Nursing Leadership Summary

Nurses, no doubt have made tremendous contributions to healthcare and patient outcome. Nurses as a leader attained educations, pieces of training, and mentor other nurses that are new by giving emotional support, orientation, and ensure adaptation to the nursing culture. Ashton (2012) described nurses leaders as critical thinkers that value integrity, appreciate the power of the team (collaborations) and navigate stumbling blocks in the work setting to improve patient goals and professional growth (p. 114). Nurse leaders are competent in influencing policies to promote practice and health outcome and stand accountable for their actions and their delegates. Ashton further implied that nurses’ leaders having a voice is an opportunity that must

not be missed. Nurse managers, on the other hand, are involved in daily tasks related to patients care planning, quality improvement, goal setting, and budgeting. Both leaders and managers have the responsibility to fulfill the mission of their organizations using evidence-based practice to promote patients’ outcome.

I have also learned to differentiate the margin differences between managers and leaders. Knowing that not every manager is a leader. I also learned to respect patients’ rights, their values, beliefs, and honoring their preferences. Autonomy; the right of patients to make decisions about their medical care. The education is provided, and the patients solely make the decisions that they feel best without any provider’s influence. Miller (2017) establish the ethical obligation of nurses to educate patients and advocate their legal right to self-determination (Miller, 2017, p. 8). It is apparent that nurses must advocate for decisions that are best for patient outcome and ensure to uphold their values. Nurses should be in the know to educate patients to have a living will at every encounter to maximize the care they wish to receive, use of aided devices, and when to stop any supporting devices.