Nursing Professional Development Leadership

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The Nursing Professional Development (NPD): Scope and Standards of Practice outline seven roles for NPD practitioners, which are: learning facilitator, change agent, mentor, leader, champion for scientific inquiry, advocate for NPD specialty, and partner for practice transitions. The standards also outline competencies for leadership in standard 12, which states, “the nursing professional development practitioner leads within the interprofessional practice and learning environments and the profession. p. 98. It should be noted that although NPD practitioners may not hold formal leadership positions within their organization, they are always leaders, and leadership competencies exist across all disciplines.