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Interview With a Nurse Leader:

Guidelines

Purpose

The following is the purpose of this assignment,

· Discuss the roles and responsibilities of a Nurse Leader in a selected healthcare organization.

· Review the organization’s mission, vision, values, and beliefs.

· Discuss the Nurse Leader’s strategic plan as it relates to The Institute of Medicine’s Quality initiatives and ONE of the following five core competencies.

1) Provide patient-centered care

2) Work in interdisciplinary/interprofessional teams

3) Employ evidence-based practice

4) Apply quality improvement

5) Utilize informatics

· Articulate the role of the BSN-prepared nurse to support the strategic plan related to selected IOM core competency.

· Articulate what was learned from time spent with interviewee and how own nursing practice will change as a result of the encounter and completion of this assignment.

Course Outcomes

This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes.

CO 1: Apply leadership concepts, skills, and decision making in the provision of high quality nursing care, healthcare team management, and the oversight and accountability for care delivery in a variety of settings. (PO #2)

CO 3: Participate in the development and implementation of imaginative and creative strategies to enable systems to change. (PO #7)

CO 5: Apply improvement methods, based on data from the outcomes of care processes, to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of healthcare. (PO #8)

CO 6: Develop a personal awareness of complex organizational systems and integrate values and beliefs with organizational mission. (PO #7)

CO 7: Apply leadership concepts in the development and initiation of effective plans for the microsystems and/or system-wide practice improvements that will improve the quality of healthcare delivery. (PO #2 and 3)

Points

This assignment is worth a total of 200 points.

Due Date

This assignment, Interview with a Nurse Leader, is due at the end of Week 6. Submit your completed interview, using the Interview Form, to the basket in the Dropbox by Sunday, 11:59 p.m. MT. Post questions to the weekly Q & A Forum. Contact your instructor if you need additional assistance. See the Course Policies regarding late assignments. Failure to submit your paper to the Dropbox on time will result in a deduction of points.

Directions

1. Interview Form from Doc Sharing. It is found under the Week 6 Interview link.

2. Select your interviewee, schedule and conduct an interview. This individual must be a Registered Nurse employed in a leadership role. Job titles of RNs who may be considered include, but are not limited to: Chief Nursing Officer, Vice President of Nursing/Patient Care Services, Director of Nursing, Associate/Assistant Director of Nursing, Nurse Manager, Patient Care Manager, and Department Head/Director who has RNs reporting to him or her. If you have any concerns about whether the RN is “suitable” for this assignment, contact your instructor BEFORE you schedule and conduct the interview.

3. Review all areas of inquiry on the Interview Form located in Doc Sharing PRIOR to conducting the interview. You may print the form and take it with you to the interview. However, you may not give it to the individual and ask him or her to complete it and return it to you.

4. Note there are five areas of inquiry to discuss with the RN/Nurse Leader.

5. Prior to conducting interview, review two scholarly resources related to the ONE aforementioned core competencies upon which you plan to focus. These resources should guide your interview process and understanding of the Nurse Leader’s role and responsibilities as it relates to the selected core competency. If you have questions about what constitutes a scholarly resource, please ask your instructor.

6. Note that practice impact must be addressed by YOU.

7. Conduct the interview. The length of your interview will vary but should not exceed one hour.

8. Submit the form to the Dropbox prior to the deadline outlined above.

Grading Criteria

Category	Points	%	Description
Scholarly Resources	20	10%	Name two resources reviewed prior to conducting interview related to selected core competency. Describe how each resource helped student prepare for and conduct interview. APA formatting for two resources is correct.
Demographics	10	5%	Initials, credentials, job title, and length in present position of interviewee are provided. Date and time of interview are provided. Working phone number of interview is provided for instructor to follow-up if indicated.
Scope of Responsibility	30	15%	Provide a paraphrased or summary of the interviewee’s answer indicating major responsibilities and number of direct reports. Indicate total operational budget for which interviewee is responsible. You may quote the interviewee, but sparingly. Do NOT provide a verbatim transcript of everything that was said. Bulleted items may be used.
Mission, Vision, Values, and Beliefs of the Organization	30	15%	Provide a paraphrased or summary of the interviewee’s answer. You may quote the interviewee, but sparingly. Do NOT provide a verbatim transcript of everything that was said. Bulleted items may be used.
Strategic Plan as it Relates to ONE Core Competency	30	15%	Name the core competency. Provide a paraphrased or summary of the interviewee’s answer about how the core competency is incorporated in the unit, department, and organization’s strategic plan. You may quote the interviewee, but sparingly. Do NOT provide a verbatim transcript of everything that was said. Bulleted items may be used.
Role of BSN-Prepared Nurse to support strategic plan as it relates to the same core selected	30	15%	Provide a paraphrased or summary of the interviewee’s answer about the role of BSN-prepared nurses to support strategic plan as it relates to selected core competency. You may quote the interviewee, but sparingly. Do NOT provide a verbatim transcript of everything that was said. Bulleted items may be used.
Practice Impact	30	15%	Summarize specifically what was learned from interaction with interviewee. Describe how own nursing practice will change as a result of learning about roles and responsibilities of interviewee, the core competency, and completion of this assignment.
Scholarly Writing	20	10%	Name of student and date of interview appears on Interview Form. Punctuation and sentence structure are correct. Evidence of spell and grammar check. Resources are formatted according to APA.
Total	200 points	100%	A quality assignment will meet or exceed all of the above requirements.

