Leadership is necessary in nursing as well as in any profession. There is good leadership as well as bad leadership. Both affect workers and clients as well as organizations
a. Explain the difference between leadership and power.
b. What are the different types of power?
c. What are the three leadership styles that managers use?
Students' answers should include the following:
a. Leadership is when a person is providing direction, guidance, and positive support to a group of people. Discussion of how a leader can influence a group of workers, in this case nurses, to work in a positive rather than in a negative way can be included.
b. Power is how a force is exerted by someone who has control over others. It can be in a positive or in a negative way.
Here, the students can list the different types of powers found in the book and how they are defined. They can give examples of each and how they can be used in a positive or in a negative way.
c. The three leadership styles used are autocratic, democratic, and laissez-faire. Discussion can be on what each type entails and how they are structured, used, and managed in the clinical setting.
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