Signature Assignment Title: What Makes a Good Leader?

Choose one or more leadership topic(s) from your textbook or from a scholarly source from a previous discussion or assignment from this course and write about its application to nursing practice. Provide definitions, history/background, and major concepts of chosen topic.  Describe the topic’s function in nursing practice by examining at least three different nursing roles (for example, bedside nurse, public health nurse, CNO, unit manager, etc.). Discuss how the leadership topic can be used in your own practice. Discuss your personal growth in regard to your chosen leadership topic. Evaluate personal strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to your career advancement.

Then, discuss the top three traits you feel makes a good nurse leader. Support your statements with examples from your practice experience and scholarly sources.

Assignment Expectations:

Length: 1750 to 2000 words in length

Structure: Include a title page and reference page in APA format. These do not count towards the minimum word count for this assignment. Your essay must include an introduction and a conclusion.

References: Use appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. A minimum of three scholarly sources plus the textbook are required.

In the show, One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Nurse Ratched was portrayed as a villain. She was a soft-spoken, cruel, cold-hearted, emotionally detached, non-caring head nurse of a psychiatric institution in a pristine white uniform who lacked most, if not all of the five elements of emotional intelligence: self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills (Chamberlain College of Nursing, 2021). Her leadership style in controlling the ward was dependent on her use of covert manipulation and psychological torture. By her lack of self-awareness and social skills, she sees herself as helping her patients and not the evil her patients perceive her to be.

 In two scenes in the show, Nurse Ratched through her lack of self-awareness, self-regulation, empathy, and social skills threatened and humiliated a young psychiatric patient Billy, in front of other patients who appeared to have just had a sexual encounter with a female patient that she would report him to his mother. She also displayed these traits when despite Billy begging her not to tell his mother, she calmly and adamantly refused to order Billy to be confined to the psychiatrist’s office immediately instead (Netflix, 2020). Again, all these being displayed in front of all the patients. Through her calmness and soft-spoken voice, she genuinely appeared to be helping Billy meanwhile her attitude displayed her lack of self-awareness, self-regulation, social skills, and empathy instead.

This threat of telling Bill’s mother about his encounter culminated in Billy first having a complete emotional breakdown and ultimately killing himself. This incidentally drove Billy’s friend Murphy into a complete rage.  Nurse Ratched upon finding Billy’s dead body, rather than show some empathy, care, or love instead ordered that the patients return back to their daily routines. Her lack of empathy, self-awareness, self-regulation, and social skills towards Billy’s death drove Billy’s friend Murphy into a complete rage leading to him strangling Nurse Ratched (Mortimer, 2013).

            As a Nurse leader, unlike Nurse Ratched, who threatened to report Billy to his mother for his actions, I’ll lead with emotional intelligence with change agent characteristics. I’ll have good judgment, strong communication skills, respect for Billy and other patients. I will listen to Billy, talk with him respectfully and privately without judgments rather inspiring positive behavior in him. I’ll gain Billy’s trust and the trust of other patients by keeping our conversations confidential without reporting or threatening to report to their parents. Despite Billy being confined to a mental institution, he’s still an adult, a human being with dignity, rights, and deserving of respect.

            Nurse Ratched’s ward is influenced by chaos theory. The ward is disorganized without order, it’s unpredictable and sometimes out of control. There’s no chain of commands with hierarchy, protocols, or policies. Rather it is totally dysfunctional with nurse Ratched possessing all the power and the authority. The complex, unexpected, undesirable, unpredictable, non-linear, and sudden results of a chaos theory (Demir et al., 2019; Öztürk & Kızılkaya, 2017) was in full effect when Murphy out of his rage for Nurse Ratched’s total lack of emotional intelligence after Billy’s suicide almost straggled and killed Nurse Ratched with other patients actively observing.

References

 Chamberlain College of Nursing. (2021). NR-703 Week 2: The Emotionally Intelligent Leader [Online lesson]. Adtalem Global Education

Demir, M. S., Karaman, A., & Oztekin, S. D. (2019). Chaos theory and nursing. International Journal of Caring Sciences, 12(2), 1225-1228.

