The term leadership has many different definitions and an effective leader is also perceived in different ways. Some common core concepts of leaderships are that it “involves a process of intentional influence that is exerted by one person over other people to guide or facilitate activities in a group or organization” (Yukl, 2006). A leader can influence individuals to do things to accomplish a common goal. A leader is defined as a “person or thing that leads” or “a guiding or directing head”. Some effective qualities found in an effective leader is that they have exemplary character, think analytically, are enthusiastic about their work, function in an orderly manner, remain calm in situations, and are committed to the main purpose and to excellence (White, B., 2014). Leaders are able to influence other individuals which result in a commitment by the followers. A leader can inspire followers to sacrifice their own interest for a higher cause. This influence could be for the purpose of the group as a whole or it can be for the purpose of the leaders. Leadership can be a specialized role or it can be a shared influence. There is direct and indirect leadership. While a direct leader transmits information to an individual, the cascading effect that it has is seen as indirect leadership (Yukl, 2006).
What are the qualities needed for an individual to be considered an effective leader? One of the most common ways to measure the effectiveness of a leader’s leadership abilities is if the task for the goals were attained. Are the attitudes of the followers positive and is the leader’s contribution to the project perceived as a positive influence for the whole. An example would be the willingness of individuals to perform t...
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... are three types of leader’s behaviors that can define an effective or ineffective leader. Leaders can be task-oriented, Relations-oriented or participative. Based on this information she is a task-oriented individual. She will spend time planning work but does not give direction on how she wants the work accomplished. She is not a people person. She prefers to work alone and does not have people skills. At one time she needed someone to travel to Memphis for an overnight trip for some recruiting project and she asked me to go. I informed her that I would not be able to attend because I already had plans for the weekend that I could not get out of. She seemed agitated that I could not go. I later suggest that my co-worker, who is also a female, go instead of me and she said no that a male needed to go because the recruitment was in a rougher part of the city.
In this essay, the author
- Explains leadership has many different definitions and an effective leader is also perceived in different ways.
- Opines that their current supervisor is an interim associate dean for their academic department. they feel that her leadership skills need some development. working under her supervisor takes the wind out of their sails.
- Narrates how their supervisor had an issue with the work of an administrative assistant and asked that the department head reprimand the employee. the dean of the college affirmed that he would address this when it was put in writing.
- Describes how their supervisor wrote a grant to increase retention in their department. they were given the basic information about the program at the last minute and didn't have access to the system to follow up with the students after the orientation.
- Explains that effective leadership is measured by the outcome of the task or project rather if it’s immediate or delayed outcomes. management is an important quality when it comes to leadership.
- Describes how their supervisor is disjointed and doesn't give direction or encouragement to make them want to complete a task.
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In this essay, the author
- Explains that leadership is a process, transactional event that causes interaction between individuals, influence over others, group influence, common goals, and mutual purpose.
- Defines leadership as wanting to play a bigger role in something they were passionate about, but also being able to direct and inspire others to accomplish certain goals.
- Opines that a leader's role and responsibilities are determined on how present, psychically, and mentally, they are in their workspace and their strong work ethic.
- Opines that self-confidence, determination, integrity, and sociability are important traits that make an effective leader.
- Opines that situational approach is the best leadership strategy because it takes a true leader willing to alter their style to meet the needs of their followers and help them reach their full potential.
- Opines that leadership is about wanting to play a bigger role in your company organization and willing to put in the work to make it succeed.
1537 wordsRead More - case studyanalytical essayCase introduction: A 19 year-old gentlemen, SS, presented to station 20N through the emergency department, following what was described by friends and family as “bizarre behavior.” SS had recently begun college at a local liberal arts school. He had done well during the first semester, but began to struggle academically during the second semester. Family attributed the decline in academic success to an increase in class size, which made SS uncomfortable. Several weeks prior to hospital admission, SS became increasingly isolated, spending the majority of his time in the dorm room and less time in class. Friends and roommates reported that SS was exhibiting bizarre behavior, often confiding in friends that he was being “spied on” by others and that people around him could “read his thoughts.” SS also endorsed a strange delusion in which those around him would blink simultaneously as a form of communication. All of the aforementioned events became overly distressing to SS and his family, so they sought medical help. SS had a limited psychiatric history for which he had seen a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist had put him on an anti-psychotic medication some months prior, but SS self-discontinued the medication after just a several week trial. As a result of the above, and a lack of explanation regarding the past psychiatric referral, the events were described as “first-episode psychosis.” Discussion regarding the diagnostic work-up followed.
