Leadership Development in Nursing

Question: Describe about eucation program on the subject of leadership development in nursing? Answer: Introduction Nursing is a kind of job that deals with health and wellness of people. Therefore, the nursing staffs should be efficient enough to bring improvements to patients health. Therefore, the nursing students should build their competencies during their study course. The nursing course also includes the awareness of leadership skills for making the nursing students efficient and potential future leaders (Grossman Valiga, 2012). Therefore, the educational programs for developing leadership in nursing are essential. For this, the leaders should make goals aligning with the mission and vision statement of organization. This assignment would focus on the development of two SMART leadership goals and an alignment of these goals with organizational vision and mission. Goal 1- Developing nursing leadership to lead the current and future health care system S- Specific- This goal is specific enough as the goal is to develop the leadership in a specific field which is nursing, and it will help nursing students to develop specific skills for leadership development in the particular field. This goal will specifically prepare the nursing students to become efficient future leaders in a health care organization (Eneh et al. 2012). M-Measurable- The goal is measurable by analyzing the skills developed by the nursing students in different health care context, after completion of the practicum project. Assessment can be conducted for the students after the completion of the program for assessing or measuring their development. It is measurable by the enhanced success of the organization, as the students become leaders in health care settings (Wong, Cummings Ducharme, 2013). A- Achievable- It is attainable in the Institute. This goal is attainable through continuous support and development by the nurse educator to influence the student to be aware of the current and future health care needs of the student. This goal is attainable via a structured framework of leadership development program. R-Relevant- This goal is relevant because the development of nursing leadership is a crucial factor the future nurses, so the education program must set the goal that helps students to develop skills related to nursing leadership development, for meeting the current and future needs of the organization (Galuska, 2012). T-Time bound- This goal is time-bound because the practicum education project would be held for a specific time and within this period, students have to reach this particular goal. The time for achieving this goal is approximately six months. Relation with Organizational mission and vision This goal has been developed based on the organizational mission and vision statement. It is because the future nurses should be aware of the mission and vision statement of a health care organization for being prepared to align their personal goals and skills with the organizational benefits (Clavelle et al., 2012). The practicum project and the goals will help to enhance the organizational performance through the provision of knowledge about the current and future needs of the health care system. The organizational mission is to educate health care professionals for developing the health care services provided by the new nursing professionals. This goal will help to educate the future nurses to be aware of the present and future needs of the health care system; therefore, they would be aware of developing the health care services provided by the novice professionals, thereby leading to an efficient leadership ( MacPhee et al., 2012). In addition, the organization also made a mission to develop, apply and share new knowledge and technology in patient care delivery through research. The project goal would help the nursing students to enhance their skills with the awareness of new knowledge and technologies for better care delivery (Iwasiw, Goldenberg Andrusyszyn, 2014). The companys vision is to provide nursing leaders who will influence nurses through exemplary practice and become nationally respected. Developing nurses who will be able to meet the present and future needs of health care settings would be helpful for the next generation nurses who will be guided by the nursing leaders under this practicum project. Positive results will make the future nurse-leaders trustworthy and respected. Goal 2- Leadership in Nursing that results in positive patient outcomes S-Specific- This goal is specific because this goal specifically helps the nursing students to be efficient in their care practices that will lead to positive patient outcomes. Positive patient outcomes are important for the nursing profession as well as the organization (Engum Jeffries, 2012). This goal specifically helps the student to become potential in meeting organizational goals. M-Measurable- It is a measurable goal. After completing the practicum project, the students can be subjected to a practical assessment, where they would be provided with some patient cases and they would have to assist a physician in those cases. Through this assessment, their critical thinking and problem solving skills can be assessed, that are important factors for leadership development and positive patient outcomes (Dignam et al., 2012). A- Achievable- This goal is achievable by encouraging nursing students in group activities with critical patient problems. This would help them to learn how to develop leadership through which positive patient outcomes can be obtained. R- Relevant- This goal is relevant because positive patients outcomes are the central element of the nursing profession. This goal will help to enhance the skills of the future nurses with enhancement of the health outcomes of patients; therefore, this goal is also suitable for enhancing organizational reputation (Sherman et al., 2013). T- Time-bound- This goal is time-bound because the nursing students would have to meet this goal within a specific period of the practicum educational program. The skill development in this field would need approximately six months of the project. Relation with Organizational mission and vision The mission statement of the organization is to provide patient-centered care having an emphasis on specialty care for the community; this goal of the practicum project will help to enhance students ability to work with the patient in such a way that will be able to enhance the occurrence of positive health outcomes of the patient, thereby meeting organizational mission (Iwasiw, Goldenberg Andrusyszyn, 2014). The nursing project and this particular goal will help the nurses to develop and apply new nursing and management skills in their nursing practices and as well as in managing their subordinates to get better results of the care plans. By achieving this goal, the future nurses would be able to know how to deliver patient-centered care and why it is important for enhancing the positive patient outcomes (Galuska, 2012). The research-based knowledge gained through the achievement of this goal will help the future-nursing students to understand and critically evaluate the needs of their subordinates as well as the patients based on which they will arrange improvements plans for them, thereby sharing new knowledge with their subordinates (Sherman et al., 2013). It will also help them to build trust for them within the students and patients, thereby improving the health outcomes of the patients. The vision statement of the organization is to provide excellent nursing staff to the health care system that will be capable of promoting nursing profession within their subordinates through perfect practice and with the provision of superior care activities to the patients (Clavelle et al., 2012). Through this goal, nurses will be able to become efficient leaders influencing positive outcomes of patients. Positive outcomes of patients provision by the future nurse leaders would promote the nursing skills of th eir subordinates. Conclusion In conclusion, it can be said that the educational program for developing nursing leadership would achieve respective goals. Leaders attempt to help others to meet the highest potential and empower the subordinates to enhance the health outcomes of patients, thereby enhancing the organizational success. It is the responsibility of the leaders to shape the characteristics and potentiality of their subordinates aligning with the organizational success. The above discussed two SMART goals will help the future nursing leaders to shape and influence the potential of their subordinates to ensure positive patient outcomes and organizational success. Reference List Clavelle, J. T., Drenkard, K., Tullai-McGuinness, S., Fitzpatrick, J. J. (2012). 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