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NR504 Leadership and Nursing Practice: Role Development

Week 1 Discussion

Leadership Theory: Application to Advanced Nursing Practice

Consider the leadership theories and styles that have been addressed during Week 1, as well as their value to advanced nursing practice. Reflect upon your current leadership roles within the profession and respond to the following.

Select one leadership theory or style that aligns with your personal philosophy and leadership stance. Explain the selected theory or style, and discuss how it can be applied in your future MSN role.

Discuss your current leadership roles (formal and informal), and describe the formal and informal leadership roles that you will have in your area of advanced nursing practice.

In your future MSN role, what are the implications of your leadership for individuals, teams, organizations, and communities?

NR504 Leadership and Nursing Practice: Role Development

Week 2 Discussion

Peer Engagement Forum - Group 1

Provide a concise introduction for your posting.

Reflect upon a leader who impacted your practice.

How was this person an effective leader?

What leadership knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) did the person possess?

How did this person impact others?

Share a self-assessment of your leadership KSAs; explain how they reflect the constructs within the Chamberlain College of Nursing Conceptual Framework.

Discuss the significance of leadership competencies and personal leadership acumen to your future MSN role and specialty track.

Conclude with a succinct synopsis of key points and concise self-reflection of how this topic contributes to your growth as a future leader in the chosen specialty track.

Please note that the requirements for the Peer Engagement Forum are different from what you are accustomed to in the traditional discussion boards in your previous classes. Refer to the assignment guideline and rubric listed below for specific requirements regarding expectations for postings within the peer engagement forum.

Instructors reserve the right to alter assigned peer engagement groups to maximize the student experience and course outcomes.

NR504 Leadership and Nursing Practice: Role Development

Week 3 Discussion

Leading and Caring for Oneself

MSN-prepared nurses serve as leaders across a wide array of healthcare and organizational contexts, influencing individuals, teams, organizations, and communities. Recognizing this far-reaching impact of the MSN-prepared nurse as leader in shaping healthcare and the profession, respond to the following.

Why are self-care and self-leadership important, and how do they relate to one's competency as a leader? How is self-care related to self-leadership?

Based upon the Chamberlain Care Model, what are the implications when adequate self-care is present? What are the implications when self-care is lacking or absent?

How are self-care and self-leadership reflected in the principles of authentic leadership?

What are the implications of effective self-leadership and self-care in your future MSN role? Provide two recommendations to further cultivate self-care and self-leadership.

NR504 Leadership and Nursing Practice: Role Development

Week 4 Discussion

Leading Others: Implications of Personal Leadership Style

Emotionally incompetent behaviors can destroy a team's ability to achieve a specific goal. Consider the following list of emotionally incompetent behaviors (Porter-O'Grady & Malloch, 2018).

Acting as a devil's advocate

Displaying a bad attitude

Displaying a superior attitude

Tolerating errors

Failing to balance work and relaxation

Select one behavior from the list above, and complete the following.

State the selected behavior.

Develop a fictitious example that demonstrates the selected behavior.

Considering your selected leadership style that was identified in Week 1, describe two techniques that a leader could use to help develop the individual.

Explain how the techniques are reflective of the leadership style you have identified.

How will these techniques be useful in your future role as a MSN-prepared nurse leader?

NR504 Leadership and Nursing Practice: Role Development

Week 5 Discussion

Peer Engagement Forum - Group 1

Reflect upon a current or previous organization, and consider the organizational mission, vision, and values, as well as the organizational culture and leadership practices.

Provide a concise introduction for your posting.

In what ways did the organizational mission, vision, and values reflect a culture of excellence?

How were the mission, vision, and values similar to and different from your personal philosophy of nursing and core values?

How were the mission and values reflected in the organizational culture and leadership?

Identify one recommendation for improvement or further enhancement of congruence between organizational mission/values and the day-to-day organizational culture and leadership practices that you observed. Include your rationale. How might the LEAN Six Sigma approach be applied to address this gap?

Recommend one leadership approach or strategy that can be applied to support a culture of excellence within your future MSN role. Include your rationale and the intended impact.

