Becoming a Nurse Leader
What are your thoughts on how you can best be prepared to become a nurse leader?
Read Chapters 1, 5, and 6 in your text and the following articles (located in “Files”):
“Developing leadership in nursing: exploring core factors” by Elizabeth A. Curtis,
“Growing Our Future Nursing Leaders” by Rose O. Sherman,
“Examining Variation in Mental Models of Influence and Leadership among Nursing Leaders and Direct Care Nurses” by Weaver et al.,
“Mediating Factors in Nursing Competency: A Structural Model Analysis for Nurses’ Communication, Self-Leadership, Self-Efficacy, and Nursing Performance” Kim et al. “Mediating Factors in Nursing Competency: A Structural Model Analysis for Nurses’ Communication, Self-Leadership, and Self-Efficacy and Nursing Performance” [“Mediating Factors in Nursing Competency: A Structural Model Analysis for Nurses’] Kim et al.
Create a discussion thread in which you discuss how you will gain the skills to become a nurse leader.
What skills will you need to develop, and how will you enact leadership skills as a new Registered Nurse?
How will you obtain feedback on your successful use of skills and whether you are actually looked upon by others as a current or future nurse leader?
How will you gain personal insight?
When is being an effective follower important in your practice?
