AONL Nurse Executive Competencies Discussion

Considering the nurse competencies captured in the AONL website, my greatest strengths lie on professionalism, knowledge of healthcare environment, and leadership competencies. However, I still need to work on communication and relationship building competency, business skills competency, and a bit of professionalism competency. My biggest challenge within the professionalism competency is time management. I often second guess my decisions by taking longer to respond to a situation. Besides, I understand that reacting quickly, especially when there’s an emergency, is an important nursing skill (Gonzalez-Garcia, 2021)AONL Nurse Executive Competencies Discussion.

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Consequently, I have little experience communicating with patients, especially the elderly. According to (Relf et al., 2018), communication and relationship building competencies enables nurses to deliver person centered care. It involves building healthy and strong relationships with colleagues and patients over a period of time. As such, good communication should be among my top priorities.

Importantly, dealing with job demands such as managing finance and patient database are a bit challenging to me. I’m certain that these skills are important in managing caregiving processes and enable nurses to implement effective emergency preparedness strategies and address budget compliance (Gonzalez-Garcia et al., 2021)AONL Nurse Executive Competencies Discussion.

Since I have identified my weaknesses within the AONL competencies and discussed their impact within the healthcare setting, I plan to integrate the knowledge I acquired and use it to develop my comprehensive practicum project through observation and experiential learning. I’m going to volunteer at my local nursing home where I’ll spend more time with competent nurses and patients and observe how they operate. I also hope to improve my skills and make a difference while working with them AONL Nurse Executive Competencies Discussion.

References

González-García, A., Pinto-Carral, A., Pérez-González, S., & Marqués-Sánchez, P. (2021). Nurse managers’ competencies: A scoping review. Journal of nursing management, 29(6), 1410–1419. https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.13380

Relf, M. V., Mekwa, J., Chasokela, C., Nhlengethwa, W., Letsie, E., Mtengezo, J., Ramantele, K., Diesel, T., & Parham Hopson, D. (2018). Essential nursing competencies related to HIV and AIDS: Executive summary. The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC, 22(1), S9–S16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jana.2010.11.006 AONL Nurse Executive Competencies Discussion

View the Nurse Executive Competencies on the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) website. Consider your current skills, strengths, and areas of weakness according to these competencies. What do you feel are your greatest areas of strength? Discuss three to five competencies that you feel you still need to work on. How do you plan to integrate this knowledge into developing your comprehensive clinical/practicum project?