NR 447 Week 7 Discussion Our Future Leaders

Our Future Leaders
In Huston’s (2010) brief, but impressive article (required reading this Week), the author outlines several leadership competencies that EVERY nurse leader will need for 2020. That year is not too far in the future, is it?
Select one of the eight leadership competencies Huston described and relate it to your own leadership of nurses and nursing. This should promote a robust Discussion as we come from different clinical and nonclinical perspectives.
Discuss how the BSN-prepared nurse can assist a nurse leader in the budgeting process by contributing data readily available to the staff nurse. NR 447 Week 7 Discussion Our Future Leaders

Huston, C. (2010). What skills will the nurse leaders of 2020 need? (2010). Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand, 16(6), 14–15. Click HERE to link

Nursing Care Models Paper:
Guidelines Purpose
The purpose of this Assignment is to identify nursing care models utilized in today’s various health care settings and enhance your knowledge of how models impact the management of care and may influence delegation. You will assess the effectiveness of models and determine how you would collaborate with a nurse leader to identify opportunities for improvement to ensure quality, safety and staff satisfaction. NR 447 Week 7 Discussion Our Future Leaders

Course Outcomes
Completion of this Assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes. CO#1: Apply leadership concepts, skills, and decision making in the provision of high quality nursing care, healthcare team management, and the oversight and accountability for care delivery in a variety of settings. (PO #2)
CO#2: Implement patient safety and quality improvement initiatives within the context of the interprofessional team through communication and relationship building. (PO #3) NR 447 Week 7 Discussion Our Future Leaders

CO#3: Participate in the development and implementation of imaginative and creative strategies to enablesystems to change. (PO #7)
CO#6: Develop a personal awareness of complex organizational systems and integrate values and beliefs withorganizational mission. (PO #7)
CO#7: Apply leadership concepts in the development and initiation of effective plans for the microsystems and/or system-wide practice improvements that will improve the quality of healthcare delivery. (PO #2, and #3) NR 447 Week 7 Discussion Our Future Leaders

CO#8: Apply concepts of quality and safety using structure, process, and outcome measures to identify clinical questions as the beginning process of changing current practice. (PO#8) Due Dates This Assignmentis to be submitted to the Dropbox by Sunday, 11:59 p.m. MT, end of Week 4. Points This Assignment is worth 200 points. Directions
Read your text, Finkelman (2012), pp- 118- 127.
Observe staff in delivery of nursing care provided. Practice settings may vary depending on availability.
Identify the model of nursing care that you observed. Be specific about what you observed, who was doing what, when, how and what led you to identify the particular model. NR 447 Week 7 Discussion Our Future Leaders

Write a 5-7 page paper that includes the following:
Review and summarize two scholarly resources (not including your text) related tothe nursing care modelyou observed in the practice setting.
Review and summarize two scholarly resources (not including your text) related to a nursing care model that is different from the one you observed in the practice setting. NR 447 Week 7 Discussion Our Future Leaders

Discuss your observations about how the current nursing care model is being implemented. Be specific.
Recommend a differentnursing care model that could be implemented to improve quality of nursing care, safety and staff satisfaction. Be specific. NR 447 Week 7 Discussion Our Future Leaders
Provide a summary/conclusion about this experience/Assignment and what you learned about nursing care models.
Write your paper using APA format. Submit to the Dropbox. NR 447 Week 7 Discussion Our Future Leaders