Purpose
The purpose of this reflection is for learners to review leadership skills and assess their readiness for leadership in the future.
Course Outcomes
This reflection enables the student to meet the following course outcome:
CO 1: Apply leadership concepts, skills, and decision making in the provision of quality nursing care. (PO 2)
Due Date
During the assigned week (Sunday the start of the assigned week through Sunday the end of the assigned week):
- Posts in the discussion at least two times, and
- Posts in the discussion on two different days
Total Points Possible
This assignment is worth a total of 50 points.Â
Preparing the Assignment
- Reflection is an activity that involves your deep thought into your own experiences related to the concepts of the week. Answers should be detailed. In reflections students:
- Demonstrate understanding of concepts for the week
- Engage in meaningful dialogue with classmates and/or instructor
- Express opinions clearly and logically, in a professional manner
- Use the rubric on this page as you compose your answers.
- Scholarly sources are NOT required for this reflection
- Best Practices include:
- Participation early in the week is encouraged to stimulate meaningful discussion among classmates and instructor.
- Enter the reflection often during the week to read and learn from posts.
- Select different classmates for your reply each week.
 Reflection Question
Based on the results you obtained from the Foundation of Nursing Leadership self-assessment in Week 1 Lesson, reflect on the questions below and share in a post.
- What is your current leadership style?
- How does your leadership style impact your decision making in nursing care?
- How will you further develop your leadership skills?
Grading
To view the grading criteria/rubric, please click on the 3 dots in the box at the end of the solid gray bar above the discussion board title and then Show Rubric. See Syllabus for Grading Rubric Definitions.
Sample Solution
Hello class and Professor Kraus
- What is your current leadership style?
- How does your leadership style impact your decision-making in nursing care?
- How will you further develop your leadership skills?
According to the self-assessment, my current leadership style is transformational. I see most of the class appears to be transformational, this seems to be the preferred leader. This means I am a leader who is open to change, values others’ points of view, and can influence my staff to work at the highest quality. As a transformational leader, I understand that I cannot achieve my goals for my unit without my staff. I lead my nurses by example, this leads to respect, and appreciation and motivates them to work at the highest quality. When I think of my nursing career, I can remember having a different level of respect for the nurse, that I worked under as a CNA, that helped me bathe patients or when I worked as an LPN short 2 nurses, the director of nursing helped pass medications. These hard-working examples shaped me into the leader that I am today. As this style of leadership, I show them, that i respect their knowledge and skills. I show that I trust them to complete their tasks, but I also verify, because sometimes one may forget to complete a task. As a leader emotional intelligence is important, I avoid making the staff feel as if I am micromanaging their work. That can cause Job dissatisfaction and foster resentment, and could negatively affect patient outcomes (Asif, M., Jameel, A., Hussain, A., Hwang, J., & Sahito, N. 2019).. No role is too big or too small for the importance of patient interaction. My leadership style allows me to critically think, and be open to innovative ways of nursing, while keeping excellent patient outcomes as the goal. As I continue to develop positive leadership skills. I will continue to foster rapport among staff members while allowing self-reflection and education as needed to lead to improved staff retention. I would also ensure that the staff has adequate resources, opportunities, support, and information to ensure patient needs are met (Asif, M. et al., al 2019).
Asif, M., Jameel, A., Hussain, A., Hwang, J., & Sahito, N. (2019). Linking Transformational Leadership with Nurse-Assessed Adverse Patient Outcomes and the Quality of Care: Assessing the Role of Job Satisfaction and Structural Empowerment. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(13)https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16132381Links to an external site.
Finkelman, A. W. (2012). Leadership and management for nurses: Core competencies for quality care (2nd ed.). Boston: Pearson. (Finkelman, 2012, p. 17)