Question

As a nurse leader how do you do the job of leading , managing and following.

a,) give 2 examples of how you do the job of leading

2) give 2 examples of how you do the job of managing

3) giive 2 examples of how you do the job of following

Answer 1

Ans) a) Observing and recording patient behavior. Performing physical exams and diagnostic tests. Collecting patient health histories. Counseling patients and their families. Educating patients about treatment plans. Administering medications, wound care, and other treatment.

2) Nurse managers are responsible for supervising nursing staff in a hospital or clinical setting. They oversee patient care, make management and budgetary decisions, set work schedules, coordinate meetings and make decisions about personnel.

3) Followership, defined as 'upward influence', describes individuals' behaviours and contribution to their teams that affect outcomes. It is an active process that, alongside good leadership, can create conditions that are conducive to increased safety and high performance.

- Followership is the actions of someone in a subordinate role. . In organizations, “leadership is not just done by the leader, and followership is not just done by followers.” This perspective suggests that leadership and followership do not operate on one continuum, with one decreasing while the other increases.