Self-Assessment of Leadership Skills

Goal: To assess own leadership skills.

Content Requirements:

1. Determine your preferred leadership style using The Foundation of Nursing Leadership’s Leadership Development – Test One – What is your leadership style? (Links to an external site.) – SEE ATTACHMENT WITH LEADERSHIP STYLE
2. Analyze your leadership’s skills based on your self-assessment.
3. Identify strengths and opportunities for improvement based on your self-assessment.
4. Create an action plan to address self-assessment capitalizing on strengths and addressing opportunities for improvement.

Submission Instructions:

• The paper is to be clear and concise, and students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation and misspelling.
• The paper is to be 2 – 3 pages in length, excluding the title, abstract and references page.
• Incorporate a minimum of 2 current (published within last five years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions) within your work.
• Journal articles and books should be referenced according to current APA style (the library has a copy of the APA Manual).
• Your paper should be formatted per current APA and references should be current (published within last five years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions)
• Complete and submit the assignment by 11:59 PM ET on Sunday.

ReFERENCES THAT CAN HELP

• Yoder-Wise, P. S. (2019).
  • Chapters 2, 11, 28, and 29

Online Materials & Resources

• The Role of the Nurse Manager (10:14)
  AHRQ Patient Safety. (2015, April 29). CUSP: The Role of the Nurse Manager [Video file]. CUSP: The Role of the Nurse Manager (Links to an external site.)
• Visit the CINAHL Complete under the A-to-Z Databases on the University Library’s website and locate/read the articles below:
  • Thomas-Hawkins, C., Flynn, L., Lindgren, T. G., & Weaver, S. (2015). Nurse manager safety practices in outpatient hemodialysis units. Journal of Nephrology Nursing, 42(2), 125-133, 134, 147. 2.
  • Bjarnasom, D., & LaSala, C. A. (2011). Moral leadership. Journal of Radiology Nursing, 30(1), 18-24.
  • Allen, D. (2016). The importance, challenges and prospects of taking work practices into account for health care quality improvement: Nursing work and patient status at a glance. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 30(4), 99-108.