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Professional Aspirations
Having come to the end of years of being in school to obtain my degree, it has given me pause to think about which direction I would like to pursue. Currently I am in a Clinical Systems Educator role in Informatics and have enjoyed it very much but am eager to try a nurse leader position. As much I have loved learning and being with Clinical Informatics, I have over the last few years missed the interaction with patients and nurses alike and I have much to learn as I step into the practicum portion.Steps to achieve success
I will be joining the Clinical Leader Manager (CLM) of the Nursing Resource Team to learn the day to day operations of leading such a team. Part of what the CLM does is to oversee and ensure the float pool of interprofessional staff, interview and hire and monitor practice issues and concerns and also Human Resources responsibilities and labour relations. For me to be a successful nurse leader, I will have to be a good decision maker, be able to guide new staff and be comfortable with conflict resolution (The Chicago School, 2021). Having a mentor, who is fair and has the potential to listen will guide me through some of the processes I am not very experienced with. Hunt (2019) says that following a nurse leader can help to cultivate strengths, work on the weaknesses and instill a positive outlook in the future of nurses and nursing.
I have been fortunate enough to receive my Leadership Development Certificate from the organization I work for and have covered topics such as leading through change, building resilience in times of uncertainty and understanding yourself and others. My deficits in the nurse leader role is what I have chosen as my professional experience plan which includes working through a disciplinary action by finding out how it starts, when to follow-up and when to offer a learning plan or dismissal. Fortunately for me the area I am going to has just started a disciplinary action and I will be able to get first-hand experience although it is not so fortunate for the person being disciplined. The other area I wish to work on is the Human Resources part of management and the process one must take to recruitment, selection and onboarding of new staff. I have had the opportunity to sit in interviews but have never had the chance to participate in the entire process. For my project, the preceptor has offered me the chance to work on Standard Operating Procedure document for the Resource Team as currently the process is a bit scattered. We will be consulting with another organization that has a Resource Team document that can serve as a guide and tailor the document to the needs of my practicum site and also create a binder where team members can easily the find the information they need. This is a project that I should be able to complete during my practicum.