Clinical Leadership: Challenges Faced by Newly Graduated Nurses

Running head: CLINICAL LEADERSHIP
Clinical leadership
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Table of Contents
Introduction: 2
Requirement 1: Contemporary initiative and evidence based practice: 2
Requirement 2: Leading team: 3
Requirement 3: Leadership management strategies: 5
Conclusion: 6
References: 7

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Introduction:
The transition from academic degree to real work practice scenario can be a very difficult
scenario for the graduating nurse, it has to be mentioned that for any nursing professional, there
are a number of skills and competencies that can only be attained in a practical setting. However,
the nursing degrees are very exhaustive and there is little to no opportunity for the graduating
registered nurses to gain hands on practical experience (Clipper & Cherry, 2015). The
importance of theoretical knowledge is paramount, a graduating registered nurse myself, I
understand completely that with theoretical expertise it is impossible for a nursing professional
to be able to provide safe, effective and evidence based care to the patient. However, it also
needs to be mentioned that the scenario of actual practice differs vastly from the theoretical
understanding and expectations.
Requirement 1: Contemporary initiative and evidence based practice:
There are many emotional ups and downs that a graduating registered nurse going into
practice goes through (Huston, 2013). There are moral distress, role performance, stress, and
most importantly the shock of going from a role of a student to a partitioning professional. This
shock mostly encompasses the initial phase of the practice and it comprises of feeling such as
confusion, doubt, loss, and disorientation (Ouslander et al., 2011). From my own personal
experience I can explain that transition to professional practice is often related with a particular
practice activity that might be difficult for the newly graduate nurses to perform. In my case it
had been intravenous medication administration which had been a very difficult task for me.
It has to be mentioned here in this context that the IV administration is considered to be one
of the most critical nursing responsibilities. There are various techniques and tools involved with