NSG 6620 Week 7 Discussion 2: Performance Appraisals and the Nursing Leader

Performance appraisal is a mechanism or strategy for sharing performance feedback with all employees based on a defined set of performance criteria. Nurses need feedback to flourish and grow as well as develop career goals and a career trajectory. Typically, there are organizational policies guiding time for and methods of performance appraisal. Performance appraisals must be conducted on a regular basis applying the organizational policy and performance appraisal guidelines.

They should not be conducted as a punitive process but as a formative process to assist employees in learning and growing to become even more valuable to the healthcare organization. There are a variety of formal and informal processes for performance appraisal. The key purpose of a performance appraisal is to support and assist in professional growth.

Using the readings for the week, the South University Online Library, and the Internet, respond to the following:

Describe the role of the nursing leader related to coaching and guiding of staff during a performance appraisal.

Describe the role of the nursing leader in determining performance appraisal criteria.

Examine the need of the nursing leader to be a role model in giving performance improvement data for novice and experienced nurses.

Comment on the postings of at least two peers.

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Evaluation Criteria:

Described the role of the nursing leader related to coaching and guiding of staff during a performance appraisal.

Described the role of the nursing leader in determining performance appraisal criteria.

Examined the need of the nursing leader to be a role model in giving performance improvement data for novice and experienced nurses.

Justified your answers with appropriate research and reasoning.

Commented on the postings of at least two peers.