Position Statement

Minimum educational qualifications for nursing staff in residential aged care settings

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Position Statement

Ethical leadership in emissions reduction

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Planning your career

As a nurse, you have skills that you are building on to lead and manage and the determination and ambition to succeed in your career. Knowing what is needed to build a prosperous and satisfying career though is completely objective. This means you will have to seriously consider what YOU will need to do to…

Discover your Leadership Style

Learning outcomes: Know yourself as a leader 5 leadership styles characteristics, advantages and disadvantages will be highlighted. Leadership behaviour As you review the different leadership styles you may relate to some and have that aha moment, or leaders may resonate with you. Then you can build on your self-awareness around your strengths and potential areas…

Active Listening

Communication is not a one-way process. It requires, at least, someone to give the message and someone to receive it. Demonstrating active listening shows the person that their message is both received and understood. To enhance your listening skills, you need to let the other person know that you are listening to what they are…

Ethical Leadership

Q&A: What do you think is “ethical leadership”? (Write 2-3 paragraphs) Ethical leaders do the right thing, at the right time, for the right reasons. They put their ethics before the bottom line and this makes it more likely for their teams to be loyal, dedicated and ethical in return. Ethical leaders seek to; Maintain…

Critical Thinking

Q&A: What is critical thinking and when would you use critical thinking in the clinical setting? (Write 2-3 paragraphs) In literature ‘critical thinking’ is often used, and perhaps confused, with problem-solving and clinical decision-making skills and clinical reasoning. In practice, problem-solving tends to focus on the identification and resolution of a problem, whilst critical thinking…

Anger Management

We all get angry, it’s a normal emotion. However, some of us handle our anger better than others. To manage anger, acknowledge that you have a problem, keep a hostility log, and build a support network based on trust. Anger An emotional condition that has different intensities from irritation to rage.  Same as all other…