1. ITS IMPORTANT TO MEET THE COMPETENCES (I WROTE
IMPORTANT NEXT TO THEM).
Write a 3-4 page analysis that assesses your professional
development needs as a nurse leader.
Note:
The assessments in this course build upon each other, so you
are strongly encouraged to complete them in sequence.
For professional nurse-leaders, effective communication skills
are essential for interprofessional teamwork and collaboration.
Kelly and Tazbir (2014) emphasize the importance of this
interaction:
Interprofessional teamwork and collaboration among staff
nurses and other disciplines in the health care setting are so
critical to optimizing patient care safety and outcomes that they
are a priority for most health care administrators, directors, and
managers (p. 140).
Successful leadership strategies are based on a leader's
strengths, the situation, the environment, and the stakeholders
involved. Developing a plan for professional development is
integral in developing leadership and management skills.
By successfully completing this assessment, you will
demonstrate your proficiency in the following course
competencies and assessment criteria:

2. Competency 1: Integrate key nursing leadership, management,
and communication concepts into collaborative practice
situations.
(IMPORTANT) -Differentiate between leadership and
management.
(IMPORTANT) -Explain key nursing leadership, management,
and communication concepts that facilitate collaboration and
support interprofessional teams.
(IMPORTANT) -Describe a personal leadership and
communication style.
(IMPORTANT) -Identify skills or areas for future professional
development.
Competency 5: Communicate in manner that is consistent with
the expectations of a nursing professional.
(IMPORTANT) -Write content clearly and logically, with
correct use of grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and current
APA style.

3. Preparation
Use the Capella library and the Internet to research key nursing
leadership, management, and communication concepts, and take
several self-assessment tests to identify your leadership style
and understand how to adapt your style to various situations.
Although most of the free online tests are informal measures of
skills and attitudes, the results may provide helpful insight into
your leadership style and strengths and weaknesses.
Instructions
Deliverable:
Develop a Professional Development Needs Assessment.
Scenario:
You have been promoted to Nurse Manager. As you transition
into your new role, Human Resources (HR) requires you to
participate in a leadership and management training workshop.
The first day of the workshop involves a self-assessment of
your leadership and communication style and an examination of
key characteristics of an effective nursing leader, culminating in
an assessment of your professional development needs. HR
requires you to submit a Professional Development Needs
Assessment so future training sessions are designed to meet
those self-identified needs.
Use the following subheadings to organize your Professional
Development Needs Assessment:
Leader and Manager:
Differentiate between leadership and management.

4. What job tasks require a manager?
What situations require a leader?
Key Concepts:
Explain key nursing leadership, management, and
communication concepts that facilitate collaboration and
support interprofessional teams.
Explain how key nursing leadership, management, and
communication concepts facilitate collaboration with
interprofessional teams.
Leadership Self-Assessment:
Describe your personal leadership and communication style.
Explain the strengths of your style that make an effective
leader.
Skill Development:
Identify skills or areas for future professional development.
What training do you need to be a successful leader in your new
position?

5. Additional Requirements
Written communication:
Written communication should be free of errors that detract
from the overall message.
APA formatting:
Resources and in-text citations should be formatted according
to current APA style and formatting.
Length:
The plan should be 3–4 pages in content length, double-spaced.
Font and font size:
Times New Roman, 12 point.
Number of resources:
Use a minimum of three peer-reviewed resources.