MANAGEMENT &

LEADERSHIP
BEGINNING NURSE’S ROLE
D E M O N S T R AT E S
MANAGEMENT AND
LEADERSHIP SKILLS
TO PROVIDE SAFE
A N D Q UA L I T Y C A R E
RESPONSIBILITY 1
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1.1 Utilizes appropriate 1.Identifies needs/concerns Management of
and efficient /issues related with multiple resources and
methods/strategies/tool interventions for clients with co- environment
s/ to mange multiple morbidities and complex, rapidly
nursing interventions for changing health status.
clients with 2. Specifies required tasks, Communication
comorbidities, complex, activities and staff to handle
and rapidly health /address the needs, concerns,
Quality improvement
changing health status issued based on the priorities and
with consultation as objectives of care.
needed. 3. Delegates the tasks and Collaboration and
activities based on staff teamwork
competencies.
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4. Check/ keeps track of
result/outcomes of delegated
tasks.
5. Analyzes results /outcomes
of care with nursing and
health care team members.
6.Modifies
methods/strategies to
address gaps, deficiencies,
and /or emerging problems in
partnership with team.
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1.2 Coordinates 1.Identifies appropriate
care by and efficient methods
organizing use of and tools to organize
human ,material and prioritize use of
,financial, and human, material,
other resources financial and other
to achieve resources.
expected health 2.Utilizes cost effective
outcomes. strategies.
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3.Participates actively in
the creation of a preventive
maintenance program to
ensure proper function of
equipment.
4.Adopts measures to work
within the budget
allocation without
compromising related
principles and standards.
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1.3 Maintain a 1. Utilizes various
harmonious and avenues for open
collegial communication.
relationship among 2. Listens to suggestions
members of the and
health team for recommendations.
effective, efficient 3. Specifies conflict
and safe client resolution
care. strategies/approaches
to resolve/transform
conflict situations.
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4. Helps team resolved
differences or areas of
conflict by emphasizing
concern about a specific
situation or action involving
a safety issue, and suggesting
alternatives and sating
consequences.
(e.g. use of 2-challenge Rule:
CUS and DESC)
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CUS
C- I am concerned
U- I am uncomfortable
S- This is a safety issue

DESC
D- Describe a specific
situation
E- Express your concerns
about the action
S- Suggest other alternatives
C- Consequences should be
stated
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1.4 Creates a safe 1. Seek current
Environment of information about area
care through the of practice from journals
use of quality and experts in the field.
assurance,
continuous quality 2. Applies principle of
improvement and evidence-based practice
risk management in decision making to
strategies. ensure a safe
environment of care.
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3. Utilizes critical thinking in
solving problems/ address
issues that arise in practice
using current information
input from patients and
colleagues.

