- See and interpret complex clinical data accurately.
- Articulate a clear and inspiring future for the team or unit that goes beyond day-to-day tasks.
- Manage the daily schedule with perfect efficiency.
- Strictly enforce all hospital policies without exception.
Category: Leadership & management in Nursing
- Planning
- Organizing
- Staffing
- Controlling
- Performing an initial admission assessment on a new patient.
- Administering intravenous (IV) antibiotics.
- Assisting a stable post-operative patient with ambulation to the bathroom.
- Developing the nursing care plan for a patient with complex needs.
- Assign all tasks without consulting the team members.
- Allow the team to function without any direction or supervision.
- Invite team members to contribute to decisions about patient care assignments.
- Offer rewards for good performance and punishment for poor performance.
- Democratic
- Laissez-faire
- Transformational
- Autocratic
- A manager is assigned a formal position, while a leader can emerge informally.
- Leaders focus on budgets and staffing, while managers focus on vision and inspiration.
- All managers are leaders, but not all leaders are managers.
- Leadership is about controlling complexity, while management is about coping with change.
- Ignores a conflict between two staff nurses, assuming it will resolve itself.
- Recognizes her own anxiety during a crisis and takes a deep breath before giving instructions.
- Makes all decisions for the team without asking for input to save time.
- Shares confidential patient information to build rapport with her team.
- Autocratic
- Laissez-faire
- Transactional
- Transformational