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- Describes how a 19-year-old gentleman, ss, presented to station 20n through the emergency department following what was described by friends and family as "bizarre behavior."
- Explains pubmed's literature search for psychosis, first-episode, work-up, neuroimaging, and radiology, which identified 19 papers relevant to the subject.
- Explains that neuroimaging has long been a staple in the work-up of patients presenting with first-episode psychosis.
- Argues that routine imaging in fep may not be useful or cost-effective and may lead to more harm due to unnecessary testing, cost, and concern through incidental findings.
- Describes first-episode psychosis as an acute or subacute presentation in which a patient "loses contact with reality," typically through hallucinations and delusions.
- Explains that 19 papers evaluated the clinical utility of neuroimaging in fep, including goulet, sommer, and freudenreich.
- Argues that it is reasonable to argue against routine neuroimaging in patients presenting with first-episode psychosis who otherwise have no focal neurological deficits. however, improved imaging modalities have allowed for the evaluation of more subtle structural changes.
1707 wordsRead More - Leadership Traits and Typesexplanatory essayLeadership is when an individual takes initiative and is able to guide other people to the right decision, or to obtaining their goal. A person who is a leader is a social influence for others because others listen and perform based on the leader’s request. Leadership is a combination of traits such as confidence, diligence, being a good public speaker, caring for the others in the group, and being able to work well together as a team. Leaders can come from many different places. A family member can be a leader for their family because they take care of their family finances, care for others in the family, and have a goal of wanting what’s best for their household. Leadership is when a person’s instinct is to automatically better the lives of others and accomplish a certain goal.
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- Explains that leaders are born daily and can range from captains of sports teams, to presidents and even members of a family. parents look up to these athletes because they demonstrate good traits.
- Explains leadership is when an individual takes initiative and is able to guide others to the right decision, or to obtaining their goal. leaders can come from many different places.
- Explains that leadership is a trait, ability, skill, behavior, relationship, and an influential process.
- Explains that leadership as an influential process has limitations because some individuals may not have a person in their life they look up to or inspire to be.
- Opines that a leader who employs only one philosophy will be less effective than other leaders because people are diverse and might not fit into just one category.
- Explains the trait view of leadership and the ability view.
- Explains leadership is an important quality for a boss, coach, teammate, teacher, and many other professions. a combination of leadership views make up the good leader. without leadership many goals would never have been accomplished.
879 wordsRead More - case studyexplanatory essayMaple Syrup Urine Disease An Amish family was concerned about a newborn boy that began to eat poorly 5 days after birth and was not gaining weight. The infant made repetitious gestures resembling the movements of fencing or bicycling. The baby’s urine has a characteristic maple syrup odor. The family had three other infants, all of whom died of an undiagnosed metabolic disorder within three months of birth.
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- Explains that an amish family was concerned about a newborn boy that began to eat poorly 5 days after birth and was not gaining weight. the baby's urine smelled distinctly of burned sugar.
- Explains that maple syrup urine disease is an inherited disorder that is found in newborns twenty-four hours after they are born.
- Explains that the disease is caused by a mutation in the bckd protein complex, which causes the blood to have high levels of these amino acids.
- Explains some treatments that can help the child endure the disease, such as dietary restrictions and intravenous solutions.
- Explains that the patient can live a normal life if they follow strict diets and avoid stressful situations, which can increase the levels of amino acids.
- Explains that the gene mutation of maple syrup urine disease is autosomal recessive. the mutation can be found in chromosome 19 on the q arm.
- Explains that maple syrup urine disease is not a very frequent disease, but certain groups of people are more prone to it than others.
- Opines that if they were a genetic counselor, they would advise the patients mother and relatives to have children. msud is recessive and is manageable.
