Clinical leadership competency involves providing leadership and liaising with other health agencies and professionals to improve patient care (Heinen et al., 2019). This competency is one of my strengths in my current psychiatric mental health nurse practice. This competency has enhanced my effective communication and collaboration with the interdisciplinary team to provide patient care. It has also enhanced my skills in analyzing organizational systems for barriers and promoting enhancements that affect client healthcare status.
Professional leadership competency is my second strength, and it involves participating in professional organizations and activities that influence advanced practice nursing (Heinen et al., 2019). As an APN in psychiatry and mental health, I am interested in advancing the nursing profession and have actively participated in professional organizations. This has enhanced my knowledge and skills in advanced practice nursing.
My third strength is health systems leadership competency, which involves demonstrating leadership in enhancing group dynamics and managing group conflicts within the organization (Heinen et al., 2019). In my current practice as a psychiatric mental health nurse, I have experience in managing conflicts and fostering a positive work environment, which has improved teamwork and, ultimately, patient care.
As a DNP-prepared psychiatric and mental nurse, I am interested in further developing my clinical and health systems leadership competencies, specifically in advanced communication skills, health policy, and creating a supportive organizational environment. I aim to enhance my ability to effectively lead quality improvement and patient safety initiatives using advanced communication skills and processes (Howick et al., 2019). I am also interested in applying business, finance, economics, and health policy principles to develop and implement effective plans for practice-level and system-wide initiatives that improve the quality of care delivery (Heinen et al., 2019). Lastly, I advocate for and create an organizational environment supporting safe client care, collaborative practice, and professional growth.
Chair, S. Y., Wong, F. K. Y., Bryant-Lukosius, D., Liu, T., & Jokiniemi, K. (2023). Construct validity of advanced practice nurse core competence scale: An exploratory factor analysis. BMC Nursing, 22(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-023-01203-1
Heinen, M., Oostveen, C., Peters, J., Vermeulen, H., & Huis, A. (2019). An integrative review of leadership competencies and attributes in advanced nursing practice. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 75(11), 2378–2392. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14092
Howick, J., Moscrop, A., Mebius, A., Fanshawe, T. R., Lewith, G., Bishop, F. L., Mistiaen, P., Roberts, N. W., Dieninytė, E., Hu, X.-Y., Aveyard, P., & Onakpoya, I. J. (2019). Effects of empathic and positive communication in healthcare consultations: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 111(7), 240–252. https://doi.org/10.1177/0141076818769477
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NR717 Week 1 ErnestYoung Leading Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Healthcare Discussion
Purpose
The DNP-prepared APN works to affect change in practice to provide safe and high-quality patient care. The purpose of this discussion is to evaluate the leadership competencies of the APN.
Instructions
Review the lesson and readings from this week and the following article:
Heinen, M., van Oostveen, C. Peters, J., Vermeulen, H., & Huis, A. (2019). An integrative review of leadership competencies and attributes in advanced nursing practice.Links to an external site. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 75, 2378-2392. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14092 (see Table 2)
Then, respond to the following:
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