Learn about the leadership styles that are used by nurse leaders in healtn care. Conduct a phone interview with a nurse leader. After establishing rapport. ask Questions such as the following
• Describe your leadership position. • Describe your leadership styie • In what ways do you think your leadership style has changed as you have gained more expenence as a leader? • Did you have a mentor? It so. what skills did you gain as a result of that relationship? • Describe a change management protect that you led and the steps taken to in-plement the change and to measure the effectiveness of that change Wrat obstacles did you face in implementing tne change protect? • Describe how you would use your leadership skills to mentor a new nurse leader. • In your opman, what rs the greatest challenge facing nurse leaders today in health care? (This question will be used in a later Discussion Board assignment)
After the intennew. write up the narrative of your interview descnbtng the responses of the nurse leader. You should have the foovnng headings in your paper.
I Descnpbon of the nurse leaders position 1 Description of the nurse leader’s style and where it fits with the theories discussed in Unit I II Description of the nurse leader s experience win a change management protect including the implementation of Me orange and the evaluation of the change IV. Descnpbon of obstacles a nurse leader may face in implementing change V. Description of leadership skills used to mentor a new nurse leader a. Discuss the value of a mentor b. Describe what you would look for in a mentor if you were in a new nurse leader position VI. Conclusion a. Based on your interview and what you have learned thus far. rs an effective leadership style used by this nurse leader?
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