Assignment: Manager’s Leadership Style

Assignment: Manager’s Leadership Style

Assignment: Manager’s Leadership Style

In the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU), the five components of the nursing process are utilized (Dean, 2018). An example of this would be a patient who presents to the PACU after a shoulder arthroscopy. An initial assessment of the patient shows the patient to be moaning, wincing, as well as tachycardia and hypertensive; this is the first step in the nursing process. The second step would be to provide a diagnosis. What is the problem? The patient reports pain (as 8 on a scale of 0-10) as a result of surgery as seen by increased heart rate and blood pressure as well as pain score. The third step is planning/outcomes, what can the nurse implement as far as interventions and possible pharmacologic strategies to alleviate the patient’s pain and what could the outcomes of said implementations be? The fourth step is implementation. The nurse carries out the intervention that was previously evaluated, in this case the nurse decides to dim the lights, quiet the room, and provide the patient with pain medication per orders given by provider. The last step is evaluation. Did the intervention work? Is the patient’s pain alleviated? This step often requires another assessment to determine the effectiveness of the intervention. The Standards of Practice set forth by the BON guides this nurse process in that the nurse is able to evaluate the problem, consider options for implementing interventions then evaluating the outcomes, all based on the appropriate standards of care put in place.

This a 3-5 page narrative defining and describing the leadership style of your immediate supervisor/manager. You want to use the language, theories and content of chapter one of your text and the attached article on leadership competencies. The student will demonstrate knowledge of the different leadership styles by:

describing and defining their work setting and years in this setting (My director has held this position for 5 years, prior to this she was a charge nurse for 3 years. She has been an RN for 38 years, the past 30 years has been in a medical intensive care setting. She has her MSN and CCRN). Narrative on Manager’s Leadership Style Assignment
identify your place on the table of organization (The unit is an Medical & Neurological Intensive Care Unit my place in this unit is a level II RN working the bedside)
give an actual example that demonstrates your manager’s leadership style: (My director is very passive, an example is there are certain nurses who call off on a monthly basis and she never writes them up/they never have repercussions)
how does your manager influence coworkers and subordinates? Passively
state your manager’s leadership style (My director’s leadership style is Laissez-Faire) , state why you chose this leadership style and give an example that is consistent with this leadership style. Narrative on Manager’s Leadership Style Assignment
state the pros and cons of the leadership style chosen and recommendations for change or continuing the current leadership style.

Leadership skills are considered important in management as it helps individuals achieve personal and professional success in an organization. Even though people tend to have different leadership skills, it is important to take into account leadership styles that befit a given set of an organization to improve the quality of management (Parush & Koivunen, 2014). Often, inculcating effective leadership styles requires one to undertake self-reflection to learn about different approaches that will guide in making decisions. However, based on the trait theory of leadership, the ability to lead a team is a concept that one can acquire and develop throughout time. Guided by this argument, I will use self-assessment tools to assess my leadership strengths. I will avail results of the self-assessment tests and provide a brief explanation of areas for improvement to develop my future leadership styles.

Selected Self-Assessments and the Results

Emotional intelligence assessment is the first option to gauge my ability to lead. The self-awareness test is based on the analysis of emotions and how they influence our interactions with people. Emotions determine how a leader manages anger issues and also helps one to solve conflicts among subjects (Presbitero, 2017). Emotional intelligence also explores the ability of a person to communicate effectively with members of a team and therefore is considered one of the vital skills in leadership. Based on the test undertaken, my emotional intelligence results are 120 and this reveals that I am flawless. In other words, I follow perfection in achieving the outcomes of a given task. I also strive to ensure that activities are done as per the plan and also try as much as possible to avoid mistakes in