Self-Assessment Of Leadership, Collaboration, And Ethics

Self-Assessment of Leadership, Collaboration, and Ethics Nursing is synonymous with empathy, caring, sensitivity, and compassion. While nurses are known for their loving nature, there are always components not visible to the public: leadership, collaboration, and an ethical code that most nurses practice. Leadership is a skill developed in nursing school long before a nurse may consider a formal leadership role. The nurse’s primary responsibility is to lead the patient’s treatment plan, care, and operate in their best interest. From the beginning of a nurse’s career, being a leader or strong nurse directly correlates with effectively collaborating with other healthcare team members. The skills a nurse develops from the beginning of their

Engagement and participant collaboration was facilitated well during the project. When discussing the discharge planning tool, the multidisciplinary leaders involved were excited because a solution was on the horizon for our patients who needed an appropriate discharge plan before admission to the hospital. All participants responded with feedback via email within two business days. When considering engagement and collaboration, it was essential to be clear about my vision and goal. When I checked in with the team, I provided updates and shared the progress of the discharge planning tool. As a lead on the project, I allowed my excitement about the discharge planning tool to be conveyed by my body language, tone of voice, and energy. When the team observed my passion and listened to the positive feedback, this motivated the team and helped the project gain

When faced with an ethical dilemma as a professional, one may have to choose an option or perform a task that does not align with their internal morals and values. Despite ethical issues arising daily in nursing, “nurses have a responsibility to themselves, their profession, and their patients to maintain the highest ethical principals” (Haddad & Geiger, 2022). During my career, I worked on the Mother/Baby unit as a new graduate Registered Nurse. An HIV-positive mother delivered a baby, which required the baby to be treated within 6 hours to avoid perinatal transmission. As the nurse caring for both the mother and child, the Charge Nurse instructed me to remove and give the neonate the medications outside of the room because the mother did not want the child’s father to know she was HIV positive. This was one of the most difficult ethical dilemmas I have faced. As a nurse, I should “work to ensure the existence of procedures that will safeguard the confidentiality and privacy of patients or others served” (American College of Healthcare Executives, 2021). Despite my feelings that every person should know the STD status of their partner, I had a duty to both patients to protect them by not revealing any of their health information, medication names, or treatment plans without the mother’s consent. Despite my hidden frustration with my patient, I honored her wishes. Based on the American College of