Every Nurse Is A Leader

This is a Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) assignment. 

The purpose of this assignment is to assess leadership styles, traits, and practices as a nursing professional, establish the importance of effective interprofessional communication as a leader in nursing, and to explore the role of servant leadership in nursing practice.

Read the study materials on leadership and complete the topic quiz activities to better understand your leadership qualities.

Upon completion, summarize and share with your group what you learned about your specific leadership qualities, so you can become familiar with how you are similar and different from your peers when it comes to being a leader.

As a group, review the study materials related to servant leadership. Using what you have learned about the tenets of servant leadership and traits and practices of successful leaders, create a 10-12 slide PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes. Add an additional slide for references at the end of your presentation.  

Include the following in your presentation:

1. Each group member: Create a slide that summarizes your leadership style, traits, and practices.

2. Compare the personal leadership styles of your group members, including commonalities between group members' strengths and weaknesses.

3. Explain why it is important for nursing professionals to be aware of their personal leadership style, traits, and practices.

4. Discuss what leadership traits and styles are necessary to be an effective communicator. Explain the importance of leaders adapting communication approaches when working interprofessionally (across ancillary departments, vendors, community members).

5. Discuss how nursing professionals can benefit from integrating the tenets of servant leadership to empower and influence others as they lead.

6. Discuss how leaders who practice servant leadership and have a strong understanding of their personal leadership traits can successfully lead others and navigate the unique challenges that are part of nursing and health care. Provide two examples that illustrate your main ideas.

You are required to cite a minimum of three sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years, appropriate for the assignment criteria, and relevant to nursing practice. 

Refer to the resource, "Creating Effective PowerPoint Presentations," located in the Student Success Center, for additional guidance on completing this assignment in the appropriate style. 

Final Assignment Guidance

Hello Class,

This final assignment is a wonderful assignment to discuss leadership styles and comparisons amongst your peers.

Please assure the following slides are included in your assignment:

1.    Title slide

a.    Include title, school, the individuals in the group

2.    Comparison of Leadership Styles

a.    Provide slide for each individual leadership style

b.    Create a comparative slide of strengths

c.    Create a comparative slide of weaknesses

3.    Importance of Awareness of Leadership Styles

a.    Explanation of the importance of nursing professionals awareness of leadership style, traits and practices

4.    Leadership Traits and Styles of Effective Communicators

a.    Discussion of leadership traits and style of effective communicators.

b.    Importance of adapting communication approach in interprofessional relations

5.    Benefits of Integrating Tenets of Servant Leadership to Empower or Influence

a.    Support and rationale to discuss benefits of integrating tenets of servant leadership to empower and influence nurse leaders

6.    Understanding of Personal Leadership Traits

a.    Discussion for how leaders who practice servant leadership and understand personal leadership traits can lead and navigate challenges of nursing and health care is presented.

Remember to use proper slide show presentation formatting. Refer to the student center and APA manual for specific support. Collaborate with your team members to successfully complete the assignment.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. 

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. 

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance