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LEADERSHIP PORTFOLIO

BY: STEFANIE IRISH

NIPISSING UNIVERSITY

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

- John Quincy Adams

Professional Leadership Credo

LEADERSHIP

PATH

To be commited to providing exceptional leadership and guidance to students as I join them on their journies to becoming nurses. I commit to advocating for new experiences and learning opportunities and empowering each student to advocate for themselves, their clients and the nursing profession. I commit to meeting the professional standards set out by the CNO and to role model professionalism, honesty and integrity for my students and my colleagues.

Vision Statement

Vision

To provide exemplary nursing care to all of my patients and thier families; encompassing evidenced based practices, compassion and the nursing process.

To be a leader in innovation and to advance research in the nursing profession.

To continuously seek knowlege and education that advances my practice and allows me to provide the highest standard of care.

VALUES

Values

  • Integrity
  • Authenticity
  • Honesty
  • Dedication
  • Team work
  • Caring
  • Compassion
  • Kindness

"Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile"

- Vince Lombardi

Leadership Journey

My Journey

I began my leadership in nursing journey by completing my practical nursing diploma at Niagara College from 2009-2011 and becoming registered with the College of Nurses of Ontario. During school I was a leader in my class. I was a peer tutor for many subjects and graduated at the top of my class, with Dean's list distinction. It was during this program that I noticed I had natural leadership abilities. I often lead group work and delegated tasks to the team members. Through out my career I lead students by being a preceptor for them and a mentor for new staff. Recently I accepted a formal leadership role as a clincial nurse supervisor.

Niagara

College

CNO

Mentor

Leadership

Roles

Leadership Roles

BScN Student

Nipissing University

Student

Clinical Nurse Supervisor for the Practical Nursing program at Niagara College

Clinical

Instructor

Registered Practical Nurse - Emergency Department

RPN

Family

Mother

&

Wife

Leadership Competencies

LEADERSHIP

COMPETENCIES

1.3 Personal and Professional Development

1.3 Continuing

Personal

Development

Nurse leaders encourage and support nurses to maintain competence through education and professional development as well as advocating (CNO, 2018). While the CNO requires professional development in order to maintain competence, it is important to develop personally as well and reflect on our own values and beliefs. The following artifacts depict personal and professional development that I have completed to be a leader in the nursing field.

Patient & Family

Advocacy

Healthy Choices, Healthy Life

I have included a personal reflection in regards to bridging my own knowledge gaps on a telemetry unit. Self reflection is crucial to being a good leader.

Personal

Reflection

Telemetry

Reflection

RNAO Guideline Development

4.3 Encouraging

Improvement & Innovation

4.3 Encouraging

Improvement & Innovation

I promote innovation and improvement in practice by being a panel member on a new best-practice guideline development with the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO). I sit on the panel that will make recommendations for evidenced based practice for Vascular Access. Care and maintenace for CVADs became a passion of mine as I work in oncology.

"The Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) is the professional association representing registered nurses, nurse practitioners and nursing students in Ontario" (RNAO, 2020).

"Since 1925, RNAO has advocated for healthy public policy, promoted excellence in nursing practice, increased nurses’ contribution to shaping the health-care system, and influenced decisions that affect nurses and the public they serve" (RNAO, 2020).

4.1 Encouraging Patient Safety

4.1 Encouraging

Patient

Safety

IPAC & COVID-19

With the recent COVID-19 pandemic it is more important than ever to be aware of infection prevention and control. By maintaining competency in infection control I am able to keep my patients and students safe from hospital acquired infections and prevent the spread of COVID-19. Potter and Perry (2014) state that, "by understanding the chain of infection, you can intervene to prevent infections from developing" (p. 622). In my career I lead students by role modeling infection control practices and providing them feedback about their donning and doffing techniques and hand hygiene to break the chain of infection.

IPAC & COVID-19

Gentle Persuasive Approaches (GPA)

GPA

GPA is a workshop offered by many health care institutions. The goal of this training is to educate health care providers how to gently respond to behaviours exhibited by clients and patients with dementia (Advanced Gerontological Education, 2014). This workshop allowed me to consider a person centred care approach to managing and preventing behaviours. It helped me to identify triggers and to look for treatable causes of behaviours such as pain, hunger, delerium and washroom needs. By being aware of triggers and preventing them, I am able to keep patients safe and redirect them safely if they engage in self harm.

