I have always thought that a leader is one who takes charge and runs the show. I believed that this person is somehow acknowledged as the boss and is known for making all of the decisions without anybody else’s advice or input. I also believed that this leader had a set of “employees” that he or she would over see, and have a type of dominion over them. After our reading this week, I have determined that I couldn’t be more incorrect. According to the text, Leading and Managing in Nursing (2015), Yoder-Wise stated that the definition of a leader is, “an individual who works with others to develop a clear vision of the preferred future and to make that vision happen” (page, 35). I am at the understanding now that a leader guides his/her team
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He has a plan and a vision for our home, children and our daily lives. Because of his leadership, I made it through Nursing School and found a job right away. He was a fabulous cheerleader and motivator for me when I wanted to give up. He has always done the same for our children. He gives them rules of course, but he allows them to make their decisions after he advises and shows them the different possibilities and outcomes. Our lifestyle is budgeted and he always leads us to make wise financial decisions. I do have to admit, when we were first married 22 years ago, I felt of him more as a boss of our life, but as years have passed, I do see it differently. His motivation over the last few years has shown me how to be a leader myself. I want my children to go to college right out of High School. My daughter is now a junior at Baylor University, and she told me that I inspired her, because I went to college finally after all of these years! I suppose that was leadership in front of my children. As I read the paper that Robert Evans Wilson, Jr. wrote called Leadership vs. Power (2011), a grin came to my face when he quoted John Quincy Adams by stating, “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader”. This is how I feel as a mom, and my daughter confirmed my feelings with her …show more content…
They do the managing tasks of making sure that we are assigned our patients appropriately, and overseeing the floor during the shift to make sure that everything is running smoothly and safely; however they lead by their examples of what an RN really is. They are a tangible testimony of why I became a nurse. They care not only for each patient on the floor, but they also care about each of the nurses on the floor working. One CNC in particular is so amazing at teaching and coming up with ideas to make our floor safer and more effective. In every morning huddle that she is a part of, we will hear of a new idea that she came up with and has now been charged with implementing. The British Journal of Nursing hosted an article called, Developing leadership in nursing: exploring core factors (2011). It was noted in this article by the authors, that researchers defined leadership differently. One definition that stood out to me and reminded me of this charge nurse was, “leadership is defined as influence, that is, the art or process of influencing people so that they will strive willingly and enthusiastically toward the achievement of group goals”. It’s amazing to watch her ideas turn into out unit goals and then to see them become reality, because we all are so enthusiastic about what she is coming up with! Her leadership has motivated me to strive toward charge nurse status in my future, so that I can share
He has a plan and a vision for our home, children and our daily lives. Because of his leadership, I made it through Nursing School and found a job right away. He was a fabulous cheerleader and motivator for me when I wanted to give up. He has always done the same for our children. He gives them rules of course, but he allows them to make their decisions after he advises and shows them the different possibilities and outcomes. Our lifestyle is budgeted and he always leads us to make wise financial decisions. I do have to admit, when we were first married 22 years ago, I felt of him more as a boss of our life, but as years have passed, I do see it differently. His motivation over the last few years has shown me how to be a leader myself. I want my children to go to college right out of High School. My daughter is now a junior at Baylor University, and she told me that I inspired her, because I went to college finally after all of these years! I suppose that was leadership in front of my children. As I read the paper that Robert Evans Wilson, Jr. wrote called Leadership vs. Power (2011), a grin came to my face when he quoted John Quincy Adams by stating, “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader”. This is how I feel as a mom, and my daughter confirmed my feelings with her …show more content…
They do the managing tasks of making sure that we are assigned our patients appropriately, and overseeing the floor during the shift to make sure that everything is running smoothly and safely; however they lead by their examples of what an RN really is. They are a tangible testimony of why I became a nurse. They care not only for each patient on the floor, but they also care about each of the nurses on the floor working. One CNC in particular is so amazing at teaching and coming up with ideas to make our floor safer and more effective. In every morning huddle that she is a part of, we will hear of a new idea that she came up with and has now been charged with implementing. The British Journal of Nursing hosted an article called, Developing leadership in nursing: exploring core factors (2011). It was noted in this article by the authors, that researchers defined leadership differently. One definition that stood out to me and reminded me of this charge nurse was, “leadership is defined as influence, that is, the art or process of influencing people so that they will strive willingly and enthusiastically toward the achievement of group goals”. It’s amazing to watch her ideas turn into out unit goals and then to see them become reality, because we all are so enthusiastic about what she is coming up with! Her leadership has motivated me to strive toward charge nurse status in my future, so that I can share