Discussion: Capella University Self Assessment of Leadership Collaboration and Ethics Response

Discussion: Capella University Self Assessment of Leadership Collaboration and Ethics Response

Question Description
Write a 3–4 page response to an employment questionnaire requiring a self-evaluation of your leadership and ethical experiences. An understanding of one’s own approaches to leadership, motivation, collaboration and ethical situations is important to the evolution of an effective leader. An introspective lens can help emerging leaders better understand and hone these important skills. Show Less By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
Competency 1: Apply qualities, skills and practices used by effective healthcare leaders.
Analyze one’s own leadership qualities and actions relative to a specific experience.
Competency 2: Apply practices that facilitate effective interprofessional collaboration.
Analyzes one’s own leadership and motivational techniques used to foster collaboration among stakeholders.
Competency 3: Apply ethical codes and diversity best practices in health care organizations.
Analyze actions taken in response to an ethical dilemma, using an ethical code.
Competency 4: Produce clear, coherent, and professional written work, in accordance with Capella’s writing standards.
Conveys clear meaning in active voice, with minimal issues in grammar, usage, word choice, spelling, or mechanical errors.
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Resources
REQUIRED RESOURCES
The following resource is required to complete the assessment.
Western Medical Application Questionnaire [DOCX].
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SUGGESTED RESOURCES
The resources provided here are optional. You may use other resources of your choice to prepare for this assessment; however, you will need to ensure that they are appropriate, credible, and valid. The NHS-FP5004 – Collaboration, Communication, and Case Analysis for Health Care Master’s Learners Library Guide can help direct your research, and the Supplemental Resources and Research Resources, both linked from the left navigation menu in your courseroom, provide additional resources to help support you.
Assessment Example
Assessment 3 Example [PDF].
Ethical Frameworks
The following ethical frameworks should be considered for this week’s assignment.
American College of Healthcare Executives. (2017). ACHE code of ethics. Retrieved from https://www.ache.org/about-ache/our-story/our-comm…
Levitt, D. (2014). Ethical decision-making in a caring environment: The four principles and LEADS. Healthcare Management Forum, 27, 105–107.
Levitt-Rosenthal, N. (2013). Ethics, values, and decision making. Frontiers of Health Services Management, 30(1), 27–32.
Wiencek, C., Lavandero, R., & Berlinger, N. (2016). From the team to the table: Nursing societies and health care organizational ethics. Hastings Center Report, 46, 532–534.
MULTIMEDIA
Ethical Leadership.
A review of ethics terminology.
Ethical Decision Making Model.
Provides an overview of an ethical decision-making model.
Assessment Instructions
PREPARATION
Download and review the Western Medical Enterprises Questionnaire found in the Resources. Use it to complete this assessment. Optional Read Ethical decision-making in a caring environment: The four principles and LEADS if you chose this reference to complete your assignment. See the Western Medical Enterprises Questionnaire for details.
SCENARIO
Imagine that over the past few months you have participated in several organizational projects and met many new people. The opportunities to collaborate and demonstrate your emerging skills as a leader prompted you to think about applying for a new position. After exploring online job postings, you prepared a resume and submitted the application to Western Medical Enterprises. A few days later you received the following email:
Dear Applicant, Thank you for your interest in employment at Western Medical Enterprises. We have received your application packet. The next step for all potential employees is to provide a narrative response to the questions in the attached document. Please return your completed document to me by replying to this e-mail. Once we receive your responses, we will review them and notify you of the next steps. Good luck! Sincerely, Thomas Hardy
Human Resources Recruiter
Western Medical Enterprises
INSTRUCTIONS
Respond to the scenario by completing the Western Medical Enterprises Questionnaire found in the Resources. Please refer to the scoring guide for details on how your assessment will be evaluated. Note: Your instructor may use the Writing Feedback Tool when grading this assignment. The Writing Feedback Tool is designed to provide you with guidance and resources to develop your writing based on five core skills. You will find writing feedback in the Scoring Guide for the assessment, once your work has been evaluated.
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The nursing profession is divided into several branches that allow for the development and expansion of nurse sub-specialties. The DPN and Ph.D. levels of education each have domains that distinguish one from the other. The doctorate of nursing practice is growing at a rapid pace. This degree enables advanced practice nurses to excel beyond master’s prepared nurses by becoming experts in their fields of study. The doctor of nursing practice is the highest level of education that bridges theory and evidence-based practice. DNPs are highly skilled and can practice to the full extent to which they have been educated and trained. The Ph.D. level of nursing lays the groundwork for DNP practice. PhDs conduct quantitative and qualitative research to arrive at their conclusions. Ph.D. nurses create literature with an emphasis on discovery, innovation, and explanatory pathways. When entering into interprofessional collaboration with other health care professionals such as physicians, pharmacists, and physical therapists who practice with degrees at the terminal levels of their fields, nurses must have higher levels of nursing (Fawaz, Hamadan-Mansour &Tassi, 2018).

If I had to choose a higher level of nursing education, I would go for the PhD.
I have over 35 years of experience in nursing, beginning with clinical practice and progressing to the DNP level. I received CCRN and TNCC accreditation to validate my competency as an emergency room and critical care nurse in practice. At this point in the nursing transformation and reformation, I would prefer to have a Ph.D. degree. I’ve gotten better at being clinical and rationalizing how care is delivered over time. The Ph.D. would give me the opportunity to investigate the “why” behind how care is determined, as well as to investigate new and innovative delivery methods that DNPs could use in practice.
Nursing education has changed dramatically since the early 1900s. From on-the-job learning as in hospital practice settings to formal education and training in school settings. From fundamental knowledge to advanced skills and practice. With the passage of time, more advanced degrees in the nursing field became available. A Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) and a Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing are the two advanced degrees (PhD). Despite the fact that both provide more in-depth knowledge in the nursing field, they are still distinct.
Going for a PhD program will allow you to gain more knowledge, develop research skills, and test theories related to nursing practice. This degree prepares nurses to work in academic or research settings. Nurses with this degree will work in a classroom as part of an academic institution’s facility. They can conduct research in lab settings to help advance the nursing field.

When a nurse pursues a DNP, the emphasis shifts to having the nurse who receives this degree be an expert clinician. They can create an efficient practice and deliver better patient outcomes by applying the research and knowledge they learn. The emphasis is on clinical practice rather than research or academia.
My primary goal as a writer would be to obtain a DNP. This writer has worked with a number of DNPs and was impressed with their ability to work in a manner similar to that of a doctor.
Thank you for your constructive contribution to this week’s debate. Advanced nursing education is important because it equips nurses with the most up-to-date and relevant skills. Every day, new skills and methods of practicing healthcare are invented; it is critical to learn these new skills and methods of practicing healthcare (Thomas, 2018). Furthermore, nurses should be trained on how to use new technology to aid in service delivery. Acquiring advanced degrees in nursing, such as a PhD or DNP, aids in the improvement of care quality. The DNP is concerned with improving clinical practice, whereas the PhD is concerned with improving healthcare through research. Both are significant because they share the same goal of improving care quality.

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