Professional Activity
NSG 470 Leadership, Management and Current Professional Issues in Nursing
Select and arrange to interview a nurse leader. This may be a nurse leader from your work, a hospital, an educator, a friend, but the nurse must hold a leadership position.
Possible interview questions, but you may create your own:
When was the activity completed?
· Name of the person interviewed? Job title and job description based upon interview questions.
- James Sunga, RN Telehealth, nurse leader.
· What was the reason for selecting this nurse leader for the interview?
- He had an experience as a nurse manager during his 10 years service as a nurse.
· What were the objectives of the interview? (you should write objectives if you are interviewing a leader and share them at the beginning of the interview)
- To find the strength and weakness in nursing leadership.
· What is the nurse leader’s leadership style?
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· What are some of your leadership strengths and weaknesses?
- Strength: ability to establish good rapport with coworkers
- Weakness: staff that are not committed and has negative impact on the rest of the group.
· Has there been a situation during your career when you made a communication error? If so, how did you resolve it?
· How would you resolve a conflict with a coworker, patient, or physician?
· How do you manage stress at work?
· What do you believe is the role of leadership in fostering a health workplace?
· How does critical thinking influence decision-making observed during the activity or for the person interviewed? (you will have to prepare for this by looking up critical thinking skills)
· How is teamwork and collaboration fostered?
What essential communication skills did you use during the interview? Provide a specific example?
Analysis:
How does the nurse leader’s position impact nursing practice?
This is an APA formatted paper.
Have the nurse leader sign a copy of this rubric verifying the time and date of the interview.
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Criteria | Exemplary | Accomplished | Developing | Beginning |
Introduction | Constructs well thought introduction clearly preparing reader for contents of paper. 10 | Constructs introduction preparing reader for contents of paper. Main idea clear 8 | Constructs introduction with minimal preparation for contents of paper. Main idea vague 6 | Introduction disorganized. Main idea vague or missing. 1: no introduction earns a zero (0) |
Conveys essential elements of the interview related to the objectives | Well-stated written paper of the essential elements and clearly relates the intervew to the objectives 15 | Good paper of the essential elements and clearly relates the intervew to the objectives 12 | Good paper of the essential elements and clearly relates the intervew to the objectives identifiable gaps. 8 | Disorganized summary with multiple gaps. 5: |
Expression of how the activity or nursing impacts nursing practice | Well-stated analysis of how the activity/nurse leader position impacts nursing practice 10 | Analyzes how the activity/nurse leader position impacts nursing practice 6 | Analyzes how the activity/nurse leader position impacts nursing practice with identifiable gaps 4 | Poor analysis of how the activity/nurse leader position impacts nursing practice with identifiable multiple gaps 2 |
Conclusion | Constructs well thought conclusion clearly summarizing contents of paper. 10 | Constructs conclusion summarizes contents of paper. Main idea clear. 8 | Constructs conclusion with minimal summary of contents of paper. Main idea vague 6 | Conclusion disorganized. Main idea vague or missing. 1; No conclusion earns a zero (0) |
Attribution | ___ All sources properly attributed, no plagiarism, paraphrasing and direct quotes where appropriate 5 | ___ Sources properly attributed, no plagiarism 4 | ___ Attribution present but significantly incomplete, papers contains plagiarism 2 | ___ No attribution which leads to plagiarism 0; may result in paper earning zero points. |
APA format | ___ Entire paper is double-spaced with 1" margins ___ 12 pt font, New Times Roman ___ Correct running head (header) with pagination ___ Title, name, school name centered and double-spaced (please also include course number and title, date and instructor's name) ___ Length sufficient to properly develop written communication with respect to the main idea, subtopics, etc. (ca. 5-7 or perhaps a few more pages) 5 | ___ Adheres to APA format but lacks 1-2 elements 4 | ___ Adheres to a small number of APA elements 2 | ___ Does not adhere to APA elements 1 |
References & Citations | ___ References on separate titled page (centered, bolded) ___ In correct APA format (all information included and appropriate for type of source) ___ Listed alphabetically ___ Hanging indent ___ Each source is cited at least once and all cited sources are included in references ___ All in-text citations complete and correctly applied 5 | ___ References on separate titled page (centered) ___ Not all in correct APA format (all information included and appropriate for type of source) ___ Less than the following (listed alphabetically; hanging indent; minimum of four credible, accurate and appropriate sources; each source is cited at least once and all cited sources are included in references, citations complete and correct) 4 | ___References present but significantly incomplete, unclear or otherwise minimally acceptable 3 | ___ No references for unoriginal work 0 - may result in a zero for the entire paper. |