- Explains the importance of genetics in the study of amish-related diseases.
- Explains the biochemical correlations of neuropsychiatric illness in maple syrup urine disease.
- Explains maple syrup urine disease (msud) - jewish genetic disease.
799 wordsRead More - Case Studyopinionated essayNursing is one of the most challenging yet rewarding professions around. It involves caring for patients, then assessing, evaluating, and providing support with a holistic approach - in order to improve that patients current health circumstances. The purpose of this assignment is to gain a practical understanding of the nursing process, and then implement this knowledge when planning and evaluating the nursing care, of a chosen focus patient while out on an inpatient placement. This paper will include an overview of the consent and confidentiality process, clinical patient profile, a holistic nursing assessment, a nursing care plan identifying three different nursing diagnoses, and then finally a reflection on a situation that occurred while caring for a particular patient.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that nursing is one of the most challenging yet rewarding professions around. it involves caring for patients, then assessing, evaluating, and providing support with a holistic approach to improve that patients current health circumstances.
- Explains that the hospital ward associated with this case study is a 32-roomed impatient care facility. both nurses and caregivers work in unison to ensure all patient care is carried out professionally, safe, and holistically.
- Explains that patient consent is paramount when working as a nurse in the healthcare industry. the patient was asked if an extensive holistic assessment covering different areas, such as spiritual, physical, emotional and mental health could be completed.
- Explains that privacy and confidentiality were maintained with the patient's information by ensuring that all holistic assessment notes, and the content in her file, was discussed only with a registered nurse on duty.
- Describes "ruth" as an 80-year-old female of european descent born and raised in new zealand and is one of nine siblings.
- Describes how "ruth" moved to her current location from a rest home further up north, where she had been residing for 3 years prior. having no-one in her family local was hard on her.
- Explains ruth's extensive medical diagnoses, including stroke, r-sided hemiplegia, microalbuminuria and hypertension.
- Explains that microalbuminuria is a potential marker for cardiovascular disease and renal failure, and is commonly found in patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and hypertension.
- Explains that ruth has been diagnosed with hyperlipidaemia, which is the result of increased amounts of lipids in the blood. the doctor has charted atorvastatin 20mg nocte to help manage ruth's cholesterol.
- Explains that "ruth" has been admitted to hospital care due to a stroke she had several years ago. she now suffers from sided hemiplegia, paralysis of the right arm, and facial droop.
- Explains that "ruth" has struggled with depression for a number of years due to the unexpected passing of her son and husband. she is of strong catholic belief and uses her faith to support her in times of hardship.
- Concludes their case study assignment with a reflection adapted from the gibbs reflective cycle, centred on an incident they encountered while caring for their focus patient "ruth".
- Describes how they were asked to complete "ruth's" morning cares on their own during the first week of their impatient placement.
- Describes how they explained to ruth that they would need someone to help them transfer her out of the bed and onto the commode. after finding a caregiver, they were able to safely transfer ruth.
- Narrates how they felt anxious, nervous, and uncertain after wheeling ruth to the bathroom. they felt happy and proud after finishing ruth's cares.
- Opines that the caregivers and the registered nurse were partly responsible for ruth's cares. however, they could have done things a little differently.
- Concludes that it is easy to have fears, anxiety or even lack of uncertainty overwhelm you at times, and in this incident it hindered them enough to forget the importance of communication.
- Opines that if they are given the opportunity to assist someone with their daily cares, they will put more emphasis on the communication aspect of it.
1482 wordsRead More - Case studyexplanatory essayA 28-year-old female has been diagnosed with Endometriosis. Differentiate between Endometritis versus Endometriosis. What is the difference in presentation and pathophysiology of the affected organs? What would you tell this patient in terms if treatment of Endometriosis and what work up she might suspect
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- Explains that a 28-year-old female has been diagnosed with endometriosis. what is the difference in presentation and pathophysiology of the affected organs?
- Explains that the endometrium is the mucous membrane lining of the uterus that increases in thickness during the later stages of menstrual cycle.
- Explains that endometritis is an inflammatory process caused by infection or irritation of the lining of uterus. it is usually treated with antibiotics and resolves with treatment.
