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12 leadership Flashcards

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Leadership

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Is an interactive process that provides needed guidance and direction

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Management

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The process of coordinating others and directing them toward a common goal

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Leadership attributes

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Followers
Vision
Communication
Decision making
Change 
Social power
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Followers

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Confident 
Honest
Credible
Committed to the organization
Able to manage themselves well
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Autocratic communication

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One-way top-down

Leader exerts control over subordinates

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Democratic

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Two-way
Giving-seeking
Employees want to participate in decisions

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Transactional

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Communicate primarily about work and the means to accomplish it

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Laissez faire

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Little communication with followers

Permissive; motivated by their own desire to do well

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Types of social power

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Coercive
Legitimate
Referent 
Reward
Expert
Informational
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Trait theories

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Leaders are born with certain personality traits

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Behavioral theories

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Leaders learn certain behaviors

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Situational theories

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Leaders change their approach for each situation

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Contemporary theories

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Transactional leaders-reward and punishment

Trandformaational leaders- transform organization

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Effective leaders*****

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Integrity
Dedication
Magnamanity
Humility 
Openness
Creativity
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Integrity

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Having a clear ethical principles and aligning ones actions with the stated value

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Dedication

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The ability to spend the time necessary to accomplish aa task

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Magnamanity

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Giving credit where credit is due

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Humility

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The ability to recognize that no one is superior to another

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Openness

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The ability to listen to others point of view without prejudging or discouraging them

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Creativity

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The ability to think differently

21
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Formal leadership

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Is practiced in an organization as part of an official position

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Informal leadership

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Emerged outside the structure of a formal position.

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Interproffesional leadership

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Leadership that goes beyond the discipline of nursing (nurse leaders0

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Bureaucratic

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Employees are motivated by external forces

25
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Foyals function of management

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Planning, organizing, directing, controlling

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Mintzbergs behavioral model

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Included two assumptions: much of a managers time is spent in human relations and are more reactive than protective

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Mintzbergs contemporary model

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Informational level (communicating and controlling)
people level )leading and linking)
Action level (doing)
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Mcgegor theory X

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The average person dislikes work and will avoid it if given the opportunity to do so.
Subordinates must be closely supervised, directed, and coerced into doing their work

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Mcgregor theory Y

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If employees are satisfied in their work, they will view it as being like play
Self-direction, self-control, and initiative

30
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Patient education and health literacy

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Educating patients about their conditions and about the purposes and expected outcomes it empowers them to act as their own advocates and can improve their cooperation with the treatment plan

31
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Magnetism that determines certification

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Quality of nursing leadership
Community and health care organization
Professional models of care
Personal policies and programs
Consultation and resources
Interdisciplinary relationships
32
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1st principle of delegation

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Nurses must have knowledge of the nurse practice act in the state where they are licensed

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2nd principle of delegation

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The RN cannot delegate assessment, planning, eval, or accountability for the assigned task

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3rd principle of delegation

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The person to whom the assignment was delegated cannot delegate that assignment to someone else

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Before delegating

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Identify the task
Assess the patient
Complexity and frequency, patient stability, and the assessments of other providers

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Five rights of safe delegation

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Right task
Right person
Right circumstance 
Right communication
Right supervision
37
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Resource handler

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Monsters budget and the use of personnel time

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Entrepreneur

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Problem solver

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Disturbance handler

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Respond to unplanned change

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Negotiator

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Works to intercede for resources and help

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