Nursing Leadership by MSN students
Strong leadership in nursing is crucial in the redesigning of the United States health care system. The ability of the MSNs to utilize research and evidence when interviewing nurses and nurse leaders make them feel more qualified in the field of nursing and make them suitable in delivering quality care. The aim of MSN during the interview is to understand the ability of nurse leader to translate the new research findings into the practice and to assess whether they understand nursing language and terminologies used by nursing practitioners. Due to changes in the nursing practice and education, leadership in nursing is required so that they can participate in the designing, implementation, evaluation, and advocacy for the upcoming healthcare reforms. The use of new terminologies and research by MSN students in interviewing nurses and nurse leaders is an indication that they are embracing leadership skills and preparing for the use of evidence-based practice in the new healthcare system.
Nurse leadership is required at all levels and across all settings. Regardless of the position of the nurse, they should at one time take advocate role and guide others through. An example is when MSN students’ interview nurses and nurse leaders. At this moment, they act as advocates for change by assessing whether nurses and nurse leaders are conversant with new nursing terminology and the use of research in treatment and care for patients. The experience of using language and terminologies when interviewing nurses improve the MSN student’s ability to interact and collaborate with other healthcare professionals besides enhancing evidence-based practice in their career. Thus, the use of language and terminologies of research methodologies is an evidenced that they have developed leadership skills and can employ evidence-based practice in the treatment of patients.