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Define transformational leadership

PREPARING YOUR VIRTUAL CLINICAL LEARNING EXPERIENCE

The BSN Essentials (AACN, 2008) outline a number of healthcare policy and advocacy competencies for the BSN-prepared nurse. Reflect on your virtual clinical learning experience, course readings, discussion threads, and applications you have completed across this course thus far and use it to write a reflective essay regarding the following questions and points:

Step 1:

1. Complete the Virtual Clinical Learning Experience “Leadership to use systems thinking” at www.leadrnme.com

Step 2: Develop a written paper, 4-5 pages maximum (not including cover and references page) using the following as headings and subheadings when applicable:

2.Define transformational leadership

3.Identify specific methods of transformational leadership and how they were used to solve a problem.

4.Describe one patient safety issue from the VCL experience.

5.How did the healthcare team seek to reduce risks, provided specific examples or description and supportive rationale?

6.Describe a way the nurse leader used a transformational leadership principle.

7.Describe how one-way systems thinking was used in the VCL

8.Reflections on the experience

a.Describe one specific way you have or use principles of systems thinking to enhance outcomes, using supportive peer-reviewed citations.

b.Describe one specific way you have or could use principles of transformational leadership to enhance outcomes, using supportive peer-reviewed citations.

c.Please provide supportive peer-reviewed rationale using information taken from at least one course resource (textbook may be used). Your understanding will be demonstrated as you explain transformational leadership and systems thinking key concepts in your own words and apply them to your reflections, providing peer-reviewed supportive rationale for your decisions.

Virtual Clinical Learning Experience Reflection	80	80	(a)Define transformational leadership (b)Identify specific methods of transformational leadership and how they were used to solve a problem. (c)Describe one patient safety issue from the VCL experience. (d)How did the healthcare team seek to reduce risks, provided specific examples or description and supportive rationale? (e)Describe a way the nurse leader used a transformational leadership principle. (f)Describe how one-way systems thinking was used in the VCL (g)Reflections on the experience a.Describe one specific way you have or use principles of systems thinking to enhance outcomes, using supportive peer-reviewed citations. b.Describe one specific way you have or could use principles of transformational leadership to
			enhance outcomes, using supportive peer reviewed citations. c. Please provide supportive peer-reviewed rationale using information taken from at least one course resource (textbook may be used). Your understanding will be demonstrated as you explain transformational leadership and systems thinking key concepts in your own words and apply them to your reflections, providing peer-reviewed supportive rationale for your decisions.
Conclusion	4	4	An effective conclusion identifies the main ideas and major conclusions from the body of your essay. Minor details are left out. Summarize the benefits of the pertinent Virtual Clinical Learning Experience.
Clarity of writing	6	6	Use of standard English grammar and sentence structure. No spelling errors or typographical errors. Organized around the required components using appropriate headers. Writing should demonstrate original thought without an over-reliance on the works of others.
APA format	2	2	All information taken from another source, even if summarized, must be appropriately cited in the manuscript and listed in the references using APA (7^th ed.) format: 1. Document setup 2.Title and reference pages 3.Citations in the text and references.

Plagiarism Free

Requirements: 5 pages