31 Jan This assignment will be graded

Module 7 Assignment

Leadership Activity and Paper

The M7A1 Leadership Activity and Paper assignment addresses the importance of communication and the application of effective leadership characteristics, styles of leadership, and leadership theories to a health care issue influencing nursing practice.

Outcomes:

By the end of this assignment, you will be able to:

Apply evidence based leadership strategies to observed leadership behaviors

Course Outcomes:

The course outcomes addressed in this assignment are:

CO1. Compare differences in leadership and managements styles, skills, and practice behaviors.

CO3. Apply effective communication strategies when leading and managing members of the health care team.

Instructions

Part 1: For this assignment, you are to attend a professional meeting which addresses a health care issue with implications for nursing practice. Examples of a professional meeting could include: meeting of a 1) professional nursing organization (New York State Nurses Association, Association of Perioperative Nurses ,etc); 2) health care organization or place of employment discussing policy or procedures impacting nursing practice; 3) legislative meeting discussing safe staffing, mandatory BSN, etc.

Part 2: Write a 6 – 8 page (excluding title page and references) scholarly paper addressing all of the following areas, supported by a minimum of 5 current (within 5 years) scholarly references and written in APA format. As this is a paper describing your experience and reflection on that experience, you may write in the first person. This assignment will account for 20% of your grade.

Use the scoring rubric and follow APA format as you complete Part 2 of this assignment.

Include all elements below in completing Part 2 of this assignment:

Meeting Description

Describe:

Organization sponsoring meeting

Name of the meeting

Purpose of the meeting

Setting of meeting

Health care issues discussed

Identify:

Leader, his/her title, and describe his/her responsibilities and role

Attendees and their roles

Leadership Characteristics and Style

Identify the leadership characteristics demonstrated by the leader

Describe the leadership style demonstrated and give examples

Analyze the effectiveness of this leadership approach in meeting the purpose of the meeting

Communication Process

Describe the communication process utilized by the leader

Analyze the effectiveness of the leader in:

Establishing a sense of trust, and openness

Addressing communication barriers

Handling conflict

Reaching consensus

Health Care Issue

Summarize the health care issue and the impact for nursing.

Explain the reasons you would support or oppose the issue.

Reflection

Reflect on your experience and discuss what you have learned from this.

Discuss if there was anything you would have done differently if you were in this leader’s position.

Discuss how this experience has influenced you own personal definition of “leadership”.

Discuss how this experience will influence your ability to effect positive change

Late Assignment Policy: All assignments are expected to be submitted on time. Prior authorization from your instructor is required for late submissions. The first late submission is accepted up to 5 days late without penalty. A late penalty of five percent per day will be assessed when the first late assignment is submitted after the fifth day. Subsequent late submissions are assessed a late penalty of five percent per day (e.g., -5 points each day on a 100-point assignment, or -2.5 points each day on a 50-point assignment). Extenuating circumstances* are considered without penalty.

No work will be accepted after the final day of the term unless an official course extension has been granted.

*Some types of extenuating circumstances that will be considered are:

a serious medical illness or injury to the student,

a death of an immediate family member,

a significant change in employment or military status that prevents the student from completing the assignment/assessment,

a significant trauma in the student’s life that impairs the student’s emotional and /or physical health,

technical issues that prevent student from completing the assignment/assessment by the designated due date/time.

Documentation may be asked for extenuating circumstances at the discretion of your instructor.

Compose your work in a .doc or .docx file type using a word processor (such as Microsoft Word, etc.) and save it frequently to your computer. For those assignments that are not written essays and require uploading images or PowerPoint slides, please follow uploading guidelines provided by your instructor.

Check your work and correct any spelling or grammatical errors. When you are ready to submit your work, click “Submit Assignment” in the upper right corner. Click on “Browse,” browse your computer, and select your file. Click “Open” and verify the correct file name has appeared next to the Browse button. Enter your comments, if any, in the Comments area. Click on “Submit Assignment.”

Turnitin®

This course has Turnitin® fully integrated into the course dropbox. This means that you should only submit your assignments to the dropbox below. Please do not submit your assignment directly to Turnitin.com.

Once submitted, your assignment will be evaluated by Turnitin® automatically. You will be able to view an Originality Report within minutes of your first submission that will show how much of your work has been identified as similar to other sources such as websites, textbooks, or other student papers. Use your Originality Report as a learning tool to identify areas of your assignment that you may not have cited appropriately. The overall match can be no higher than 15%, with any one match no higher than 2%. You may resubmit your assignment through this dropbox as many times as you need to check to see if you have made improvements, until the due date of the assignment. However, once you have made your first submission, you will need to wait 24 hours after each subsequent submission to receive a new Originality Report. Plan accordingly as you draft your assignment. Once the due date has passed, your assignment submission will be considered final.

Evaluation

This assignment will be graded using the Leadership Activity and Paper Rubric located on the Course Rubrics page within the Start Here section of the course. Please review this rubric prior to beginning your work so that you ensure your submission meets the criteria in place for this assignment. This assignment is worth 20% of your final course grade.