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 performanc

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. Review the competencies that best fit into your current

nursing role (nurse executive competencies, system CNE competencies etc…). 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.

Note: You do not need to pay for the Nurse Leader Skill Assessment at the end of the

competencies list provided.

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: (3-4 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.

 

NB: Please take note to write about the NURSE LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES FROM THE

HIGHLIGHTED LINK IN THE RESOURCES.

Personal Strengths:

 Communication: I practice with this motto. “See something, say something and write

something”.

 Empathy: I take patient symptoms seriously and empathize because I know it can be me

or my loved on in that position someday.

 Flexibility: I am open to changes and flexible to work environmental changes.

 Attention to Detail

 Endurance

Personal Weaknesses or Practice Gaps:

 Need improvement in knowledge of the healthcare environment: I sometimes forget that

some of the practice facilities are a business entity.

 Limited to type of services I can provide (PMHNP providing only mental health services

for now)

 Lack of confidence: Spend too much time in checking and double checking my work and

documentation.

 Lagging in technology.

Goals

 Improve practice confidence within one year of practicing as a provider

 Improve technological know-how

 Improve Scope of practice with widespread service areas to include rehabilitation

services.

 Improve time management.

 

Resources

 

 American College of Healthcare Executives. (2017). The healthcare executive’s

role in ensuring quality and patient safety Links to an external site.[Policy

statement]. https://www.ache.org/about-ache/our-story/our-

commitments/policy-statements/healthcare-executives-role-in-ensuring-

quality-and-safety

 American Organization for Nursing Leadership. (n.d.). AONL nurse leader

competencies Links to an external site.. https://www.aonl.org/resources/nurse-

leader-competencies

 

 Feldman, S. S., Buchalter, S., Zink, D., Slovensky, D. J., & Hayes, L. W. (2019).

Training leaders for a culture of quality and safety. Leadership in Health

Services Links to an external site., 32(2), 251–263. https://doi.org/10.1108/LHS-

09-2018-0041

 Healthcare Leadership Alliance. (2017). Introducing the HLA competency

directory Links to an external site.(Version 2.0).

http://www.healthcareleadershipalliance.org/

 Johannessen, T., Ree, E., Strømme, T., Aase, I., Bal, R., & Wiig, S. (2019).

Designing and pilot testing of a leadership intervention to improve quality and

safety in nursing homes and home care (the SAFE-LEAD intervention). BMJ

Open Links to an external site., 9(6), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-

2018-027790

 The Joint Commission. (2017). The essential role of leadership in developing a

safety culture. Sentinel Event Alert Links to an external site., 57, 1–8.

https://www.jointcommission.org/-/media/deprecated-unorganized/imported-

assets/tjc/system-folders/topics-

library/sea_57_safety_culture_leadership_0317pdf.pdf?db=web&hash=10CEA

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