The Colorado Nursing Articulation Model: 2001-2005

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Core Role Competency: Manager Role

2001 Articulation Home

The nurse, as manager, works collaboratively to achieve the desired outcomes of quality care, fiscal responsibility, and customer satisfaction by coordinating care of individuals, families, groups, or populations through effective use of technology, resources, information and systems.

Skill	LPN	ADN	BSN
Management of Care	Coordinates, organizes, prioritizes and modifies care provided for the individual, family or group. Assigns care appropriately.	Coordinates, organizes, prioritizes and modifies care provided for the individual, family or group. Assigns and delegates care appropriately.	Coordinates, organizes, prioritizes and modifies care provided for the individual, family, group or population. Assigns and delegates care appropriately. Develops, implements and evaluates population-based health care programs.
Management and Leadership Concepts	Demonstrates basic management and leadership skills. Uses basic communication and conflict management skills.	Applies management and leadership concepts. Uses effective communication and conflict management skills in promoting a positive milieu.	Analyzes the management process and leadership concepts for implementation. Uses and coaches others to use effective communication and conflict management skills in creating a positive milieu.
Professional Development	Uses established guidelines to enhance development of health care providers.	Contributes to the professional development of health care providers.	Promotes and evaluates professional development of health care providers.
Nursing Care Delivery Systems	Functions within traditional and alternative nursing care delivery systems.	Participates in implementing and evaluating traditional and alternative nursing care delivery systems.	Develops and evaluates traditional and alternative nursing care delivery systems.
Management Goals	Complies with established management goals.	Identifies and participates in influencing management goals.	Demonstrates a beginning leadership role in establishing and influencing management goals.
Standards of Care	Acts in accordance with standards of nursing care.	Participates in evaluation and development of standards of nursing care.	Develops and evaluates standards of nursing care.
Change	Demonstrates flexibility and participates in change.	Demonstrates flexibility and effectively influences the change process.	Evaluates the need for change and demonstrates flexibility in promoting planned change.

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