NURS 8302 Assignment Week 9: Leadership Assessment

NURS 8302 Assignment Week 9: Leadership Assessment
Assignment: Leadership Assessment
What personal strengths do you have that would make you an effective nurse leader? What potential gaps might you need to address to improve your ability to be an effective nurse leader?
As a future DNP-prepared nurse, you will be called upon as a leader in your field, a leader in your practice, and a leader in your organization. Throughout your program of study, you will develop the skills, strategies, and knowledge to not only harness this role successfully but to do so at a high level of achievement and performance.
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However, everyone must acknowledge both their own strengths and weaknesses, as a leader, and identify potential areas of improve to enhance these capabilities.
For this Assignment, you will explore your strengths and potential gaps based on the nurse leadership competencies provided. After assessing your performance, reflect on potential goals you might set to improve as a nurse leader. You will also reflect on how this goal setting and self-examination will not only improve your nursing practice but also your healthcare organization.
To Prepare:
Review the nurse leadership competencies presented in the Learning Resources for this week.
Reflect on these competencies, and consider your own personal strengths and potential gaps in relation to these competencies.
Consider potential goals for your leadership development in relation to the nurse leadership competencies presented.
The Assignment: (4–5 pages)
Explain your self-assessment in relation to the nurse leadership competencies. Be sure to identify your strengths and potential gaps in relation to these competencies.
Describe at least four goals for nurse leadership development that you would like to pursue, given the results of your self-assessment. Be specific.
Explain why these goals are pertinent to your development as a nurse leader. How will developing these leadership competencies support your healthcare organization or nursing practice? Be specific.
Reminder: The College of Nursing requires that all papers submitted include a title page, introduction, summary, and references. The Sample Paper provided at the Walden Writing Center provides an example of those required elements (available at ). All papers submitted must use this formatting.
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Explain your self-assessment in relation to the nurse leadership competencies.
Be sure to identify your strengths and potential gaps in relation to these competencies.
Points Range: 32 (32%) – 35 (35%)
The response accurately and clearly explains in detail the self-assessment in relation to the nurse leadership competencies.
The response includes an accurate and complete identification of the strengths and potential gaps in relation to the nurse leadership competencies.
Points Range: 28 (28%) – 31 (31%)
The response accurately explains the self-assessment in relation to the nurse leadership competencies.
The response includes an accurate identification of the strengths and potential gaps in relation to the nurse leadership competencies.
Points Range: 25 (25%) – 27 (27%)
The response inaccurately or vaguely explains the self-assessment in relation to the nurse leadership competencies.
The response includes inaccurate or vague identification of the strengths and potential gaps in relation to the nurse leadership competencies.
Points Range: 0 (0%) – 24 (24%)
The response inaccurately and vaguely explains the self-assessment in relation to the nurse leadership competencies, or it is missing.
The response includes inaccurate and vague identification of the strengths and potential gaps in relation to the competencies nurse leadership competencies, or it is missing.
Describe at least four goals for nurse leadership development that you would like to pursue, given the results of your self-assessment. Be specific. Points Range: 23 (23%) – 25 (25%)
The response comprehensively and fully describes in detail four goals for leadership development.
Points Range: 20 (20%) – 22 (22%)
The response describes four goals for leadership development.
Points Range: 18 (18%) – 19 (19%)
The response inaccurately or vaguely describes four goals for leadership development.
OR
The response describes less than four goals.
Points Range: 0 (0%) – 17 (17%)
The response inaccurately and vaguely describes four goals for leadership development, or it is missing
Explain why these goals are pertinent to your development as a nurse leader. Explain how the development of these leadership competencies support your healthcare organization or nursing practice. Be specific. Points Range: 23 (23%) – 25 (25%)
The response accurately and comprehensively explains in detail how the goals outlined are pertinent to the development of a nurse leader.
The response clearly and accurately explains in detail how these competencies support their healthcare organization or nursing practice.
Points Range: 20 (20%) – 22 (22%)
The response accurately explains how the goals outlined are pertinent to the development of a nurse leader.
The response explains how these competencies support their healthcare organization or nursing practice.
Points Range: 18 (18%) – 19 (19%)
The response inaccurately or vaguely explains how the goals outlined are pertinent to the development of a nurse leader.
The response inaccurately or vaguely explains how these competencies support their healthcare organization or nursing practice.
Points Range: 0 (0%) – 17 (17%)
The response inaccurately and vaguely explains how the goals outlined are pertinent to the development of a nurse leader, or it is missing.
The response inaccurately and vaguely explains how these competencies support their healthcare organization or nursing practice, or it is missing.
Written Expression and Formatting—Paragraph Development and Organization:
Paragraphs make clear points that support well-developed ideas, flow logically, and demonstrate continuity of ideas. Sentences are carefully focused—neither long and rambling nor short and lacking substance. A clear and comprehensive purpose statement and introduction is provided which delineates all required criteria. Points Range: 5 (5%) – 5 (5%)
Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity.
A clear and comprehensive purpose statement, introduction, and conclusion is provided which delineates all required criteria.
Points Range: 4 (4%) – 4 (4%)
Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity 80% of the time. Purpose, introduction, and conclusion of the assignment is stated, yet is brief and not descriptive.
Points Range: 3.5 (3.5%) – 3.5 (3.5%)
Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity 60%–79% of the time.
Purpose, introduction, and conclusion of the assignment is vague or off topic.
Points Range: 0 (0%) – 3 (3%)
Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity less than 60% of the time.
No purpose statement, introduction, or conclusion was provided.
Written Expression and Formatting – English writing standards:
Correct grammar, mechanics, and proper punctuation Points Range: 5 (5%) – 5 (5%)
Uses correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation with no errors.
Points Range: 4 (4%) – 4 (4%)
Contains a few (1 or 2) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors.
Points Range: 3.5 (3.5%) – 3.5 (3.5%)
Contains several (3 or 4) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors.
Points Range: 0 (0%) – 3 (3%)
Contains many (? 5) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors that interfere with the reader’s understanding.
Written Expression and Formatting – The paper follows correct APA format for title page, headings, font, spacing, margins, indentations, page numbers, parenthetical/in-text citations, and reference list. Points Range: 5 (5%) – 5 (5%)
Uses correct APA format with no errors.
Points Range: 4 (4%) – 4 (4%)
Contains a few (1 or 2) APA format errors.
Points Range: 3.5 (3.5%) – 3.5 (3.5%)
Contains several (3 or 4) APA format errors.
Points Range: 0 (0%) – 3 (3%)
Contains many (? 5) APA format errors.
Total Points: 100
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