2.1 Developing Networks

2.1 Developing

Networks

Developing networks is extremely important for career development and to learn different leadership skills and qualities. As a student I attended a Niagara Health (NH) board meeting where I met and listened to the members of the board of directors, the company President, the Chief of Staff for physicians, the clinical VP as well as many members of the executive team. I have maintained contact with the VP of clincial services and have had really good discussions with him about leadership at NH, areas for improvement and areas where we do well. I also have applied for different positions outside of nursing to network with other departments. For example, in 2015 I took a role as a subject matter expert for a project with our ICT department. I learned project management and change management from this role and can utilize these skills in leadership roles in nursing as well as in my current career as a clincial supervisor. My name is widely known across the organization for my role in bringing Vocera secure text messaging to our physicians.

Networking is marketing. Marketing yourself, your uniqueness, what you stand for.

-Christine Lynch

Leadership Reflection

REFLECTIVE

ANALYSIS

Throughout this course I have learned about leadership skills, qualities and different ways to be an effective leader. All nurses have the ability to be leaders. Nurses lead when they advocate for their profession, their patients and policy changes as well as when they collaborate and share their knowledge and recognize when patient safety is at risk (CNO, 2019). Through my different leadership roles I have been able to advocate for change and in one case, lead a change in the way nurses and physicians communicate with each other via secure text messaging. Participating in an innovative project has allowed me to gain skills in change management as well as communication. Having to communicate with fellow nurses, executive team members and highly regarded physicians gave me experiences and confidence to move forward in leadership roles.

I have learned a lot about my own leadership style and areas that I can improve in. The leader that I interviewed early on this term told me that good leaders are able to admit their mistakes and learn from them. By reflecting on situations, good leaders are able to analyze the things they do well and find areas for improvement. According to Heckemann, Schols and Halfens (2015), “reflection is an established means to foster learning” (p. 744). I incorporate reflection into my daily practice. When I am out clinically with students, I reflect on our day and interactions that I had with them and the staff in the agencies and determine areas where I can improve my communication with them or find experiential opportunities for the students.

As I continue to move forward in my career and my education, I hope to gain employment in a formal leadership role. Some areas that I would like to end up include nursing education through a university or a nurse educator role in a hospital. I also feel that I would make a good leader in a managerial role should that opportunity arise. By obtaining my nursing degree, I am gaining education and clinical experience that will help me to thrive in these roles. I plan on continuing my education through a master’s in education program as well as healthcare management and women in leadership through various universities both in Canada as well as the United States. I believe that these efforts will contribute to providing the highest standard of care for patients as well as fostering relationships with colleagues regardless of where my career leads me.

5 Year Leadership Plan

2024

Begin Health Care Management course at Yale

2022

Masters of Education

2020- Begin Women in Leadership at Cornell University

5 Year Plan

2020

Graduate

2021

2023

Become a union Steward

Current

Resume

References

Advanced Gerontological Education. (2014). Gentle persuasive approaches (GPA) in dementia care: Supporting persons with responsive behaviours. Hamilton, Ontario: Advanced Gerontological Education (AGE) Inc.

Heckemann, B., Schols, J., & Halfens, R. (2015). A reflective framework to foster emotionally intelligent leadership in nursing. Journal of Nursing Management, 23(6), 744-753. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org.proxy.library.niagarac.on.ca:8080/10.1111/jonm.12204

Potter, P. A., & Perry, A. G. (2014). Canadian Fundamentals of Nursing (5th ed.). Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Elsevier Canada.

Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO). (2020). About RNAO. Retrieved from RNAO: https://rnao.ca/about

The College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO). (2019, November). When nurses lead, patients are safer. The Standard. Retrieved from The Standard: http://cno.org/en/learn-about-standards-guidelines/magazines-newsletters/the-standard/October-November-2019/nurses-are-leaders/

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