Reflections on Communicating a Professional Identity

How do effective nurse executives:

• Establish credibility?
• Bring unique expert nursing background to the Board / Senior Management Team?
• Bring wisdom and expertise to contribute to the strategic direction of the organization in a collaborative way?
• Be a leader on quality issues within the parameters of the role and organizational agenda?

Consider:

• Discussing with colleagues board member relationships vis-a-vis the CNE / CNO
• Transformational Leadership Strategies
• Best practice recommendations for nursing leadership, professionalism, advocacy and collaboration

Reflections on Strategic Alignment of People and Issues

How do effective nurse executives:

• Link messages and messaging to Board priority areas
• Enhance quality and safety literacy
• Support CEO and other team members while speaking out for quality and other strategic issues
• Forge public and stakeholder partnerships at 3 levels:

1. Health care consumer
2. Health care practitioner
3. Health care delivery organization

Consider:

• Transformational leadership strategies for modeling professional nursing and nursing quality
• Knowledge translation and exchange
• Communication tools, as guides for political advocacy, media savvy, and public relations
• “Scaling up”
• Best practice recommendations for nursing leadership, professionalism, and inter-professional collaboration

See the Best Practice Guideline 'Collaborative Practice Among Nursing Teams Guideline'.