Essentials of nursing leadership & management

You have been working on a busy orthopedic unit for 6 months. The average patient length of stay in the unit is 4 to 7 days. The program from which you have graduated has subsequently graduated a new class, and three of the new graduates are coming to work on your unit. The nurse manager has told you that she is counting on you to “demonstrate leadership and assist these new nurses to adapt to the work environment.”

Based on the behaviors of an effective leader found in this chapter, how will you assist your new colleagues?

1. What are the differences between leadership and followership? 

2. Explain the necessity for developing self as an effective follower.

 3. Describe a situation in which a person acted as a leader. Explain how you concluded that the person was a leader. 

4. Review the different leadership theories discussed in this chapter. Which ones appeal to you as a guide for your future leadership development, and why? Which ones might be more difficult to apply in your life, and why?  

5. Have the students identify three goals for the next year that will assist you in becoming a more effective follower. 

6. Review with the class the qualities of effective leaders discussed in this chapter. 7. Develop a 1- to 2-year leadership plan applying the qualities of effective leaders. 

8. Identify these qualities in leaders that you known. What specific situations have you observed where these leaders have been effective and why? a) -Identify specific situations.

9- You have been working on a busy orthopedic unit for 6 months. The average patient length of stay in the unit is 4–7 days. The program from which you have graduated has subsequently graduated a new class, and three of the new graduates are coming to work on your unit. The nurse manager has told you that she is counting on you to “demonstrate leadership and assist these new nurses to adapt to the work environment.”  Based on the behaviors of an effective leader found in this chapter, how will you assist your new colleagues?

PD: Use chapter #1 from Essentials of Nursing Leadership & Management. Edition 6

Sally A. Weiss  MSN, EdD, RN, CNE, ANEF

Ruth M. Tappen  EdD, RN, FAAN

ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-3663-7
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