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Hi , Reading about your ClifonStrengths Finder Assessment was interesting and made me understand the importance of performing an Assessment like this and how beneficial this tool

can be on a professional and personal level. I think that more organizations should provide or offer this to employees to better understand his or her employees better. I also feel that it helps

peoplerecognize what makes them thrive and weakness that they may have. You mentioned the core value of consistency and I can also relate with that being something that I would like to

work on. Consistency is not only important on a person level; I think of school and study bit also a professional level as well. Consistency is needed from nurse leadership and our organization to

be effective at our jobs and patients need consistency from nurses to promote the healing process. For example, newborns can be subjected to opioids and when born display opioid withdrawal

symptoms and exhibit dysregulated behavior known as Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. Current standards rely on diagnosis and initiation of pharmacological management dependent on nurse

assessment and continued evaluation of newborn’s clinical signs. Research has shown that education, clinical guidelines, and a restructured scoring tool helped increased consistency as well as

accuracy of withdrawal-assessments among Neonatal nurses. (Timpson et al., 2018, para. 7) The solution to address your own consistency is relatable as you mentioned as having time that is

specific for schoolwork. You also mentioned positivity as another trait you would like to work on. I believe that is something we all would like to work on including myself. I feel like with the

Pandemic, personal and work stressors I admit I have had a difficult time with positivity. It can also be difficult being positive with patients as well who are also feeling stressed as well. Stress

with our career is an inseparable part of the nurse’s professional life and occurs when nurses do not have the decision-making ability and skill levels to encounter the demands of the job.

Stresses can be related to intense workload, inadequate staff, too many patients, lack of administrative support, shifting work environment and the emotional challenges of working with patients

who are sick or dying. A technique that can be effective in improving the function and decreasing work stress of nurses is positive thinking and optimism. This has an impact on the behavior of

people to manage with stressful experiences and conquer them as well as helping people to be persistent effectively perusing his or her goals and take steps to optimize the quality of life.

(Motamed-Jahromi et al., 2017, para. 6) Being now more aware of my weakness I look forward to working towards them to become better for myself and as a nurse.

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Motamed-Jahromi, M., Fereidouni, Z., & Dehgan, A. (2017). Effectiveness of positive thinking training program on nurses quality of work life through smartphone applications. US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health. Retrieved January 1, 2021, from https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/4965816

Timpson, W., Killoran, C., Maranda, L., Picarillo, A., & Bloch-Salisbury, E. (2018). A quality improvement initiative to increase scoring consistency and accuracy of the finnegan tool: challenges in obtaining reliable assessments of drug withdrawal in neonatal abstinence syndrome. US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, 18(1), 70–78. Retrieved January 1, 2021, from https://doi.org/10.1097/ANC.0000000000000441

Hi,

I enjoyed reading your post! When using your Clifton Strength, you are more likely to be engaged in your work, more productive, and happier (Gallup, 2020). Being consistent as a leader is vital. I believe if a leader is inconsistent with the rest of the team, they may be seen as less trustworthy. According to Brunt, “Qualities that nurses seek in their leaders include a commitment to excellence, passion about their work, clear vision and strategic focus, trustworthiness, respectfulness, accessibility, empathy and caring, and commitment to coaching and developing staff,” (Brunt & Bogdan, 2020). 

Reference:

Brunt, A. & Bogdan, A. (2020). Nursing Professional Development Leadership. Journal for Nurses in Professional Development, 36(2), 99-103. 

Gallup, I. (2020, October 29). CliftonStrengths. https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/252137/home.aspx