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You have been working on a busy orthopedic unit for 6 months. The average patient length of stay in the unit is 4 to 7 days. The program from which you have graduated has subsequently graduated a new class, and three of the new graduates are coming to work on your unit. The nurse manager has told you that she is counting on you to “demonstrate leadership and assist these new nurses to adapt to the work environment.”
Based on the behaviors of an effective leader found in this chapter, how will you assist your new colleagues?
1. What are the differences between leadership and followership?
2. Explain the necessity for developing self as an effective follower.
3. Describe a situation in which a person acted as a leader. Explain how you concluded that
the person was a leader.
4. Review the different leadership theories discussed in this chapter. Which ones appeal to
you as a guide for your future leadership development, and why? Which ones might be
more difficult to apply in your life, and why?
5. Have the students identify three goals for the next year that will assist you in becoming a
more effective follower.
6. Review with the class the qualities of effective leaders discussed in this chapter.
7. Develop a 1- to 2-year leadership plan applying the qualities of effective leaders.
8. Identify these qualities in leaders that you known. What specific
situations have you observed where these leaders have been effective and why?
a) -Identify specific situations.
9- You have been working on a busy orthopedic unit for 6 months. The average patient length of stay in the unit is 4–7 days. The program from which you have graduated has subsequently graduated a new class, and three of the new graduates are coming to work on your unit. The nurse manager has told you that she is counting on you to “demonstrate leadership and assist these new nurses to adapt to the work environment.”
Based on the behaviors of an effective leader found in this chapter, how will you assist your new colleagues?
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➢ Introduces the differences between followers and leaders in a case study setting to
describe their characters and actions.
➢ Discuses at length about leadership qualities and theories as applied in a healthcare
setting.
➢ Creates a plan to apply leadership qualities in a healthcare setting.
Running head: LEADERSHIP AND FOLLOWERSHIP IN HEALTHCARE
Leadership and Followership in Healthcare
Name of Student
Name of Professor
Institution affiliation
Date
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LEADERSHIP AND FOLLOWERSHIP IN HEALTHCARE
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Question 1
Leadership requires honesty whereas followership depends on loyalty and obedience. It is
therefore imperative that I practice honesty towards the task I was offered by the Nurse Manager
while the graduates are expected to show obedience and loyalty towards my leadership. Moreover,
good leadership skills require ingenuity whereas followership requires collaboration with the
management (Weiss et al., 2019). In this case, I will show inventiveness and creativity in the
clinical area while the new graduates should elicit collaborativeness towards my leadership in order
to achieve efficiency as followers. Furthermore, good leaders are appreciative whereas good
followers practice diligence (Weiss et al., 2019). In the clinical setup, as a leader, I will display
gratitude towards the graduates’ efforts while they shall practice diligence to ease my work as a
leader.
Question 2
Active participation will be the main driving quali...