DEVELOPING THE LEADER WITHIN YOU
Presenters: Shelley Bumm, BSN RN NCSN
Janet Jones, MSN RN NCSN
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and
become more, you are a LEADER!”John Quincy Adams
School Nursing Standards of Practice
Standard 12
“The school nurse demonstrates leadership in the professional practice setting and the profession.”
ANA, 2011, p. 14
Leaders
Show passion in their work
Cultivate a healthy work
environment
Mentor others
Promote advancement of the
profession
Are team players and team builders
Leadership in Action
The school nurse provides leadership in both the professional setting and the nursing profession.
A school nurse is the only health care professional in the school and is expected to be a leader in health and child advocacy issues.
Leadership CharacteristicCommunication
Good Communication is:
Active listening
Asking questions for clarification
Speaking clearly and succinctly
Leadership CharacteristicsHonesty. Integrity and Trust
Honesty: Keeping your word, following through
Integrity: Courage to speak up when your view is
unpopular
Trust: Gained by acting in the best interest of the
team or organization
Leadership CharacteristicsPassion, Enthusiasm
Leadership Characteristics
Commitment:
Inspire loyalty to increase productivity
Leadership Characteristics
Leadership CharacteristicAuthenticity
Be Authentic
Have a clear picture of your strengthsand weaknesses
How can you take your own identified Leadership qualities and apply them
to a role within FASN?
Activity Identify your main leadership characteristic
Move to the correlating color poster
Form a small group with every color of leadership characteristic represented
Discuss question posed to you by the presenters
Feedback and discussions from groups
Now that you know you have a passion for school nursing,
unbounded enthusiasm and a willingness to serve…. won’t you
consider volunteering for a Leadership role in our professional
organization today?
ReferencesAmerican Nurses Association and National School Nurses Association (2011). School Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, 2nd Edition. Silver Spring, MD: Nursesbooks.org (p. 14).Leadership Characteristics. (2009, January 1). Retrieved January 15, 2015, from http://leadership.uoregon.edu/resources/exercises_tips/skills/
leadership_characteristics Prive, T. (2012, December 19). Top 10 Qualities that Make a Great Leader [Web log post]. Retrieved January 15, 2015, from
http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml Selekman, J. (2012). School Nursing: A Comprehensive Text (2nd ed.). Philadelphia PA: F.A. Davis Company.
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