Reflection Of A Participative Leadership Styles In Nursing

With completing the leadership style quiz I found that I have a participative leadership style which allows for group members input but the final decision is left to the leader. Group members find encouragement and motivation with this type of leadership and decisions are more effective and accurate due to collaboration amongst the members. This is essentially the style of leadership I promote. I believe that all members of the team should be involved in the decision making process but that it takes one person to make the final decision and enforce it. Allowing others to assist in the decision making process increases the chances that compliance will be upheld and more group members will participate at an enthusiastic level.

Healthcare

I am good at communicating with patients, families, and other members of the healthcare team. I listen attentively when being spoken to by others and through my bachelor’s degree program I learned several helpful tools to assist with becoming a better nurse and leader. Journaling helps to reflect back on the day and different situations to get a better understanding of how to handle or not handle things in the future. Mentoring has been a great resource for me since I was a cardiac nurse for so long I was not sure exactly what to expect when transferring to home care. I have a supervisor who has graciously taken me under her wing and assisted me through all the Medicare and Medicaid guidelines which is something I did not have to deal with very much while working in the hospital. I am great at advocating for my patients but I do fall short when it comes to advocating for myself. I have held both nursing and management roles during my nursing career which I feel will attribute to my success in this program but there are still several things that I need to improve

Politics is another area that I do not follow all that much even though it is the area I should because it affects how and what I am able to do as a nurse. It wasn’t until I was in my bachelor’s degree program that I understood just how much politics plays a role in healthcare and I am hopeful to get a better understanding of just how I can get involved and make a difference as this program moves forward. To be honest, there really is not a particular area that I want to develop more than another because I feel all aspects of leadership are important and I think I could improve in all of them even though I do some better than others. I am eager to learn and incorporate my knowledge into my nursing practice but conflict resolution is definitely one area that I need assistance with the most. Another area I may feel intimidated by is having to be the one who gives a patient and their family bad news. I am hopeful to be able to put these skills to the test during this program and get some feedback as to how to improve on my skills. In closing, “Great leaders have heart. Change seldom is used for selfish reasons—rather it is used for the good of the people.” (Thompson Adams,