This course was different then my other courses in that it involved video! It was fun to watch and learn from this video. The video discussed management vs. leadership and how to become an effective leader. At the beginning of the video a scenario was discussed where a staff nurse was promoted to management. The nurse all of a sudden had a smaller "peer" group at work, was in charge of and made decisions that not everyone liked, became the bridge between staff and management, and was responsible for the unit's financial health. The authors of this class stated that nurse leaders need to have the following competencies:
Visibility
Flexibility,
Authority
Assistance
Feedback
Respectability
Trustworthiness
The video then went on to talk about the difference between managers and leaders. Management is a "science in which a series of steps can be followed to implement the rule." Leadership is the process of motivating people to accomplish a goal. It is "the most observed and least understood phenomena" Nurse leaders have to have good time management skills, financially and technologically savvy, professional role models, advanced skills and education in management and business. The video was much more in depth then this blog post, but it gave some great advice for new leaders. I learned a lot about what a new leader needs to have. I have a mental list now of skills I want to develop in order to become a better leader.
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