Prompt 1

Write a reflection paper (suggested length of 4-6 pages) discussing how to use social and emotional intelligence power skills to handle difficult workplace situations and implement joy in the workplace by doing the following:

1.  Describe, using scholarly sources, how advanced professional nurses can manage difficult workplace situations by using each of the following social and emotional intelligence power skills:

•   self-awareness

•   self-management

•   interpersonal communication

•   executive function

•   social awareness

2.  Describe how you, as an advanced professional nurse, would use two of the social and emotional intelligence power skills in the workplace to achieve each of the following results:

•   a professional presence

•   enhanced mindfulness in healthcare

•   a positive social presence to promote a sense of caring and belonging

•   a culture of joy to solve the problem of incivility in the workplace and initiate organizational change

3.  Discuss how you, as an advanced professional nurse leader, would implement the four steps from the “IHI Framework for Improving Joy in Work” in the workplace, including one strategy for each of the four steps.

Note: Refer to the IHI Framework for Improving Joy in Work, pages 8-15 in the Supporting Documents.

4.  Include  three or more scholarly sources in your reflection paper.

 Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.

 Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.

AIM2: Establishing Professional Presence Reflection Paper Template

Establishing Professional Presence to Promote a Healthy Work Environment

Reflection Paper

Author Name (First, Middle Initial, Last)

Leavitt School of Health, Western Governors University

D024: Professional Presence and Influence

Instructor Name

Date

Establishing Professional Presence to Promote a Healthy Work Environment

Using Each SEI Power Skill to Manage Difficult Workplace Situations

Self-awareness

Self-management

Interpersonal Communication

Executive Function

Social Awareness

Using Social and Emotional Intelligence Power Skills to Achieve Results

Achieving Professional Presence Using Two Power Skills

Achieving Enhanced Mindfulness in Healthcare Using Two Power Skills

Achieving Positive Social Presence Using Two Power Skills

Achieving Culture of Joy Using Two Power Skills

Implementing Strategies from the IHI Framework for Improving Joy in Work

Step 1: What Matters to Staff

Step 2: Unique Impediments to Joy

Step 3: Systems Approach with Shared Responsibility

Step 4: Improvement Science to Test Approaches

References

Western Governors University 1 | Page

Accessibility Review Completed and Approved for Distribution and Use.

Academic Product Management [HC - Based on review completed 11/13/24.]

Western Governors University 1 | Page

Accessibility Review Completed and Approved for Distribution and Use.

Academic Product Management [HC - Based on review completed 11/13/24.]

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