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Leadership Self - Assessment
Bianca Frank
Chamberlain University: NR 582: Leadership and Role Development for Advanced
Nursing Practice
Dr. G.K. Rikabi
January 19, 2024
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Leadership and Role Development for Advanced Nursing
Nursing is a career path that provides a wide range of opportunities. Bedside nursing,
executive nursing, and nursing leadership are a few career goals that can explored. From
experience, nursing leadership has been the most rewarding. As a nurse leader, you are provided
with the opportunity to initiate change, implement innovation, and help grow new nurses. With
the current nursing shortage, nurse leaders must be ever-present to keep the nursing profession
afloat. The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the qualities of a master's prepared nurse as
well as share some personal leadership experiences. Leadership styles and competencies will be
discussed as they will provide examples of what it takes to be a leader. As I embark on this
journey of becoming a master's prepared nurse leader, I will be able to identify some strengths
and weaknesses that will help me grow in the future.
Personal Leadership Experience
My initial goal in nursing was to be a pediatric nurse. I did achieve that goal as I was
provided the opportunity to work in pediatrics for three years. While I enjoyed this role I began
to feel like I had more to offer in my profession. I began to seek new opportunities and landed a
role as an infusion nurse where I soon became a preceptor for new nurses and then promoted to a
nurse supervisor. I found that being a leader provided a level of strength and critical thinking I
didn’t know I had in me. As a leader, I lead my team the way I would like to be led. I provided
my team with open communication, honesty, transparency, constructive but positive feedback,
motivation, and most importantly active listening.
My leadership style was effective because I never treated my team like they were beneath
me just because I was a supervisor. I included my team in all decisions. I believe my leadership
style provided great comfort within my team which allowed us to work well as a team. In all
Leadership Self - Assessment
Bianca Frank
Chamberlain University: NR 582: Leadership and Role Development for Advanced
Nursing Practice
Dr. G.K. Rikabi
January 19, 2024
, 2
Leadership and Role Development for Advanced Nursing
Nursing is a career path that provides a wide range of opportunities. Bedside nursing,
executive nursing, and nursing leadership are a few career goals that can explored. From
experience, nursing leadership has been the most rewarding. As a nurse leader, you are provided
with the opportunity to initiate change, implement innovation, and help grow new nurses. With
the current nursing shortage, nurse leaders must be ever-present to keep the nursing profession
afloat. The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the qualities of a master's prepared nurse as
well as share some personal leadership experiences. Leadership styles and competencies will be
discussed as they will provide examples of what it takes to be a leader. As I embark on this
journey of becoming a master's prepared nurse leader, I will be able to identify some strengths
and weaknesses that will help me grow in the future.
Personal Leadership Experience
My initial goal in nursing was to be a pediatric nurse. I did achieve that goal as I was
provided the opportunity to work in pediatrics for three years. While I enjoyed this role I began
to feel like I had more to offer in my profession. I began to seek new opportunities and landed a
role as an infusion nurse where I soon became a preceptor for new nurses and then promoted to a
nurse supervisor. I found that being a leader provided a level of strength and critical thinking I
didn’t know I had in me. As a leader, I lead my team the way I would like to be led. I provided
my team with open communication, honesty, transparency, constructive but positive feedback,
motivation, and most importantly active listening.
My leadership style was effective because I never treated my team like they were beneath
me just because I was a supervisor. I included my team in all decisions. I believe my leadership
style provided great comfort within my team which allowed us to work well as a team. In all
