A Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) leader has a number of responsibilities, and one of them is to motivate a team and increase engagement toward a vision and goals. There are many strategies for organizations and nurses to achieve success and demonstrate their best skills. For example, any leader has to promote open communication that allows the establishment of authentic relationships with the staff (Bergstedt & Wei, 2020). It is also necessary to stay visible and accessible to ensure that employees’ needs and ideas are heard and recognized (Bergstedt & Wei, 2020). Finally, the nursing context is associated with humanization and understanding that all team members and clients are people first (Pérez-Fuentes et al., 2020). Applying these strategies helps us remember that interaction with people is a core of team-building where self-esteem is improved, emotions are respected, stress is managed, and a vision or goals are appropriately identified.
The promotion of team-building and role-specific competencies is critical for DNP leaders. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (2006), eight essentials prove the importance of nursing practice. This discussion pays attention to nursing leadership, motivation, and engagement. Such essentials as scientific underpinnings for practice, leadership for quality improvement, and interprofessional collaboration must be underlined (American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2006). The first essential requires the development of scientific knowledge where different aspects of organizational structures are learned and the competencies of the translation of research in practice and making systematic changes are developed. The following essential focuses on leadership skills for balancing care quality, productivity, and employee satisfaction and advances the competencies of listening and self-development. The final essential includes team collaboration and respect based on communication, open discussions, and mutual support, along with the improvement of the relationship leverage and positive lifestyle competencies. All these essentials play a role in the distribution of roles in a specific working environment and in understanding nursing values.
References
American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2006). The Essentials of doctoral education for advanced nursing practice [PDF document].
Bergstedt, K., & Wei, H. (2020). Leadership strategies to promote frontline nursing staff engagement.Nursing Management, 51(2), 48-53.
Pérez-Fuentes, M. D. C., Herrera-Peco, I., Molero Jurado, M. D. M., Oropesa Ruiz, N. F., Ayuso-Murillo, D., & Gázquez Linares, J. J. (2020). A cross-sectional study of empathy and emotion management: Key to a work environment for humanized care in nursing.Frontiers in Psychology, 11.