Discussion
Purpose
The purpose of this discussion is to identify opportunities for professional growth by evaluating your capabilities against the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) competencies for nurse leaders and examining the importance of personal well-being as a nurse leader.

Instructions
Reflect on your readings this week and address the following:

As you reflect on your current practice, determine which AONL competencies you see as your greatest opportunity for growth and which you see as your greatest strength.
Propose how you will use the dimensions of personal health to balance your well-being and future growth as a nurse leader.
Please click on the following link to review the DNP Discussion Guidelines on the Student Resource Center program page:

Link (webpage): DNP Discussion GuidelinesLinks to an external site.
Program Competencies
This discussion enables the student to meet the following program competencies:

Applies organizational and system leadership skills to affect systemic changes in corporate culture and to promote continuous improvement in clinical outcomes. (PO 6)
Appraises current information systems and technologies to improve health care. (POs 6, 7)
Analyzes health care policies to advocate for equitable health care and social justice to all populations and those at risk due to social determinants of health. (POs 2, 9)
Creates a supportive organizational culture for flourishing collaborative teams to facilitate clinical disease prevention and promote population health at all system levels. (PO 8)
Leads others in professional identity, advanced clinical judgment, systems thinking, resilience, and accountability in selecting, implementing, and evaluating clinical care. (POs 1, 4)
Course Outcomes
This discussion enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:

Express the role of the nurse leader in the advancement of the profession through personal and professional accountability. (PCs 2, 4, 5, 6, 8; POs 2, 4, 6, 8)
Formulate strategies to adapt leadership style to situational needs and rapid change in the healthcare environment. (PCs 2, 4, 5, 6; POs 6, 8, 9)
Due Dates
Initial Post: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Wednesday
Follow-Up Posts: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday

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Aislynn Moyer
Jun 20 7:57pm

Reply from Aislynn Moyer
Hi everyone,

Welcome to Week 1! The purpose of this discussion is to identify opportunities for professional growth by evaluating and applying the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) competencies for nurse leaders. Additionally, you will examine the importance of personal well-being as a nurse leader.

This discussion enables you to meet the following course and program outcomes:

1. Express the role of the nurse leader in the advancement of the profession through personal and professional accountability. (POs 2, 4, 6, 8)

3. Formulate strategies to adapt leadership style to situational needs and rapid change in the healthcare environment. (POs 6, 8, 9)

1 As you reflect on your current practice, determine which AONL competencies you see as your greatest opportunity for growth and which you see as your greatest strength?

2. Propose how you will use the dimensions of personal health to balance your well-being and your future growth as a nurse leader?

Please review the discussion grading guidelines and support your post with scholarly references.