Leadership for Beginning Practice Case Study 2022

Leadership for beginning practice
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Body.................................................................................................................................................2
Issues and factors that impact on nursing leaders and professional practice...................................2
Clinical leadership expectations for beginning new graduate nurses: scope of practice, legal and
ethical boundaries............................................................................................................................3
Gibbs model of reflection: strategies to develop personal and professional resilience...................3
Supportive elements in effective leadership: knowledge, evidence, communication and networks
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Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................6
References........................................................................................................................................7
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Introduction
Competent and safe nursing practice is grounded in the law and regulations like nursing practice
act (NPA) and other governing rules and practices for the nurses are equally important to ensure
appropriate nursing services. It is necessary for nurses to adopt appropriate communication, self-
care and wellbeing while they commence their nursing career. Herein, the study it has been
stated about the necessities required to be adopted by nurses undertaking the given case study of
Kim and her nursing career. It has been discussed about the RN and other nursing standards to
meet the obligations as a new graduate nurse.
Body
Issues and factors that impact on nursing leaders and professional practice
Q. How would you approach the situation if you were the Nurse Unit Manager (NUM)?
How would the RN Standards of Practice apply in the NUM’s case?
It is necessary for professional units to maintain the competency level through every process of
nursing. The major purpose of such standards is to ensure safety, security and clinical
competency of the patients and complying with such standards is necessary as through these
standards, promotion of the clinical practices can be supported (Vito-Thomas et al., 2018).
Considering the case study of Kim, it has been observed that after the incident at the say of the
arrest, Kim was upset when she was encountered by Nursing Unit Manager (NUM), NUM
asked Kim to share her problem while Kim was extremely uncomfortable and embarrassed
enough to share her issues pertinent to her new place. If I was the Nursing Unit Manager, I
would have ensured about compliance of the RN standards like critical thinking, therapeutic
and professional relationship, comprehensive conduction of different assessments, capability
for practice, ensuring the safety and security of the patients and most importantly maintaining
about proper ways through which the nurses and other interns would be able to handle the
activities that are associated with them (Nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au, 2019). As per my
opinion, it is necessary for NUM to ensure that she meets the standards of RN. This would be
effective for NUM as this would provide Kim the confidence to convey her issues and problems
properly without hesitation. Considering different aspects of the standard, it can be stated that if
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