MNILI Survey

The MNILI™ questions are based on the competing values frameworks’ four leadership cultures and 12 leadership skills. In addition, there are three questions related to Lewin’s leadership styles (authoritarian, democratic, or laissez-faire) and one question about leadership satisfaction.

This basic structure repeats for four different nursing informatics leadership scenarios. These 16 basic questions have five response options from ‘not like me’ to ‘very much like me’. At the end of the survey there are a few questions that will help us understand your answers in relationship to others, including age, occupation, and experience.

A key to successfully completing the MNILI™ for optimal self-discovery is to read each scenario, imagine yourself solving the challenge described in the scenario, and answer the questions accordingly.

Scenario 1. You are leading a professional healthcare informatics group or organization, and you recognize an innovative opportunity to create a positive development as a leader in the field. You employ your nursing values, vision, and leadership skills and use your influence to seize the opportunity to champion, fuel, and foster the idea toward its rapid development. Which of the following are most like you in this situation? What is your satisfaction as a nursing informatics leader in this type of situation?

	Very much like me	Like me	Somewhat like me	Slightly like me	Not like me
I create novel ideas and solutions
I advocate for my novel ideas and solutions
I envision ideas and solutions for the future
I set and achieve high stakes goals and standards
I work to be recognized as the best
I fulfill expectations quickly
I connect people and resources
I keep track of progress
I obtain and manage resources
I convene and connect people to address issues and create solutions
I guide and support others
I foster interpersonal dynamics within groups
I set the vision and let others decide how to succeed
I make the rules and enforce them
I empower and care about all voices
I am highly satisfied with my leadership role in this situation

Scenario 2. You are leading nursing informatics within a healthcare organization, and you realize that the nurses are at risk of burn out because of the overwhelming demands of new technology. The organization is experiencing high turnover rates and errors that result in patient injuries and lost revenue. You work with fellow leaders, using your data-based planning and decision making skills to measure and monitor quality and efficiency, stabilize staffing, and improve safety and compliance. Which of the following are most like you in this situation? What is your satisfaction as a nursing informatics leader in this type of situation?

	Very much like me	Like me	Somewhat like me	Slightly like me	Not like me
I create novel ideas and solutions
I advocate for my novel ideas and solutions
I envision ideas and solutions for the future
I set and achieve high stakes goals and standards
I work to be recognized as the best
I fulfill expectations quickly
I connect people and resources
I keep track of progress
I obtain and manage resources
I convene and connect people to address issues and create solutions
I guide and support others
I foster interpersonal dynamics within groups
I set the vision and let others decide how to succeed
I make the rules and enforce them
I empower and care about all voices
I am highly satisfied with my leadership role in this situation

Scenario 3. You are leading nursing informatics within a healthcare organization, and you realize that the nursing informatics agenda is not visible or not well understood at the organizational level. You employ your collaborative leadership skills to facilitate nursing involvement in informatics decisions at all levels, mentoring and developing nurses and other members of the healthcare team to ensure that nursing and other professional voices recognized as integral across the organization. Which of the following are most like you in this situation? What is your satisfaction as a nursing informatics leader in this type of situation?

	Very much like me	Like me	Somewhat like me	Slightly like me	Not like me
I create novel ideas and solutions
I advocate for my novel ideas and solutions
I envision ideas and solutions for the future
I set and achieve high stakes goals and standards
I work to be recognized as the best
I fulfill expectations quickly
I connect people and resources
I keep track of progress
I obtain and manage resources
I convene and connect people to address issues and create solutions
I guide and support others
I foster interpersonal dynamics within groups
I set the vision and let others decide how to succeed
I make the rules and enforce them
I empower and care about all voices
I am highly satisfied with my leadership role in this situation

Scenario 4. You are the chief nursing informatics officer for a proprietary electronic health record software company. You charge your team with designing a new utility that supports rapid, transparent, and effective communication across all disciplines; to ensure that nursing and interprofessional documentation options are explicitly patient-centered and visible to all clinicians. Your goal is to establish your software as industry leader with this utility. Which of the following are most like you in this situation? What is your satisfaction as a nursing informatics leader in this type of situation?

	Very much like me	Like me	Somewhat like me	Slightly like me	Not like me
I create novel ideas and solutions
I advocate for my novel ideas and solutions
I envision ideas and solutions for the future
I set and achieve high stakes goals and standards
I work to be recognized as the best
I fulfill expectations quickly
I connect people and resources
I keep track of progress
I obtain and manage resources
I convene and connect people to address issues and create solutions
I guide and support others
I foster interpersonal dynamics within groups
I set the vision and let others decide how to succeed
I make the rules and enforce them
I empower and care about all voices
I am highly satisfied with my leadership role in this situation

My Age Group

<30

51-60

31-40

>60

41-50

My Gender

Male

Female

Other

My highest degree

Doctoral

Master's

Baccalaureate

Other

I am a Registered Nurse

Yes

I am board certified in nursing informatics (ANCC)

Yes

Years experience as a Nursing Informatics Leader

11-15

1-5

16-20

6-10

>20

My current Nursing Informatics role (check all that apply)

Building and testing EHR solutions in a health system

Chief nursing officer/Chief nursing informatics officer

Clinician

Consultant

Data analyst

EHR trainer

Educator - academic setting

Policy development and analysis

Professional organization leader

Quality improvement

Researcher

Software developer

Standards and interoperability organization

Team leader

Other

Country

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Minnesota Nursing Informatics Leadership Inventory™

The MNILI™ questions are based on the competing values frameworks’ four leadership cultures and 12 leadership skills. In addition, there are three questions related to Lewin’s leadership styles (authoritarian, democratic, or laissez-faire) and one question about leadership satisfaction.

A key to successfully completing the MNILI™ for optimal self-discovery is to read each scenario, imagine yourself solving the challenge described in the scenario, and answer the questions accordingly.