As a nurse, being able to manage and lead a group of individuals involves having great communication skills among other things. Having the capabilities to help others achieve their goals and maintain success as a team is great for a manager or leader. Managing involves controlling a group or a set of entities to accomplish a goal. Leadership refers to an individual’s ability to influence, motivate, and enable others to contribute toward organizational success (Hodges, 2016). Advanced practice nurses often manage their own practice, so to be a successful, advanced practice nurses should be able to be both a strong leader and manager to get their team on board to follow them towards their vision of success. While I have never managed anyone, as a charge nurse, I’m often leading teams on the weekend schedule. I’m fully aware of many of my team members’ strengths and weaknesses. I often help the newer nurses with their assignments if I don’t have a stronger nurse to replace them with. While managing the operating room schedule, I will give the less complex cases to the newly released orientee. Doing so will increase their confidence in the OR, without the nurse feeling intimidated by being alone in the case. My current manager love to delegate mostly all of the required duties. She lacks the ability to effectively communicate, therefore the moral in the department has decreased. As a leader, one should support, encourage, and motivate the people in their department (Turaga, 2017).
Hodges, J. (2016). Managing and leading people through organizational change: The theory and practice of sustaining change through people. Kogan Page Publishers.
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