Nursing Followership

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In summary of our group discussion, we have established that good followership is of utmost importance when working towards the accomplishment of group tasks. We mentioned how nurses are often seen as leaders, which is why being a follower rarely gets the limelight. There are instances, however, when nurses must fulfill the role of followers. For example, we might see our clinical instructors as “leaders”, but in the hospital unit, they could be viewed as “followers”. How they follow their leaders on the unit is probably just as valuable as how they lead us in our clinical rotation. We said that fulfilled followers are those who can assist leaders drive change and achieve goals at the same time. In turn, we noted how necessary it is to reflect

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