- Explains that endometritis is an inflammation of the uterine lining that may involve the myo and parametrium. it is usually not a serious condition and will resolve when treated with antibiotics.
- Explains that endometriosis is a chronic, inflammatory, and progressive disease that causes pelvic pain and infertility.
- Explains that the diagnosis of endometriosis is based on clinical presentations and physical examination.
- Recommends individualized treatment depending on the severity, recurrence, and desire of the patient to conceive.
- Explains that porth's pathophysiology: concepts of altered health states is available at the university of south carolina.
1472 wordsRead More - case studyexplanatory essayThis case study is based on Piaget’s theory of Cognitive development. Piaget's theory of cognitive development is a comprehensive theory about the nature and development of human intelligence that is based mainly off of age, and was first developed by Jean Piaget. I will be testing this theory out on a six year old boy who I will call “Jordan.” I will be checking to see if Jordan falls in to the Preoperational stage of Cognitive development which ranges from age 2 until approximately age 7 and if he is in transition to Concrete Operational stage which ranges from age 7 until about 11 years. The following questions will be answered: Does he interpret language literally? Does he understand conservation? Does he think of things in terms of his own activities? Does he solve problems by pretending or imitating? Does Jordan have approximately 2000 words in his vocabulary?
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- Explains that piaget's theory of cognitive development is a comprehensive theory about the nature and development of human intelligence based mainly off of age.
- Narrates how jordan lives with his mom, dad, and older brother, caleb, who is a jet blue airlines pilot. jordan's family moved over 3 times to different states because of his dad’s piloting job.
- Narrates how the secret experiment proved the jordan is in the preoperational stage because thought that i called him a button and also i had called his little.
- Explains how piaget's theory proves that caleb is in the operational stage and in that stage you is supposed to tell that they were the same. jordan had the right answer with the smaller, thinner cup.
- Narrates how jordan asked caleb what he wanted for his birthday, and his response was different than what jordan might have expected. he wanted wii games like mario kart and super mario bros.
- Explains that children in the preoperational period tend to solve problems by imitating or pretending. jordan showed them what it was going to look like when they ended up on his back.
- Explains that jordan knows 200 more words of spanish than a regular child learning one language. jordan's vocabulary is larger than most six-year-olds.
- Explains that jordan is in the preoperational stage of cognitive development but is not quite in transition because he takes statements literally and isn't able to tell the amount of water in 2 different cups.
945 wordsRead More - Case Studyexplanatory essayYou are taking care of a 65-year-old patient who has recently been diagnosed with interstitial lung disease. He has never smoked in the past. He reports that he may have had some exposure to pollution in his prior occupation as a building inspector. His pulmonary function tests are consistent with restrictive airway disease versus obstructive disease. Describe the typical signs and symptoms of a patient with restrictive airway disease and how it differs from patients with obstructive airway disease. List the common causes of restrictive airway disease. Also mention how the diagnosis is typically made.
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- Describes the typical signs and symptoms of a patient with restrictive airway disease and how it differs from patients with obstructive disease.
- Explains that diffuse interstitial lung diseases (ilds) are a diversified set of disorders of the lungs that produce similar fibrotic and inflammatory mutations of interstitium and iteralveolar septa.
- Explains that occupational and environmental inhalants, drugs and other therapeutic agents, and immunologic lung diseases can cause ilds.
- Explains that idls cause physiologic restrictions to the lungs and this decreases lung volumes. the symptoms of ilds depend upon the cause of the disease.
- States grossman and porth state the preferred diagnostic examination is surgical lung biopsy for a histologic study and culture. ct scans are often the first diagnostic step.
- Explains that ilds affect the collagen and elastic connective tissues of the lungs, unlike obstructive airway diseases, whereas restrictive lung diseases cause difficulty to inspire air.
- Explains that porth's pathophysiology: concepts of altered health states (9th ed.).
- Cites mayo clinic staff (2011). diseases and conditions: interstitial lung disease.
