Innovation

Innovation
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Personal strengths
Hypertension is a growing problem among African American Males, and lack of medical adherence leads to medical complications among these patients. Easy access to mobile phones is an opportunity that should be exploited, as this would facilitate self-management. As an innovator and DNP leader, I have good communication skills. When communication is effective, then people are likely to see leadership as effective, and innovators need to convince people on the need for innovation.
I am well placed to communicate with patients, while also adhering to evidence based practice. Furthermore, as a DNP leader I am well placed to offer interdisciplinary collaboration and communication with patients and health care professionals as stated by (Renaud et al., 2012). Equally, as a visionary leader I will set achievable goals to staff, as well as follows up on the innovation process.
Opportunities to develop as an innovative DNP leader. 
Being a facilitator also helps to improve on leadership, innovation and communication to patients and fellow nurses. Being a facilitator also entails enabling different people to perform their tasks. This attribute helps a DNP innovator and leader to avoid unnecessary delays and improves efficiency. At the same time, being a facilitator is linked with effective communication, listening, decision-making and collaboration. Eventually, the attributes that make one an effective facilitator seek to achieve mutual goals with clients, organizations and other health care stakeholders (Clabo et al., 2012).
Strengths as a leader and innovator
Closely related to being a facilitator is being professional, and this entails being able to inspire other people to achieve high standards. As a leader and innovator, it is necessary to seek improvement on effectiveness, and this typically occurs through being accountable and having capacity to set standards as a professional. Being future oriented is a strength that defines me visionary leader, and I typically take risks seeking to find solutions to challenges.
Personal Philosophy
My personal philosophy is that communication is critical to achieving goals for the targeted Hypertensive African American Male patients. Given that mobile phone gadgets are widely available in Los Angeles and America, integrating patient information with the apps would provide an opportunity to carry out surveys on adherence. In addition, I would use my communication skills to advise patients on the need to use the mobile app in view of increasing...