Leadership Skill Set for the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, Coursework Example

Clinical objectives represent a means of developing a professional skillset that will provide valuable and meaningful support to the patient population whom I serve. Therefore, my clinical objectives have evolved since I began the DNP program and have become a critical factor in my professional development. These objectives are defined as follows:

1)Utilize collaborative efforts to improve evidence-based practice research and solutions to common problems that impact patient care quality (Chism, 2013). From this perspective, I am able to better communicate with my colleagues in an effort to work with patients to address their health concerns more effectively, while also considering other factors that influence their long-term wellbeing, and this supports the need for DNP-prepared nurses to exercise sound judgment in working with patients (Chism, 2013).

2) Addressing the requirements that are useful in fulfilling practice objectives, such as the use of technology-based tools to expand the knowledge base and support a dynamic that is efficient and cost effective (Swenty & Titzer, 2014). The use of technology will bridge specific gaps in patient care delivery and demonstrate the ability to improve quality of care to facilitate effective outcomes (Swenty & Titzer, 2014).

3) Understanding the dynamics of leadership and how they translate into the practice environment is critical to achieve success in a patient care environment (Kwong, 2012). This meets the objectives of DNP education because it supports nusres’ ability to make effective decisions and to lead in a thriving yet challenging work environment.

4)Integrating evidence-based practice into decision-making at the bedside is an essential objective for the nursing environment and supports the need for DNP-educated professionals to utilize evidence appropriately and translate it into new activities and strategies to improve patient outcomes (Sanares-Carreon et.al, 2015).

References

Chism, L.A. (2013). The Doctor of Nursing Practice: A Guidebook for Role Development and Professional Issues. Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Kwong, J. (2012). Leadership Skill Set for the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse. DNP Education, Practice, and Policy: Redesigning Advanced Practice Roles for the 21st Century, 125.

Sanares-Carreon, D., Comeau, O., Heliker, D., Marshall, D., Machner, C., Bell, L., … & Sandridge, J. (2015). An Educational Pathway to Fast Track Evidence-Based Practice at the Bedside. Journal for nurses in professional development,33(1), E1-E6.

Swenty, C. L., & Titzer, J. L. (2014). A sense of urgency: Integrating technology and informatics in advance practice nursing education. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 10(10), e57-e67.