Nurse Leadership: My Self-Evaluation As A Nurse Leader

During this semester, I went to many different clinical sites for clinical experience, and I had the opportunity to with the nurse leader and observed what he/she does during a shift. This paper will focus on the strength of a nurse leader, and on my self-evaluation as a potential nurse leader.

Clinical Experience

The two common strengths that I saw in most nurses’ leader are good communication and time management. Communication is an important means by which people exchange messages. It is essential for everyone and particularly nurse leaders to communicate effectively and appropriately, using different communication skills to accomplish their functions and meet the standard of care. Most nurse leaders have the combined role of leader and

There are many different things that nurse leaders should take in consideration in managing their time. They should take time at the beginning of their shift for planning, establish priorities, make a “do” and “don’t do” list, reassess and reprioritize throughout their shift. Time management is important for nurse leaders because it allows them to resolve critical situations before they get worse. Good time management like effective communication improves quality of care, and bad time management may delay response to emergency situations and increase sentinel events (Marquis & Huston,

It was a tough situation, the whole team was busy, and doctors from other floors came to take care of the seizing patient. Meanwhile, the rapid response team was on the floor, taking care of a physically aggressive patient. At the end of the shift, they were very thankful to me and said that I was helpful and handled the situation right. One concept of leadership that could have been useful in this situation is