Nursing Leadership Assignment Report

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Introduction
The thesis of the paper presented entails various leadership qualities and expectations a
registered nurse is expected to possess to effectively deliver medical treatment to the patients and
also to build up their career by improving their skills and experience in the nursing profession.
Leadership qualities and factors impacting nursing leaders in their professional practice are also
discussed in the paper. Based on the case study provided, nursing leadership expectations for the
graduate nurses and practices for developing personal professional resilience are pointed out.
Issues and factors that impact on nursing leaders and professional practice
As a nurse unit manager, based on Kim’s situation while at the ward, I would have asked
Mrs. Kim to see me privately in my office to explain and identify her mistake than shouting at
her in front of the patient. By doing so, I would have positively inducted Mrs. Kim on some of
the ward requirements which she might have not known since she was undertaking the transition
to practice program. (Carragher and Gormley, 2017, pg. 95).
The approach to Mrs. Kim before other staff members was not appropriately thus as nurse
unit manager, I would have privately invited her to my office without the consent of any staff
members to counsel and apologized about the other incidence at the ward. Through this, I will
motivate her and boost her morale in performing her ward duties without offending her. Publicly
approaching Mrs. Kim in front of other staff and patients is considered a wrong method of
approaching your staff as a leader since this might make other staff and patients to lose
confidence in her work. (Démeh and Rosengren, 2015, pg. 889).

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The primary reasons for setting the registered nurse standards for practice is to guide, direct
and regulate professional practice by the nurse unit manager in coaching newly graduated nurse
during their transition to practice programs since they are not yet skilled and experienced enough
to handle complicated health issues like in Mrs. Kim’s case. The registered nurse standards of
practice that would have applied in the case between Mrs. Kim and nurse unit manager was to be
dignity and respect to other nurses. (Dressler, Becker, Kawalilak and Arthur, 2018, pg. 503).
According to the case study provided, nurse unit manager did not observe the practice code
of respect and dignity since shouting at Mrs. Kim was a total lack of respect to the junior nurses
under the transition to practice program. In nursing leadership, leaders are expected to show
respect to all the staff members under them to ensure smooth operations in health care facilities
and also to improve their career. (Fischer, 2016, pg. 2652).
The privacy issue was omitted by the nurse unit manager when he decided to approach
Mrs. Kim publicly before her fellow staff members and other patients on the previous day
incidence. Such an act is completely contrary to the set standards of practice by the registered
nurse. The standard code of practice advocates for confidential and private coaching or
correcting any staff member more the transition to practices nurses as they are not fully
experienced and skilled. (Gallagher, et al., 2017, pg. 10).

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Clinical leadership expectations for beginning new graduate nurses
Based on the case study, Mrs. Kim did not meet her obligations as a graduate nurse since she
was not able to identify correct equipment required by the registrar in charge for intubation
which led to the shouting act from the registrar. One of the professional obligations of graduate
nurses is to be able to identify all the required equipment for treatment purposes and how to
handle such equipment for their safety. Due to her failure to recognize which equipment to
provide for the treatment process, Mrs. Kim was unable to meet the set obligation and duties of
the newly graduated nurse under transition to practice program. (Giddens, 2018, pg. 120).
According to the case study, the registered nurse standards of practice states that it is a
professional obligation for a nurse to identify the use all nursing equipment in their field of
specialization. Therefore, Mrs. Kim violated that particular practice which endangered the life
the patient being attended to. Mrs. Kim is therefore expected to learn all the nursing equipment
which are required in her field of specialization to avoid such incidence of confusions since it
portrayed an unprofessional behavior.
In Mrs. Kim, her fast and timely response to the patient’s medical needs by successfully
transferring the patient to the intensive care unit for treatment is recommendable according to the
registered nurse standards of practice since it aims at saving lives which is the main objective the
standard of practices by the nurses. Mrs. Kim was able to adhere to the set registered nurse
standards of practice that is a dedication to save lives of the patients by attending to her nursing
duties effectively in wards to ensure better service delivery to the inpatients. (Hadfield, 2016 pg.
97).