Conclude with a succinct synopsis of key points and concise self-reflection of how this topic contributes to your growth as a future leader in the chosen specialty track.

Please note that the requirements for the Peer Engagement Forum are different from what you are accustomed to in the traditional discussion boards in your previous classes. Refer to the assignment guideline and rubric listed below for specific requirements regarding expectations for postings within the peer engagement forum.

Instructors reserve the right to alter assigned peer engagement groups to maximize the student experience and course outcomes.

NR504 Leadership and Nursing Practice: Role Development

Week 6 Discussion

Peer Engagement Forum - Group 1

Provide a concise introduction for your posting.

Using an economy of words, create and describe a potential case scenario involving a MSN-prepared nurse in your selected area of practice. Within the scenario, identify a specific problem that needs to be addressed. Examples might include a new curriculum, change in the EHR, decreasing patient satisfaction rates, safety risks, or another situation that impacts your future MSN role.

Formulate a recommended change that could resolve the situation, and explain the intended impact.

Discuss how Kotter's Change Model would be applied in your recommended change initiative.

Identify one specific leadership strategy to facilitate change, and describe how it is congruent with Kotter's Change Model.

Conclude with a succinct synopsis of key points and concise self-reflection of how this topic contributes to your growth as a future leader in the chosen specialty track.

Please note that the requirements for the Peer Engagement Forum are different from what you are accustomed to in the traditional discussion boards in your previous classes. Refer to the assignment guideline and rubric listed below for specific requirements regarding expectations for postings within the peer engagement forum.

Instructors reserve the right to alter assigned peer engagement groups to maximize the student experience and course outcomes.

NR504 Leadership and Nursing Practice: Role Development

Week 7 Discussion

Peer Engagement Forum - Group 1

Consider the case scenario you described in Week 6. Continue with this unfolding case scenario by assuming that the change process is proceeding in an effective manner, and address the following.

Provide a concise introduction for your posting.

Identify the stakeholders who are impacted by the change at the micro-, meso-, and macro-levels, and discuss how you will engage those stakeholders in the change process.

Describe two supportive factors within the system that will facilitate your recommended change.

Provide an example of one barrier that may occur that would impede your recommended change.

Explain one leadership strategy to address or resolve the barrier, and include your rationale.

Recommend one leadership strategy to sustain the change within the context of a complex system, and explain your rationale.

Conclude with a succinct synopsis of key points and concise self-reflection of how this topic contributes to your growth as a future leader in the chosen specialty track.

Please note that the requirements for the Peer Engagement Forum are different from what you are accustomed to in the traditional discussion boards in your previous classes. Refer to the assignment guideline and rubric listed below for specific requirements regarding expectations for postings within the peer engagement forum.

Instructors reserve the right to alter assigned peer engagement groups to maximize the student experience and course outcomes.

NR504 Leadership and Nursing Practice: Role Development

Week 8 Discussion

Synthesis and Reflection of Learning

Reflect upon the learning that you have accomplished throughout the previous weeks, and assess your achievement of each of the five course outcomes.

CO 1: Discern leadership approaches that facilitate achievement of health outcomes through interprofessional collaborative practice within micro-, meso-, and macro-level systems.

CO 2: Appraise the role of the MSN-prepared nurse to lead safe, efficient, ethical, high-quality, person-centered healthcare across complex systems.

CO 3: Integrate communication modalities that convey cultural humility, value the diverse nature of individuals, and cultivate healthful work environments.

CO 4: Apply change and leadership theories to plan sustainable, evidence-based quality improvement within an atmosphere that supports care for self and others.

CO 5: Recognize individual strengths and opportunities for enhancement regarding leadership characteristics reflective of a MSN-prepared nurse.

For each course outcome, explain the learning that you accomplished. Include at least specific learning activity or assignment that contributed to your achievement of that outcome, and explain how it supported your learning.

Conclude with your plans for continued professional development of leadership competency within your future MSN role.

Include current, peer-reviewed scholarly support (outside of class resources) to validate your work.