply posts, in a well-developed paragraph (300–350 words to each peer), provide referenced support to share conflict resolution strategies that could have been effective in the situation your peer described.

Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded. The described expectations meet the passing level of 80%. Students are directed to review the Discussion Grading Rubric for criteria which exceed expectations.

Instructions

Complete the “Leadership Traits Questionnaire” (Northouse, Chapter 2) and “Leadership Strengths Questionnaire” (Northouse, Chapter 3).

Review the expectations outlined in the Writing Assignment Rubric. The Synthesis of Personal Strengths and Weaknesses as a Leader Paper should be 5 pages long, not counting cover page or references list. It should reflect the rubric in the following ways:

• Comprehension: What are the findings of the questionnaires?
• Application: Discuss how your identified traits and strengths can enhance your ability to lead? How can your identified traits and weaknesses impede your ability to lead?
• Analysis/Synthesis: How can your identified traits and strengths compare to those you have observed in nurse leaders? Create a plan to develop your strengths and address your weaknesses to meet the anticipated leadership responsibilities of your intended role (upon graduation from your program of study).
• Evaluation: Summarize the value of examining your leadership traits and strengths.

Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded.

Initial Post

Complete the assigned readings and videos to increase your understanding of emotional intelligence. In 450–500 words, complete the following prompts:

• Provide an example of a nurse leader demonstrating emotional intelligence or an example where use of emotional intelligence could have altered an outcome of a situation you have encountered as a leader or with a leader.
• Include two strategies to enhance emotional intelligence.

Replies

Reply to at least two of your classmates. In your reply posts, in a well-developed paragraph (300–350 words to each peer), provide scholarly support to apply the identified traits and strengths to a leadership role.

Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded. The described expectations meet the passing level of 80%. Students are directed to review the Discussion Grading Rubric for criteria which exceed expectations.

Gradebook Category: Nurse Leader Interview Assignment

This is notification to begin preparing for Week 7 Assignment 1: Nurse Leader Interview. Identify nurse leaders that you could interview for this assignment. Select a nurse leader whom you believe demonstrates the attributes reviewed in the course. Contact this leader and schedule a mutually agreeable time for the interview during week six of the course.

Please note: No submission is required this week for this checkpoint; this is simply a notification to begin preparing the assignment for later submission. You will submit your completed paper in Week 7 Assignment 1: Nurse Leader Interview.

Instructions

Interview a nurse leader (chief nurse, associate chief nurse, director, supervisor, manager), a master’s prepared nurse with leadership responsibilities (nurse educator, nurse quality specialist, nurse risk manager, nurse case manager, etc.), or advanced practice nurse with leadership responsibilities (clinical nurse specialist, nurse anesthetist, nurse midwife, or nurse practitioner).

Analyze the leader’s role as it relates to a minimum of five of the major course concepts addressed (ethics in leadership, emotional intelligence, communication, conflict resolution, change theory, cultural competence/diversity, labor relations management, leadership models, management theory, motivational theory, Nurse of the Future competencies, interprofessional collaboration, and team building).

Provide a narrative summary of your interviewee’s responses to each of the concepts (but not a verbatim account) of the interview. Incorporate references to provide support and analyze the concepts you discussed. Include your impression of congruence between the leader’s self-reflection and your personal observations of demonstrated leadership. Include the following in your paper:

• Comprehension: Introduce the leader, his or her credentials, title, job responsibilities, placement on the organizational chart/reporting responsibilities, education, experience, mentors, and pathway to their current role.
• Application: Describe the predominate model/theory of leadership used by this leader. Describe their style of leadership.
• Analysis/Synthesis: Clarify and illustrate the leader’s level of authority and influence within the organization. Discuss their sense of empowerment and efforts to empower others. Describe their intra- and extra-organizational responsibilities.
• Compare your personal philosophy/style/model of leadership with this leader and share whether or not expectations/perceptions of this leader were accurate.
• Evaluation: Summarize the leader’s behavior, strengths, successes, challenges and weaknesses.

Your paper should be 9-10 pages long, not counting cover page or references list, and should utilize 10-12 scholarly references.

Introduction

Read at least three scholarly articles on nursing and leadership styles. Summarize and critically analyze each article separately (250–300 words for each article’s annotated bibliography).

For each article, determine the following:

• Comprehension: Select a scholarly research or other article on the assigned topic and introduce the article in your own words.
• Application: Apply the research findings or article content to course concepts.
• Analysis: Provide objective and subjective analysis of the article.
• Evaluation: Summarize the value of the content to nursing leadership and nursing.

Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded.

Initial Post

Complete the assigned readings and the “Leadership Styles Questionnaire” (Northouse Chapter 4).

In three well developed paragraphs (450–500 words total), address the following prompts:

• What do your responses to the questionnaire reveal about your leadership style?
• How will this style influence your intended professional role (upon graduation from your program of study)?

Replies

Reply to at least two of your classmates. In your reply posts, in a well-developed paragraph (300–350 words to each peer), provide referenced support to help your peer understand their dominant leadership style.

Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded. The described expectations meet the passing level of 80%. Students are directed to review the Discussion Grading Rubric for criteria which exceed expectations.