Choose one provision from the ANA Code of Ethics. How is ethical behavior an integral part of being a nurse leader? How does one communicate the characteristics of a role model with this provision? Do ethics influence the leadership style of the nurse leader? Evaluation is an important part of the implementation process. At what point should evaluation begin? At what point should the readjustment process begin? How would you go about determining this? Are these processes the same for every project? Why or why not?

Choose one provision from the ANA Code of Ethics. How is ethical behavior an integral part of being a nurse leader? How does one communicate the characteristics of a role model with this provision? Do ethics influence the leadership style of the nurse leader?

Evaluation is an important part of the implementation process. At what point should evaluation begin? At what point should the readjustment process begin? How would you go about determining this? Are these processes the same for every project? Why or why not?

11.1: ANA Code of Ethics Provisions

Nurses follow numerous professional, ethical, and legal guidelines. Besides ensuring that patients receive quality and timely care, their overall conduct should be morally acceptable. Ethical behavior is an integral part of being a nurse leader since nurse leaders must strive to support and cultivate ethical performance to inspire their followers to emulate similar conduct. Nurse leaders foster human dignity and play an integral role in promoting patient safety. Accordingly, their conduct must embody nursing ethics‘ fundamental principles, including beneficence, nonmaleficence, autonomy, and justice.

The Code of Ethics guides nurse leaders in different circumstances to make rational decisions and serve as role models. Provision 3 of the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics requires the nurse to promote, advocate for, and protect the patient’s rights, health and safety (Gaines, 2021). In promoting patient’s rights, nurse leaders can communicate the characteristics of a role model by leading in ensuring that patients receive health care services that match their needs. Advocacy includes promoting workplace safety and engaging in quality improvement projects to optimize safety and other critical health outcomes (Stamps et al., 2021). Nurse leaders should also ensure safe workplaces for nurses and patients as part of advocacy and routine practice.

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Nurse leaders lead and direct teams, promote care quality care and patient safety, and advocate for a positive work environment. Their leadership styles vary across situations, and ethics influence the leadership style. Nurse leaders who embrace and apply the code of ethics will likely influence their followers’ moral decisions. Influencing many followers requires inspiration, which is the central tenet of transformational leadership. Guiding teams to promote an ethical workplace requires shared decision-making. Authoritative leadership is ineffective in such situations.

References

Gaines, K. (2021). What is the Nursing Code of Ethics? nurse.org. https://nurse.org/education/nursing-code-of-ethics/

Stamps, D. C., Foley, S. M., Gales, J., Lovetro, C., Alley, R., Opett, K., Glessner, T., & Faggiano, S. (2021). Nurse Leaders Advocate for Nurses Across a Health Care System: COVID-19. Nurse leader, 19(2), 159–164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mnl.2020.07.011

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12.1: Project Evaluation

Health care professionals undertake many projects, particularly on quality improvement. Evaluation is among the critical steps involving a detailed and objective assessment of the project’s progress or results. In this case, ongoing or complete projects can be evaluated to determine whether the objectives were achieved. Project leaders or change agents also assess efficiency, the project’s impacts, or effectiveness, among other elements.

As a critical project phase, evaluation usually begins after initiation and planning. At this level, the project leader can assess whether the project’s activities are within the timelines and whether changes are necessary. Evaluation can also be conducted before full implementation through a project’s piloting. In most change-driven projects, piloting involves a small-scale implementation to test whether the project’s idea is viable (Winter, 2020). It examines the projected performance in an actual situation. According to Wanjohi (2021), evaluation should be conducted regularly throughout the project’s life cycle to enable project leaders to determine whether to continue, adjust, or stop a project. Regular evaluation helps project leaders and stakeholders to visualize the progress and the targeted impacts and improve where necessary.

Evaluation helps the project team to readjust as situations necessitate. As a result, the readjustment process should begin when a gap between the current and desired results emerges. A comparative analysis of the goals, processes, and outcomes versus timeline projections can perfectly guide the project team to make the necessary adjustments. Generally, evaluation and the readjustment process differ from one project to another. The differences stem from the type of the project, scope, resources, time, and the experience of the project team. For instance, evaluation can be conducted once in short-term projects, while long-term projects require timely and regular evaluation.

References

Wanjohi, A. M. (2021). An overview of project management life cycle. KENPRO. http://www.kenpro.org/an-overview-of-project-management-life-cycle/

Winter, M. D. (2020). Reshaping health care governance using pilot projects as public policy implementation instruments. The case of integrated care pilot projects for chronic patients in Belgium. International Review of Public Policy, 2(2: 3), 317-341. https://doi.org/10.4000/irpp.1422

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Please respond to each question individually
11.1. Choose one provision from the ANA Code of Ethics. How is ethical behavior an integral part of being a nurse leader? How does one communicate the characteristics of a role model with this provision? Do ethics influence the leadership style of the nurse leader?
12.1. Evaluation is an important part of the implementation process. At what point should evaluation begin? At what point should the readjustment process begin? How would you go about determining this? Are these processes the same for every project? Why or why not?