1. Leadership requires personal mastery – Nurses demonstrate leadership when they show competence and mastery in the tasks they perform. Nurses are deemed competent by means of a license to practice nursing (NLN 2010).
2. Leadership is about values –Nurses have their own values and understand the values of their patients and try to honor those values in their every day care.
3. Leadership is about service – Nurses provide service to their patients as well as coworkers. Nurses also accept service from other coworkers when the workload is too much.
4. Leadership is about people and relationships – Nurses work with people everyday in an intimate way. Nurses develop lasting relationships not only with coworkers but with patients as well.
5. Leadership is contextual – Nurses show leadership in their ability to adapt to the always evolving environment of healthcare and a hospital setting.
6. Leadership is about the management of meaning - Nurses show leadership my managing meaning. They strive to create an environment where the perceptions and interpretations are shared with all team members so they work toward a common goal. Nurses can justify their actions and changes they introduce to team members or to a doctor regarding a patient's care. Nurses are also able to motivate other team members to support their actions.
7. Leadership is about balance – Nurses must have a balance and know when to use each leadership style. Nurses find the balance between autocratic, democratic, and laissez-faire leadership.
8. Leadership is about continuous learning and improvement – Nurses are constantly focusing on learning and expanding their knowledge. Nurses show leadership by being willing to simply state they don't know the answer but will ask someone or do some research rather than thinking they already know everything. Constrictive criticism is also something nurses give and receive.
9. Leadership is about effective decision making – Nurses show leadership by making decisions, especially in life or death situations. Nurses many times involve other nurses or members of the interdisciplinary team as well as family members when making decisions about a patient's plan of care.
10. Leadership is a political process – Nurses show leadership when using qualities found in the politics and our government: power, authority, and influence. Nurses strive to use these qualities for the positive and when combined with other aspects of leadership, a successful team is formed.
11. Leadership is about modeling – Nurses show leadership by being the model others can strive to emulate. They create an image for new nurses to seek after.
12. Leadership is about integrity - Nurses show integrity by charting what really happens and being honest with everything.
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