Grading Rubric

Assignment Criteria

Outstanding or Highest Level of Performance

Very Good or High Level of Performance

Competent or Satisfactory Level of Performance

Poor or Failing or Unsatisfactory Level of Performance

Scholarly Resources

20 points

Specifically names two scholarly resources reviewed PRIOR to interview.

Thoroughly states how EACH resource helped prepare for the interview.

18–20 points

Names two resources reviewed PRIOR to interview, but are not necessarily scholarly in nature.

States how EACH resource helped prepare for the interview.

16–17 points

Names only one resource reviewed PRIOR to interview.

Briefly states how resource helped prepare for the interview.

14–15 points

Does not name scholarly resources and/or does not indicate how resources helped prepare for the interview.

0–13 points

Demographics

10 points

Provides initials, credentials, job title, date of interview, and working phone number of interviewee.

9–10 points

Omits one element but maintains anonymity by providing only initials.

8 points

Omits two or three elements.

7 points

Provides name instead of initials. Omits most or all of the elements.

0–6 points

Scope of Responsibility

30 points

Provides a thorough summary of the interviewee’s answer indicating major responsibilities, number of direct reports, and total operational budget for whom interviewee is responsible.

28–30 points

Provides only highlights of the interviewee’s answer but leaves out either responsibilities, direct reports, or operational budget.

25–27 points

Provides brief paraphrased summary but leaves out two criteria.

23–24 points

Does not pose this question, or does not provide answers to criteria. 0–22 points

Mission, Vision, Values, and Beliefs of the Organization

30 points

Provides a thorough paraphrased summary of the interviewee’s answer, including mission, vision, values, and beliefs of the organization.

28–30 points

Provides only highlights of the interviewee’s answer but does not include mission or vision or values or beliefs.

25–27 points

Provides a brief paraphrased summary of the interviewee’s answer but does not include two of the items.

23–24 points

Does not pose the question or does not provide answers to three or more of the criteria.

0–22 points

Strategic Plan as it Relates to ONE Core Competency

30 points

Names the core competency correctly, and provides a thorough paraphrased summary of the interviewee’s answer about how the unit or department incorporates the core competency into the strategic plan.

28–30 points

Describes the core competency but does not necessarily name it correctly. Provides only highlights of the interviewee’s answer regarding how the unit or department incorporates the core competency into the strategic plan.

25–27 points

Describes a competency but not a core competency. Provides a brief summary of the interviewee’s answer about how the unit or department incorporates the competency into the strategic plan.

23–24 points

Does not pose the question or name a competency. Does not provide a paraphrased summary of the interviewee’s answer.

0–22 points

Role of BSN-Prepared Nurse to support strategic plan as it relates to the same core competency

30 points

Provides a thorough paraphrased summary of the interviewee’s answer about the role of BSN-prepared nurses to support the strategic plan as it relates to selected core competency.

28–30 points

Provides only highlights of the interviewee’s answer about the role of the BSN-prepared nurses to support the strategic plan as it relates to selected core competency.

25–27 points

Provides a brief paraphrased summary of the interviewee’s answer about the role of the BSN-prepared nurses to support the strategic plan as it relates to selected core competency.

23–24 points

Does not pose the question or fails to state the role of the BSN-prepared nurse in core competency as it relates to the strategic plan.

0–22 points

Practice Impact

30 points

Composes a thorough summary of what was learned from interaction with the interviewee and describes how personal nursing practice will change as a result of learning about roles and responsibilities of the interviewee.

28–30 points

Shares highlights of what was learned from interaction with the interviewee AND describes how personal nursing practice will change as a result of learning about roles and responsibilities of the interviewee.

25–27 points

Shares a brief summary of what was learned from interaction with the interviewee OR describes how personal nursing practice will change. Does not include both.

23–24 points

Fails to summarize what was learned from interaction with the interviewee AND fails to describe how personal nursing practice will change.

0–22 points

Scholarly Writing

20 points

Name of student and date of interview appears on the Interview Form. Punctuation and sentence structure are correct. Evidence of spell and grammar check.

Scholarly resources are in proper APA format.

18–20 points

Name of student and date of interview appears on the Interview Form.

Minimal punctuation, sentence structure errors noted.

Few grammar or spelling errors are noted.

Scholarly resources contain one or two APA formatting errors.

16–17 points

Name of student or date of interview is missing.

Several punctuation, sentence structure errors noted.

Several grammar or spelling errors noted.

Scholarly resources contain three or more APA formatting errors.

14–15 points

Name of student or date of interview is missing.

Many punctuation, spelling, and sentence structure errors are noted.

Scholarly resources are not in APA format.

0–13 points

Total Points Possible= 200

Your score=

A quality assignment will meet or exceed all of the above requirements.