Date of Award
January 2021
Document Type
Open Access Thesis
Degree Name
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
Department
Yale University School of Nursing
First Advisor
Joan Kearney
Abstract
As the care of health shifts to a more decentralized model of care, it essential that the role of nursing facilitates new paths to meeting patients and communities where they are in the context of their lives, forging new partnerships outside of the traditional health care setting, and focusing on advocating for collective upstream solutions (Pittman, 2020). However, this shift requires a set of skills that are not a focus of current nurse leadership training. These are Soft Leadership Skills: networking, communication, teamwork, and innovation/creativity, but not in the traditional sense of the terms (Rao, 2017). The goal of this project was to introduce these concepts through an immersive, web-based program to a group of aspiring nurse leaders at the Organization of Nurse Leaders, New Jersey. The participants were given a brief pre-survey, a 12-minute web-based program, and a brief post-survey offered over the span of 5 weeks. Participant’s demographics, knowledge on the topic, interest in learning more and the program’s value proposition were assessed. Overall, the program was well received, with an increase in knowledge on Soft Leadership Skills from participation in the program, increased importance of utilization in current practice, and an increased interest to learn more on the topic. This data supports the need for future work focusing on a broader demographic of nurses and further trainings on Soft Leadership Skills for nurses to lead the future of health care.
Recommended Citation
Raoji, Nina Vaid, "The Future Of Leadership Training: An Immersive Web-Based Program Enhancing Nurse’s Critical Soft Leadership Skills In New Healthcare Contexts" (2021). Yale School of Nursing Digital Theses. 1123.
https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/ysndt/1123
Comments
This is an Open Access Thesis.