92448: Leadership for Beginning Practice Supplementary AssessmentIn this assessment item you are to...

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92448: Leadership for Beginning Practice
Supplementary Assessment
In this assessment item you are to reflect on one of the leaders that you have encountered during your clinical placement experiences. Based on this reflection, and with reference to appropriate literature, address the following questions:
Question 1. [400 words]
· What attributes of an effective leader did this person demonstrate?
· Provide 4 specific examples illustrating how this person demonstrated the attributes of an effective leader.
· More than 2 attributes of an effective leader discussed AND evidence used to support discussion 4-5 marks
· 4 specific examples provided illustrating how this person demonstrated the attributes of an effective leader 4-5 marks
In this reflective assessment, I will draw from my past clinical placement in Royal North Shore Hospital in the Orthopaedic ward working alongside Registered Nurse David (pseudonym). He is an effective leader, during the placement he demonstrated attributes of strong communication skills and his ability to motivate colleagues.
Attribute 1. What is the attribute? Why is it effective? Reference
2 x examples
· Strong communication skills
Attribute 2. . What is the attribute? Why is it effective? Reference
2 x examples
· Motivational
Question 2. [400 words]
· What leadership style did this person demonstrate?
· Provide a specific example illustrating how this leadership style was demonstrated by this person.
· Leadership style identified co
ectly, and discussion supported by evidence 4-5 marks
· A specific example provided that co
ectly illustrates how this leadership style was demonstrated by this person and discussion backed up with evidence 4-5 marks.
· Leadership style: DEMOCRATIC
· Define
· Positives
· Possible Negatives
· Why it is important to nursing? Reference each point
· THEORIES:Transformational leader & Compassionate leade
Question 3. [200 words]
· What have you learned from this leader that you will use in your future nursing practice?
· Specific discussion provided of what the student learned from this leader and how this information will be used in future nursing practice
4-5 marks
· Gi
s reflective model
Note: Please use a pseudonym instead of the leader’s name. An introduction and conclusion are not needed in this assignment.
MARKING RUBRIC – 92448 SUPPLEMENTARY ASSESSMENT
    What attributes of an effective leader did this person demonstrate?
    No attributes discussed
OR no evidence used to support discussion
0 -1marks
    1-2 attributes of an effective leader discussed AND evidence used to support discussion
2-3 marks
    More than 2 attributes of an effective leader discussed AND evidence used to support discussion
4-5 marks
    Provide 4 specific examples illustrating how this person demonstrated the attributes of an effective leader.
    1 or zero specific examples provided illustrating how this person demonstrated the attributes of an effective leade
0-1 marks
    2 -3 specific examples provided illustrating how this person demonstrated the attributes of an effective leade
2-3 marks
    4 specific examples provided illustrating how this person demonstrated the attributes of an effective leade
4-5 marks
    What leadership style did this person demonstrate?
    Leadership style not identified co
ectly OR NO evidence used to answer this question
0 -1 marks
    Leadership style identified co
ectly, and evidence used but not discussed
2-3 marks
    Leadership style identified co
ectly, and discussion supported by evidence
4-5 marks
    Provide a specific example illustrating how this leadership style was demonstrated by this person.
    NO specific example provided OR NO evidence used to answer this question
0-1 marks
    A specific example provided, and discussion backed up with evidence BUT this is not related to the leadership style demonstrated by this person.
2-3 marks
    A specific example provided that co
ectly illustrates how this leadership style was demonstrated by this person and discussion backed up with evidence
4-5 marks.
    What have you learned from this leader that you will use in your future nursing practice?
    No specific discussion of what the student learned from this leader OR discussion is not related to leadership
0-1 marks
    Specific discussion provided of what the student learned from this leader, but this is not related to future nursing practice
2-3 marks
    Specific discussion provided of what the student learned from this leader and how this information will be used in future nursing practice
4-5 marks
    Academic literacy
    Academic writing contains significant issues with grammar, spelling and/or structure
0-1 marks
    Minor e
ors in academic writing with grammar, spelling and/or structure
2-3 marks
    Academic writing is largely e
or free
4-5 marks
    Academic integrity
    Significant e
ors in academic literacy (referencing)
OR poor quality/no evidence used to support discussion
0-1 marks
    Minor e
ors in academic literacy (referencing)
2-3 marks
    Academic integrity (referencing) is largely e
or free
4-5 marks
TOTAL /35
PASS/FAIL