4. Carries out strategies and

actions to ensure a safe
environment of care in a
partnership with the health
team, the client and other
support staff.
D E M O N S T R AT E S
A C C O U N TA B I L I T Y
FOR SAFE NURSING
PRACTICE
RESPONSIBILITY 2
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2.1 Participates 1. Specifies nature and Management of
in the extent of resources and
development of participation in environment
policies and developing policies
standards and standards for Communication
safe nursing practice.
regarding safe
2. Involves self actively Quality
nursing practice.
in policy improvement
development.
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2.2 Organizes own 1. Specifies bases for Ethico-moral
workload organizing workload responsibility
demonstrating to ensure efficiency
in meeting Legal
time management
responsibilities and responsibility
skills for meeting
achieving outcome.
responsibilities
2. Accomplishes
and achieving
assigned workload
outcomes.
within a given time
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2.3 Institute 1. Specifies
appropriate appropriate
corrective corrective actions.
2. Executes judiciously
actions to
corrective actions.
prevent or 3. Determines
minimize harm effectiveness of
arising from implemented
adverse effect corrective actions.
DEMO NST RAT ES
MANAGEMENT AND
LEADERSHIP SKILLS TO
DELIVER HEALTH
P R O G R A M S A N D S E RV I C E S
E F F E C T I V E LY T O S P E C I F I C
CLIENT GROUPS IN THE
COMMUNITY SETTINGS
RESPONSIBILITY 3
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3.1 Applies management 1. Specifies management Management of
and leadership and leadership principles to resources and
principles in manage community village environment
providing direction to based health facility, a
manage a component of a health
community/village-based: Communication
program and/or nursing
service.
3.1.1. health facility 2. Executes appropriate Quality Improve-
activities based on ment
3.1.2. component of
management and leadersip
a health program or Collaborative and
principles.
3.1.3. nursing service
3. Determines effectiveness Teamwork
of implemented
management activities.
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3.2 Uses appropriate 1. Specifies appropriate
strategies/approache methods and tools in
planning community health
s to plan community and nursing service.
health programs and 2. Carries out appropriate
nursing service methods and tools in
planning community health
programs and nursing
services.
3. Evaluate effectiveness of
methods and tools utilized
in planning community
health and nursing services
MANAGES A
COMMUNITY/VILLAGE
BASED HEALTH
FACILITY/COMPONENT
OF A HEALTH
PROGRAM OR A
N U R S I N G S E RV I C E
RESPONSIBILITY 4
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4.1 Coordinates  Chooses appropriate Management of
strategies ,methods, tools
the resources and
to ensure coordination of environment
tasks/functions tasks and functions of other
of other nursing personnel.
nursing  Implements chosen Communication
personnel. strategies, methods, or
tools. Quality
 Evaluates effectiveness of Improvement
implemented
Collaboration
strategies/methods/tools. and Teamwork
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4.2  Specifies appropriate
Collaborates strategies to
with other collaborate with other
members of the members of the health
health team in team in the
the implementation of
programs and services.
implementation
 Carries out appropriate
of programs and
strategies.
services.
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4.3 Ensures  Selects appropriate
adequate resources methods/tools to ensure
adequacy of resources.
to effectively  Uses appropriate
implement methods/tools to ensure
programs and adequacy of resources to
services based on effective program/service
implementation based on
the requirements,
requirements, ratio and
ratio and standards.
standards.  Determines effectiveness of
methods in maintaining
adequacy of resources.
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4.4 Mobilizes  Specifies strategies
necessary to mobilize
resources for resources for effective
effective program
program implementation/service
implementatio delivery.
 Implements necessary
n/service strategies to mobilize
delivery. resources.
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4.5 Supervises the  Determines appropriate
implementation strategies to supervise
of the nursing implementation of the
component of the nursing component of
health services the health services.
 Uses appropriate
/programs.
strategies to supervise
for effective
implementation.
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4.6 Ensures that all 1. Selects appropriate
nursing personnel strategies/methods/tools
adhere to to ensure that all nursing
standards of personnel adhere to
safety, bioethical standards of safety,
principles and bioethical principles and
evidence-based evidence-based nursing
nursing practice. practice.
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 2. Implements appropriate
strategies/methods/tools
that would ensure
adherence of all nursing
personnel to standards of
safety, bioethical principles
and evidence-based
practice.
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4.7 Evaluates 1. Specifies results, outcomes
specific of specific components of
components of community health programs/
nursing services based on
health programs
evaluation
and nursing
criteria/parameters.
services based on 2. Determines areas for
parameters/criteria program/service
. implementation re-planning
based on evaluation
outcomes/results.
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4.8 Applies  1. Participates in developing
management and and implementing
leadership principles documentation methods and
to ensure a complete, tools to ensure a complete,
accurate, and up-to- accurate, and up-to-date
date documentation information on activities and
of activities and outcomes of managing a
outcomes of managing community/village-based
a community/village- facility, component of a
based facility, health programs, and/or
component of health nursing service.
program and/or
nursing service
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 2. Develops the
competence of the nursing
support staff to ensure a
complete, accurate and up-
to-date documentation of
activities and outcomes of
implemented components
of a community/village-
based health program
and/or nursing service.
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4.9 Maintains a 1. Specifies strategies
positive practice appropriate for the effective
maintenance of positive
environment practice environment.
2.Carries out appropriate
strategies to maintain
positive practice
environment.
3. Determines effectiveness
of implemented strategies.
D E M O N S T R AT E S
ABILITY TO LEAD
A N D S U P E RV I S E
NURSING SUPPORT
S TA F F
RESPONSIBILITY 5
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5.1 Applies principles 1 .Specifies supervisory techniques Management of
of supervision for which meet the objectives of resources and
effective and efficient health programs and services given environment
delivery of health expected resources.
programs and Communication
2. Uses appropriate supervisory
services.
techniques.
5.2 Assess supervisory 1. Specifies the competency needs Quality
needs of the nursing of nursing support staff given Improvement
support staff work-setting requisites.

