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?

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