Assignment task:

The coursework for this Module entails a 2,500-word (plus or minus 10%) reflective essay showcasing your professional development.

You are required to reflect on an incident that occurred in the clinical environment where you demonstrated various leadership skills. Examples of incidents may include coordinating discharge, managing admissions, patient transfers, or handling critical incidents on the ward such as self-harm, suicide, or physical abuse.

In your assignment, you should:

Identify relevant leadership and management theories and/or models and clearly state how these relate to your experience and learning from said experience. Evaluate how the patient-led and patient-centered approach has or could work (including aspects of compassionate leadership). Discuss how nursing leadership was conducted and how you collaborated or could have collaborated with interdisciplinary and interprofessional teams. Demonstrate how you were supervised and assessed or how you provided some form of supervision and assessment.

Critical Incident

Any incident where there were inconsistencies in the processes that jeopardized the safety of patients or staff. This could range from minor to major incidents such as admissions, discharges, transfer of care, abuse, self-harm, or suicide.

Introduction (350-500 words)

Set the scene for the assignment.

Relate aspects of the assignment to the learning outcomes.

Identify key points and briefly mention the incident.

Body (1,500 words)

Briefly describe the incident.

Incorporate the political and economic landscape, referencing local policies.

Integrate leadership theories and connect them to team dynamics, the setting, and your role within the team.

Discuss interdisciplinary and interprofessional collaboration.

Evaluate care coordination.

Lastly, discuss the role of supervision.

Conclusion (350-500 words)

Summarize the findings.

Provide an evaluation.

Offer recommendations.