2. Prioritizes supervisory needs of Collaboration and

nursing support staff. Teamwork
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5.3 Participates in 1. Specifies opportunities
the planning and to plan and implement staff
implementation of development activities.
staff development
activities to 2. Involves actively in the
enhance planning and
performance of implementation of staff
nursing support development activities.
staff.
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5.4 Monitors 1. Specifies appropriate
methods and tools to
the performance
monitor the performance of
of the nursing nursing support staff.
support staff.
2. Uses appropriate methods
and tools to check/keep track
of the performance of nursing
support staff for safe care and
mentorship purposes.
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5.5 Evaluates 1. Specifies the nature/quality
and extent of performance of
performance of
nursing support staff.
nursing support
staff using a 2. Provides concerned staff
standard feedback on results of
evaluation tool. performance evaluation.

3. Reports to appropriate
authority results of
evaluation.
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5.6. Participates 1. Specifies areas for
in improving improvement on
existing policies and
policies and
standards of nursing
standards of
practice.
nursing practice. 2. Provides feedback
regarding effect of new
policies and standards
of nursing practice
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5.7 Disseminates 1. Provides nursing
policies, support staff with
regulations, appropriate
circulars and information/data on
programs policies, regulations,
circulars, and
among nurses
programs.
and nursing
2. Explains accordingly
support staff.
the given information.
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5.8 Participates 1. Gathers data/information
relevant to human
in developing
resource policies and
policies and procedures.
procedures 2. Presents performance
relevant to data and other related
human resource information which reflect
need to develop policies
management and procedures relevant
to health resource
management.
UTILIZES
A P P R O P R I AT E
MECHANISM FOR
NETWORKING,
LINKAGE BUILDING
AND REFERALS
RESPONSIBILITY 6
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6.1 Applies 1. Uses appropriate principles
principles of of partnership and Management of
partnership and collaboration which would resources and
collaboration to improve health service environment
delivery.
improve delivery of
2. Carries out appropriate Communication
health services.
strategies/ activities that are
applications of principles of Collaboration
partnership and collaboration and Teamwork
intended to improve health
service delivery.
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6.2 Determines 1. Selects appropriate
strategies for networking,
resources available
linkage building and
for networking,
referral necessary to
linkage building,
improve delivery of health
and referral
services.
necessary for
2. Uses appropriate for
improving delivery
networking, linkage
of health services.
building and referral.

COMPETENCY
6.3 Collaboration with
government organizations,
non-government
organizations, and other
socio- civic agencies to
improve health care
services, support
environment protection
polices and strategies, and
safety and security
mechanism in the
community.
KEY AREAS OF
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILI
TIES
INDICATORS
1. Chooses appropriate
partnership strategies with
government organization,
non- government
organizations, and other
socio-civic agencies to
improve health care
services, support
environmental protection
policies and/ or efforts and
maintain safety and security
in the community.
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2. Carries out appropriate
partnership strategies with
government, non-
government organizations,
and socio-civic agencies to
improve health care services,
support environment
protection polices and/ or
efforts and maintain safety
and security in the
community.
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6.4 Engages in 1. Specifies appropriate
advocacy activities advocacy strategies to
to deal with health
address health related
related concerns
concerns and policy
and adopts policies
that foster the adoption to foster
growth and growth and
development of the development of the
nursing profession. nursing profession.
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2. Implements
appropriate advocacy
strategies to address
health related concerns
and policy adoption to
foster growth and
development of the
nursing profession.