Mortimer, A. (2013, May 23). One flew over the cuckoo’s nest – Nurse Ratched strangle scene. [Video]. YouTube. Retrieved March 5, 2021, from https://youtu.be/EYDP3nBh_E4

Netflix. (2020, September 19). Who is Nurse Ratched? The story of the ultimate villain. [Video]. YouTube. Retrieved March 5, 2021, from

            https://youtu.be/ElQIQMiYQOA

Öztürk, Z., & Kızılkaya, S. (2017). Chaos-complexity theory at management. International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 4(3), 259-264. http://iojet.org/index.php/IOJET/article/view/162/168

I NEED A COMMENT FOR THIS DISCUSSION BOARD WITH AT LEAST 2 PARAGRHAPS AND USE 3 SOURCES NO LATER THAN 5 YEARS.

this is a re do for my first submission I have attached the paper that was turn in which the format is all incorrect, please follow the template that is attached for this new paper. If needed I can also attached weeks three questions/paper.

Instructions

Based on your selected MSN program, write your first section of your ROLE (the role chosen is family nurse practitioner) paper using the following criteria:

For this assignment, you will research an advanced nursing practice role and summarize your findings in a 2-4 page paper (excluding the title page and references):

• Focusing on the specialty for which you were admitted to South University, select an advanced nursing role to research. (It must be one offered by South University.)
• Distinguish the role as clinical or non-clinical and how it promotes patient outcomes, ie safety, access to health care or health information relative to the ANP level
• Apply an Advance Nursing Practice Concept to your chosen role
• Develop a minimum of ten questions that you would like to ask the advance practice clinician or non-clinician that you have chosen to interview.  Identify in the paper the individual by name, credentials, position and your planned date for the interview (Interview is due Week 3)
• Support your findings with at least two research articles (study, design, sample and results must be discussed). Other peer reviewed articles that are non-research and nursing organization websites may be used. All articles must be current (not more than five years old, unless it is a hallmark reference; i.e. American Association of College of Nursing. (2010)).
• Format your paper, citations, and references using correct APA Style.

Has anyone given thought to which AACN Essential has the most appeal to you as a developing advanced practice nurse? Please explain why? (AACN Essentials I, II, IV, V, VI, and VIII) 

I’m asking for 150 words. APA 7th ed. Plagiarism free. Due date: January 22, @10:00am. please based your answer according to the book. (AACN Essentials I, II, IV, V, VI, and VIII)

Assignment:

Evidence-Based Practice Guideline

Write a fully developed and detailed APA essay addressing each of the following points/questions. There is no required word count; be sure to completely answer all the questions for each question in detail. Separate each section in your paper with a clear heading that allows your professor to know which bullet you are addressing in that section of your paper. Sources are not required; however, if sources are used make sure to cite using the APA writing style for the essay and complete a reference page. The cover page is required. Review the rubric criteria for this assignment.

Utilize the databases identified in the text to locate an Evidence-Based Practice Guideline, related to your topic identified in Module 1. Perform a rapid critical appraisal of the Evidence-Based Guideline by answering the following questions in APA format. All questions should be answered in detail and explanations offered according to guideline content when applicable.

• Who      were the guideline developers?
• Were      the developers of the guideline representative of key stakeholders in this      specialty (inter-disciplinary)?
• Who      funded the guideline development?  
• Were      any of the guideline developers funded researchers of the reviewed      studies?
• Did      the team have a valid development strategy?
• Was an      explicit (how decisions were made), sensible, and impartial process used      to identify, select, and combine evidence?
• Did      its developers carry out comprehensive, reproducible literature review      within the past 12 months of its publication/revision?
• Were      all important options and outcomes considered?
• Is      each recommendation in the guideline tagged by the level/strength of      evidence upon which it is based and linked to the scientific evidence?
• Do the      guidelines make explicit recommendations (reflecting value judgments about      the outcomes)?
• Has      the guideline been subjected to peer review and testing?
• Is the      intent of use provided (i.e. national, regional, local)?
• Are      the recommendations clinically relevant?
• Will      the recommendations help me in caring for my patients?
• Are      the recommendations practical/feasible? Are resources (people and      equipment) available?
• Are      the recommendations a major variation from current practice? Can the      outcomes be measured through standard care?

Be sure to include the database from which the guideline was obtained and please submit a copy of the guideline with your paper.

Your APA formatted paper fully answer each question in complete sentences.

Assignment Expectations:

Length: Clearly and fully answer all questions; include database; attach a copy of the guideline
Structure: Include a title page and reference page (if sources were used) in APA format. Your essay must include an introduction and a conclusion.
References: Use appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. No minimum sources are required for this assignment; if sources are used APA format is required.