HNN320 Leadership and Clinical Governance

HNN320 Assessment Task 1

Purpose of assessment task 1:

Nurses play a critical leadership role in clinical risk management, clinical governance, quality improvement and change management to ensure safe and quality patient care. A Registered Nurse must have leadership skills and take responsibility for maintaining, and further developing their knowledge, skills and professional qualities to develop professional expertise. The purpose of this assessment task is to provide you with the opportunity to reflect on your learning over the course, and your leadership attributes in readiness for your pivotal role in clinical risk management.

Assignment question:

To ensure safe and quality patient care a Registered Nurse must have a variety of leadership skills. Engaging patients effectively in their care is one of those skills. Reflect upon and critically discuss why patient participation is important in maintaining quality and safe patient outcomes in healthcare. Discuss strategies that Registered Nurses can use to reduce patient risk in practice by including their patients in their care.