This paper is a comprehensive leadership assessment of an individual who has a nursing administrative position in a health care agency or field of your own employment (e.g. hospital, hospice, school of nursing, outpatient surgery unit, clinic, etc.). Although you will need to define the status and title of the position, you are not to use identifying names of the person or the setting. Descriptions of the role and the setting are required. You will need to access the information from a job description, expectations for the role, performance appraisal guidelines, and required competencies.
The paper will be a minimum of five double-spaced pages in length and maximum of 10 pages, excluding the cover sheet and the reference list.
Rubric:
Description of the health care system 10 %
Description of nursing administrative position including fiscal responsibilities and reporting relationship. 10%
Description of the nursing care delivery models and technology used (including Electronic Health Record) in the health care system. 10%
Description of the leadership characteristics of the nurse manager/administrator including leadership style and the sources of power frequently utilized. Provide specific examples. Use literature to support description of leadership style 10%
Description of the communication strategies utilized by the nurse manager/ administrator Provide examples and use literature to support description of communication strategies. 10%
Description of the decision-making, problem solving and conflict resolution skills of the nurse manager/ administrator. Provide examples and use literature to support description of the decision making, problem solving and conflict resolution skills. 10%
Discussion of standards of practice, innovations, specific projects recently implemented by the nurse manager/ administrator. 10%
Contributions of the nurse manager/administrator to nursing as a profession. 10%
Writing mechanics 10%
APA & Organizational Chart 10%
Tips in writing this paper:
Invariably the question that comes up is: How many references should I use? A rule of thumb is at least one reference per page. Use only professional references which include nursing or other healthcare-related journals, professional websites, or textbooks. Newspapers and popular magazines are not considered professional references.
Safe assign scores: Follow syllabus and rubric, exceptions are only allowed for higher scores identified due to title page and references. Revise if the body of the content is highlighted in your safe assign report, paraphrase and resubmit.
Utilize the bolded and underlined words shown above as sub-headings (avoid copying and pasting the entire rubric phrase as a sub-heading this will increase your safe assign score, just use a word or two as a sub-header). This will keep it organized and easy to follow.
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