Leadership in nursing
3000-word Critical
Appraisal Essay exploring Leadership and Quality Improvement around a Change.
The essay should
include a discussion of the leadership approach required to implement a
successful quality improvement project, which the student is required to
identify.
Essays should be size 12 font and 1.5 -2
line spacing: spelling UK English
•The essay should include the following structure:
•Introduction
•Main body discussion –
analysis and synthesis
•Conclusion
INTRODUCTION
·Using a range of citations, introduce Leadership as a concept within healthcare and
justify the importance of leadership within the NHS.
·Distinguish the leadership approach to be discussed in the essay.
·Signpost the reader to the attributes and dimensions of leadership to be explored
within the assignment, in relation to the identified QI project.
Main Body –
discussion, synthesis and evaluation
·Justify the recommended leadership approach selected against the other leadership approaches
and in relation to the QI project.
·Evaluate the issues/factors around implementing the QI project/change management with reference to the dimensions of leadership and wider guidelines and research/ literature.
Conclusion
·Using key literature/ guidelines explored in the discussion/main body section, synthesis the recommendations and leadership approach to change defended in the essay.
·Summarise the
arguments/discussion form the main body
·Explore how
understanding will influence practice
·Relate to NMC
Must Include
•Identification of a QI process, including rationale; Discussion
on importance of leadership;
•Justification of selected leadership approach;
•Evaluate factors around leadership in relation to a QI approach; eg/ leadership,
interprofessional working and co-production.
•Discuss barriers and enablers to leadership and QI success – for example leadership, co-
production, interprofessional working, politics, human factors, etc.
•Discussion on selected leadership approach utilising other approaches to enhance justification for
selected approach;
•Strategic (organisational) challenges/facilitators; Field
issues;
•Capacities;
Engagement; Sustainability; Human
factors, Team working, etc.
References
Should contain the literature that you
have cited during the essay. Make sure that you use the Harvard referencing
system and list authors A-Z by last name (surname).
Use the draft summative document as I have already set out the main ideas in that document. This document contains the basis of the essay.
Use the other PowerPoint slides, rubric and guidelines to do the critical essay.
Provide a rationale for all the information you are given.
The critical essay should focus on how you will change the problem. The problem is just 20% of the essay, all the rest is based on what you would do to change it. All the information should be linked.
Use the rubric Level 7 document for the critical analysis.
Use comparison. E.g., leadership styles, for example, strengths, etc.
Evaluation – use surveys, interviews, etc. Give rationale for everything to make discussions.
Use the PEER model to help you with the critical essay:
Point – Topic of your change
Evidence – Use literature
Explain – Develop your point of view relevant to every point discussed in the essay.
Repeat – Repeating the points by paraphrasing—no more than 1 point per paragraph.
