Describe the leader’s communication skills with staff, physicians, other members of the interdisciplinary team, peers, and executives.

Describe the leader’s communication skills with staff, physicians, other members of the interdisciplinary team, peers, and executives.

Instructor MAterial

Textbooks:

Sullivan (2018) Read Chapters: 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 24

Articles:

Alkorashy, H., & Moalad, F. (2016). Workplace violence against nursing staff in a saudi university hospital. International Nursing Review, 63, 226-232.
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Mueller, C., & Vogelsmeier, A. (2013). Effective delegation: Understanding responsibility, authority, and accountability. Journal of Nursing Regulation, 4(3), 20-27.
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Tan, T., Zhou, H., & Kelly, M. (2017). Nurse-physician communication-An integrated review. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 3974-3988
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Wickersham, A., Johnson, K., Kamath, A., & Kaboli, P. (2018). Novel use of communication technology to improve nurse-physician communication, teamwork,
and care coordination during bedside rounds. Journal of Communication in Healthcare, 11(1), 56-61
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Overview

The nurse leader must have strong interpersonal communication skills, be able to effectively manage conflict, and be able to build and develop high functioning teams. The purpose of this paper is for you to discuss a highly effective leader in your organization following the criteria in items 1-5.

Describe the characteristics of a highly effective leader. Which of these characteristics does the leader exhibit?

  1. Describe the leader’s communication skills with staff, physicians, other members of the interdisciplinary team, peers, and executives. What techniques do they use to address sensitive topics and conflict? Is it effective? Be specific.
  2. Discuss the types of interpersonal power they use to accomplish work and overcome resistance to change.
  3. Describe the leader’s team(s). Are they high-performing? If so, please explain why the team is high performing. If not, why does the team not perform well?
  4. Discuss the leadership skills the leader uses to building and manage groups and teams.

References

Minimum of four (4) total references: two (2) references from required course materials and two (2) peer-reviewed references. All references must be no older than five years (unless making a specific point using a seminal piece of information)

Peer-reviewed references include references from professional data bases such as PubMed or CINHAL applicable to population and practice area, along with evidence based clinical practice guidelines. Examples of unacceptable references are Wikipedia, UpToDate, Epocrates, Medscape, WebMD, hospital organizations, insurance recommendations, & secondary clinical databases.

Style

Unless otherwise specified, all the written assignment must follow APA 6th edition formatting, citations and references. Click here to download the Microsoft Word APA 6th edition template. Make sure you cross-reference the APA 6th edition book as well before submitting the assignment.

Number of Pages/Words

Unless otherwise specified all papers should have a minimum of 600 words (approximately 2.5 pages) excluding the title and reference pages.

Instructions

To be successful, complete the following steps in order:

STEP 1. Review the instructional materials and finish learning activities in this module.

STEP 2. Click here to download the rubric.

STEP 3. Create a new Word document, write your paper based on the above overview.

STEP 4. Refer to APA book and rubric for correctly formatting the paper.

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