673 wordsRead More - Case Studyexplanatory essayThe articles, the right to effective education and the right to effective behavioral treatment, are two articles that educators, behavior analyst, and other professionals who are responsible for the education of children with disabilities should be familiar with. These articles can be used as a guideline to make sure learners rights are being met, and if relevant, are acting in accordance with BACB guidelines. The purpose of this assignment is to analyze the aforementioned articles, and draw connections to a present learner and their educational experience.
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- Explains that the right to effective education and effective behavioral treatment are two articles that educators, behavior analysts, and other professionals who are responsible for the education of children with disabilities should be familiar with.
- Explains that joe is 8 years old, diagnosed with autism, enrolled in a special education program, and spends the majority of his school day in self-contained setting.
- Opines that joe's educational experience to the rights of effective behavioral treatment and education has made them aware of some areas that need to be addressed.
- Explains that joe spends most of his instruction in a self-contained classroom. however, he's receiving services from the consulting behavior analyst, but the lack of time spent with him affects his right to treatment.
- Opines that joe's educational experience should include effective behavioral treatment and effective education in general.
1047 wordsRead More - Case Studyanalytical essayIntroduction This case study is intended to analyze the movie When a Man Loves a Woman, and to provide worst and best case scenarios for treatment. This film depicts a family that is struggling with a family member’s alcoholic dependency. The mother, Alice Green, is a school counselor who has an addiction to alcohol that is causing her to experience problems in her life as a result of her use. Her husband, Michael Green, is an airline pilot that is very protective Alice and often steps in and takes over for Alice, even in her role as a mother. Alice has two children, Jess and Casey, which also bear witness to their mother’s deterioration from alcohol addiction.
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- Analyzes the movie when a man loves a woman to provide worst and best case scenarios for treatment. the film depicts alice green's addiction to alcohol.
- Analyzes how alice's alcohol use is marked by loss of control and inability to abstain. michael and alice go out to dinner and dance, and when a car alarm goes off on the street, alice smashes eggs.
- Analyzes how alice is irritated with michael and breaks down because she misses him. he takes her on a trip to mexico to fix things that are causing stress for alice.
- Explains that the case study analyzes the interactions of this family and presents possible scenarios for family treatment.
- Explains that alice's family of origin consists of her mother and father, who come to watch the girls while alice and michael go on their trip to mexico.
- Explains that jess and michael are examples of what a nuclear family looks like because they are both part of each other's family of origin.
- Explains that all families consist of subsystems, which are smaller parts of a larger system. alice and michael are marital dyads.
- Explains that family values and boundaries guide the family in their interactions, while family boundaries are what they use to interact and function in the system.
- Analyzes how alice and michael are not on the same page with what they value most important, school or time with friends. alice presents an enmeshed boundary with jess, as she is not allowing for any flexibility.
- Analyzes how a family can develop alliances, coalitions or triangles between two or three people in order to communicate about or against another person or problem.
- Analyzes how the movie shows the family unit at work. without respect, safety, self-care, individualized roles, and open communication, unhealthy methods of functioning can occur.
- Analyzes how alice's drinking and drinking-related behaviors are apparent right from the opening of the movie.
- Analyzes how alice drinks when she is with her work friend for what they call "after work wine relieve". when confronted for not coming home because she was drinking, alice bangs her head on the wall. michael attempts to repair the pain in alice by taking her on a trip to mexico.
- Analyzes how alice comes home drunk during the day and proceeds to drink from the bottle hidden in the pantry. jess is following her mom around to see that she is ok and to tell alice that her school-work was completed.
- Analyzes how the movie shows how an unbalanced family system can affect each of its members. alice is the alcoholic and michael is co-dependent.
- Analyzes how alice is in denial and is blinded by her addiction to alcohol. she struggles to meet her family responsibilities, while michael protects her from the consequences of her behavior.
- Explains that one person can play more than one role within the family, such as the hero, scapegoat, lost child, and mascot.
- Analyzes how the eldest child, jess, played each of these roles during the movie.
- Analyzes how casey fits the role of the lost child. she has make-believe play, is shy, and has trouble talking about her feelings with her mother being gone for treatment.
- Explains that all of these roles can be interchanged by family members as the need arises to protect the family and its current unhealthy methods of functioning.
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