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Aparna Rajak · Accepted Answer

In this reflective assessment I would like to mention from my past clinical placement experience in Royal North Shore Hospital in the Orthopaedic ward working alongside Registered Nurse David. He demonstrated strong leadership skill which was prevalent from the attributes he manifested through his strong communication skills and his ability to motivate colleagues.
Leadership is defined as the sturdy influence on the performances of employees against their work (Saleem, 2015, p.563)
For physicians, the evolution to becoming real modern leaders is a major accomplishment (Souba WW, 2011).Communication can be of three forms i.e. written, verbal and non-verbal. Good eye contact, good body language, control facial expression are the important traits of a strong leader. For example - Exhibiting strong Communication skill with proper body language in the intense critical unit is very crucial. Therefore, in medical professional demonstrating good communication skill through body language is of extreme need.  Again, it is also essential to have a proper verbal communication skill to clearly communicate the thoughts and ideas. A poor communication can lead to many confusion and ambiguity amongst the nurses and hence can affect the quality of services delivered to the patients. Effective communication needs a very important skill which is active listening, it is a skill which require high degree of self-control and discipline which only a strong leader can manifest. Another important thing is the ability to understand without forming any judgment. Apart from these there are seven Cs of effective communication which consists of:
Completeness – It means the message conveyed should have all required details to be considered as complete and full information.
              Concreteness – It means the information should have a clear objective which should be        abide by it.
              Courtesy – It means the information in conveyed with sincerity, politeness and enthusiasm
              Correctness – It means the information conveyed is correct based on facts and figures.
              Clarity – It means the information given has lucidity and there is no ambiguity.
              Consideration – It means the information has to be logical and line with the objective.
              Conciseness - It means the information provided is in fewer words and are crisp.
 Mr David has clearly exhibited all these quality while performing the clinical activities. Leadership behaviour is friendly, open and sociable, and the leader creates a team positivity and treats subordinates as equals (Blanchard, 2009).
Another strong leadership attribute Mr David possess is the ability to motivate the team members.
Motivation can be defined as every impact that causes, direct and upholds the target behavior of people (Buble, 2006, p. 493).An effective leader is the one who can inspire and motivate the employees through their knowledge. Therefore a strong leader must know all the motivational factors. He should be able to provide a vision to the employees that directs the team towards the purpose. It is essential to make the employees to have a clear vision of the goals to be achieved. An author stated "Under certain circumstances, it is the process of influencing the activities of others in order to achieve certain goals. It is the ability to direct the process of realizing goals and to motivate others during this process "(Koçak, Özüdoğru, 2012, p. 79). "It is the influence of other people's behavior without any difficulty or violence. Leadership is to devote itself to work "(Tunçer,, 2011, p.60). Mr David shared his personal stories and experience to inspire the team members. He also used to set clear goals for completing a project to make the employees understand what is expected out of them. Which helped us to get motivated due to the proper clarification achieved from him regarding the concerned task. Since the deadlines were not unrealistic and was quite achievable hence we used to feel more involved and motivated to do the assigned task with more efficiency.
Since he himself was hard working and had immense amount of professional integrity and have the positive attitude towards every task and used to value time and effort of all team members which indirectly motivated us to demonstrate the same kind of action. He had mindfulness and used to remain very calm and composed while handling critical cases. He used to praise for the good work and often used to encourage us to perform better, these made us feel valued and appreciated and induced us to work even harder. The feedback he used to give actually made us perform better and significant improvement in productivity was also seen during that time.

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