Which is a difference between nurses as leaders and nurses as managers?
1. Leaders focus on a specific goal and managers focus on multiple goals.
2. Good leaders are always good managers, but managers are not always good leaders.
3. Leaders have good interpersonal skills while nurses as managers do not.
4. Nurses as leaders are born and nurses as managers is a learned skill.
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Explanation: 1. Leaders focus on one specific goal and use interpersonal skills to bring others towards the goal.
Managers focus on the many goals of the organization. Good managers are good leaders, but
not necessarily the other way around. Both leaders and managers may have good
interpersonal skills, but do not have to. Both leaders and managers can learn new skills to
become effective as either or both.
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