Essay - Nursing Leadership Part Two Reflecting on My Management Role Task...

Nursing Leadership

Part Two

Reflecting on my Management Role

***** 2.1

Step 1: Identify your highest and lowest scores from the "Check your effectiveness" Slips (Facts, 1997).

My highest score of "58" is the Mentor Role (*****, 1997).

My ***** score of "48" is in both ***** Initiator Role and the Service/Care Provider Role (Facts, *****).

Step 2: Identify two significant experiences from your recent practice that reflects aspects ***** th***** role.

Task *****.2

Step 1: Use ***** experience identified with the highest score as the basis for a reflective analysis.

***** 2: Write about your experience ***** using the following frame (painting the picture).

When writing a ***** analysis of myself in ***** Mentor Role, I know that a key competence of the Mentor ***** is to underst*****nd ***** as well as o*****rs. I have a positive image and see myself as intelligent ***** respectable and I treat others as such. ***** know myself very well, and I am confident and ***** high expectations of myself. I would never set st*****ards for someone to achieve if I ***** unable to achieve them myself. ***** would like to say that I understand my peers, although I do not always agree with their decisions. In regards to interpersonal communication, being an effective leader requires the use of excellent communication *****d interpersonal skills. I personally speak with a European accent and my ***** may be perceived differently because of this. Sometimes ***** can lead to the misinterpretation of the meaning ***** my message. I consciously speak slow and punctuate words with a non-Europe*****n accent when giving instructions ***** guidance. Since facial expression and body language are a large part of communication, ***** always strive to use a receptive facial ***** as well as non-threatening ***** language. Communication is the most important factor that reflects who we are, our reactions, and how we approach problems and interpret them. Developing subordinates as a mentor requires not only patience, but the ability to active listening and the willingness ***** teach. It certainly requires the clinical expertise to perform in this role and most certa*****ly needs the establishment of a trusting report with the mentee ***** optimize learning. Vestal (*****999) states: "We need to work *****gether, ***** a nursing profession, *****s a he*****lthcare profession, and as a society, and ***** need to ***** each other's perspectives." I like ***** mentor ***** I love to share the knowledge that ***** have acquired. Teaching a skill ***** a new nurse is rewarding beca***** of my personal mastery and self-assurance. The mentee will be successful if he/she implements newly learned techniques ***** perfects *****m.

I am employed as a Registered Nurse on ***** general 12-bed Pediatric Ward, primarily in a charge ***** capacity. I assign patient care based on acuity and accord*****g to educati*****, training, ***** skill level. Compared to any other unit in our hospital, excluding the Neonatal *****tensive Care Unit (NICU) and the Intensive ***** Unit (ICU) where ***** patient to nurse ration is six ***** seven