Juli Julie Leadership Roles

Nurse leaders are the background to the nursing care. Effective nurse leaders can promote a positive workforce and a healthy work place for other nurses. Workplace dynamics is an essential part of how each nurse functions. Nurses, being mentally and physically stressed, need to have support and guidance from a nurse leader to feel confident about performance. The impact of nursing leaders can be a positive and guiding force for the younger or more inexperienced nurse. Having strong relationships with solid leaders can instill values in the beginning stages of a newer nurses’ career. Gaining insight and core concepts from a more experienced leader can make a world of difference in the way a new nurse performs, provides patient care, and sets future goals for themselves. A newer nurse with a positive role model and nurse leader can model themselves to become a leader for future nurses.

Susan has an bachelors degree in nursing and masters degree in business. In 1977, she was a nurse and wanted to move into a leadership role. She has had the honor of working at other hospitals as a vice president of nursing. However, she reports that when she started her career in leadership she was mainly in a male dominant field. She has been with the Hillman Cancer center for 4 years as the Senior Director. Her job is mainly about business aspects and not nursing, however she feels that her nursing degree helps her in her role. Her main duty is oversight of the Hillman Cancer Center. This includes the leadership of social workers, nutritionist, nurses, medical assistants within the

Without good communication between the manager and leaders and staff nurses there wouldn’t be good outcomes in the end. The importance of leadership emerges from its role of creating and shaping organizational culture and setting a progressive direction for the organization. Without this there is no role for management, no cause for it to exist. Leadership creates a context for the management to exist (Leadership vs. Managment).

During Module 2, we were asked to select a nurse leader and perform an organizational analysis (Norman, 2017). While shadowing my supervisor, I realized that there was much more than bedside nursing. Along with supervising duties, you must be an expert in the area you supervise. Watching my supervisor made me realize that, I do not wish to work in a management position but made me appreciate all the hard work she does to make are unit flow smoothly. Although, the depth of knowledge and expertise in the pediatric and NICU population that she exuberates has inspired me to work harder so that I can become an expert in my

In healthcare it is very important to have strong leaders, especially in the nursing profession. A nurse leader typically uses several styles of leadership depending on the situation presented; this is known as situational leadership. It is important that the professional nurse choose the right style of leadership for any given situation to ensure their employees are performing at their highest potential. Depending on which leadership style a nurse leader uses, it can affect staff retention and the morale of the employees as well as nurse job satisfaction (Azaare & Gross, 2011.) “Nursing leaders have the responsibility to create and maintain a work environment which not only promotes positive patient outcomes but also

I always act as a positive role model and encourage others to be the best nurse they can be. It’s always nice to hear compliments and praise, which leads to being motivated and increased self-esteem, and giving higher levels of care. As it says in Chapter 4, it creates an empowered environment “where nurses feel they make a difference” (Grossman and Valiga, 2013, p. 74). When there is higher moral on the units, patients also sense difference, and it shows with a positive patient outcomes. Acting as a transformational leader, people will look up to you as a role model and trust you judgments and decisions. I feel as though when people work together and praise one another, more gets accomplished and goals are reached faster. Since we all spend many hours at work, it’s important to like what we do for job satisfaction, and transformational leadership definitely promotes this

Marquis, B.L., & Huston, C.J. (2015). Leadership roles and management functions in nursing: Theory and application (8th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.

Effective nurse leaders are often flexible and are able to change style of leadership to suit changing circumstances. They ensure that their people are regularly being challenged to grow and learn. Nurses show leadership by giving feedback and empowering others to bring out their best and the opportunity to grow. I believe that good leaders help people to see that what they do makes a difference. Nurse further their education to expand and gain knowledge so they can render excellent quality care that patients deserve. Also, the leaders would also help other nurses to work as a team to help the facility run to deliver high-quality care. A leader, “should think and talk about future trends that will affect the team's work, and make sure you communicate your vision to your team regularly” (Pearce, 2007, p. 25). I vision a leader as someone who can move others in achieving their goals and mission. For instance, our nurse supervisor addresses the

First let’s start with the meaning of leadership. Leadership is the ability of an individual to influence the behavior of others (ATI leadership pg. 2). As a leader it is important to form goals and to follow through with them. As a nurse you are a part of a team and it is

My career in nursing spanned 9 great years in the NICU. During this time, we had the same manager and clinical coordinator. Being a manager and leader are two roles we see as being intertwined as they lead followers on a path to success. As a floor nurse in the NICU, I worked directly with the babies. On numerous occasions there would be a switch in roles to “charge-nurse” in the unit. This role as a charge nurse proved very different from floor nursing, The task of taking on responsibility and charge of all the babies and their nurses was arduous, while keeping the unit running as smoothly as possible. It was a job I loved as was it challenging to work with so many diverse personalities.

Leadership is a much broader concept than is management. Although managers should also be leaders, management is focused on the achievement of organizational goals. Leadership, on the other hand occurs whenever one person attempts to influence the behavior of an individual or group (Groher-Murray & Langan, 2011). In order to become a good manager you also have to be a great leader. Leadership is a role not all nurse managers possess. As a nurse manager I would

Throughout the nursing industry, both managers and bedside nurses utilize their strengths and skills as transformational leaders to develop a strong sense of camaraderie that bases its success through teamwork and development of personal attributes. As the role of the nursing manager, individuals must inspire their employees to share the same vision as they do on behalf of the organizational goals. Givens (2008) explains how transformational leadership is shown when leaders encourage followers to think outside of the box, thus motivating them to perform at higher levels by becoming more involved in their work and developing a sense of commitment to the organization (p. 11). This not only pertains to the nurse manager but to lower level employees as well. Even though lower level employees, such as a certified nursing assistant, do not own a title that gives them authority, each employee can still practice leadership skills

Learning experiences influencing her personal development into leadership include the years worked as a clinical nurse on the stroke unit. Recognizing the leadership skills of her unit director inspired her to consider pursuing management

Hand in hand with education progression and nurses being full partners, the IOM fully expects that many more nurses will emerge as leaders.  The report proposes that leadership be embedded in nursing education to prepare nurses for this role.  It describes the importance of mentorship in helping nurses to achieve advancement, leadership and partnership.  Along with leadership roles a nursing residence or preceptorship program would be prudent to better transition nurses all the way from novice nurse into more multifaceted responsibilities and roles (The future of nursing: leading change, advancing health 2011).  What a culture change this would be from nurses who are rumored to “eat their young” to nurses who mentor and guide those around them. A culture of teamwork working towards a common goal would increase nursing retention, satisfaction and in turn produce happy nurses who make happy patients!

Before I started this leadership/management coarse I had no idea what qualities a good leader manager needs to hold. I had no idea a registered nurse was considered a leader/manager. Now that I have reviewed all the chapters in the Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing (Marquis & Huston, 2015) I have a full understanding of how important leadership/management functions play in a nurse’s career. Chapters 12-25 describe roles and functions that are needed for a nurse to become a successful leader/manager. These chapters discussed the roles and functioning of organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling.