Assignment: Leadership Journal

Assignment: Leadership Journal
Assignment: Leadership Journal
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Journaling provides a valuable tool for recording, reflecting on, and reviewing your learning. This approach provides an opportunity for you to “connect the dots” and observe the relationships between and among activities, interactions, and outcomes.
Unlike a personal journal of thoughts and feelings, this Leadership Journal is a record of your activities, assessments, and learning related to this academic experience.
Journal entries should include a record of the number of hours spent with your nurse leader each week.
Part – 1– Write a journal entry of 750-1,500 words on the subject of power, including the following:
Provide observations and thoughts on the activities in Weeks 1-2.
Identify your given “power” at your workplace or in your professional life. What is your greatest contribution in the lives of others?
Find three people with whom you interact professionally and ask them to affirm the influence you bring to their lives. How and why did you choose the individuals? What pearls of wisdom did they share that you had not considered?
Reflect on at least two things you learned from the “Issue of Power” video.
Part- 2– Write a journal entry of 750-1,500 words on the subject of authority, including the following:
Provide observations and thoughts on the activities in Weeks 3-4.
Explain your place of influence in your professional life.
Describe any opportunities you have had to help people be successful.
Identify actions you have taken to serve people and your relationship to those individuals.
Reflect on at least two things you learned from the “Issue of Authority” video.
APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.
Part – 3– Write a journal entry of 750-1,500 words on the subject of purpose, including the following:
Provide observations and thoughts on the activities in Weeks 5-6.
Describe how your nurse leader’s leadership style affects the people the nurse leads. Do staff members express feelings of support and helpfulness? Are there examples of leading rather than dictating? Did the leader say or do things designed to “build up” staff or were there missed opportunities?
Reflect on at least two things you learned from the “Issue of Rule” video
APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.
Part – 4- Write a journal entry of 750-1,500 words on the subject of provision, including the following:
Provide observations and thoughts on the activities in Weeks 7-8.
Describe how your nurse leader influences the work environment. Consider how influence protects and values others in the work environment.
Identify two or more ways your own leadership could promote a feeling of protection and honor in your work environment.
Reflect on at least two things you learned from the “Issue of Headship” video.
Part -5- Write a journal entry of 750-1,500 words on the subject of serving, including the following:
Provide observations and thoughts on the activities in Weeks 9-10.
Would your co-workers or those you “serve” consider you responsible for some aspect of their success? Describe a situation where you were able to assist another nurse with achieving a professional goal.
Reflect on at least two things you learned from the “Issue of Servant” video.
Part – 6 – Write a journal entry of 750-1,500 words on the subject of example, including the following:
Provide observations and thoughts on the activities in Weeks 11-12.
Identify three to five personal values or characteristics that you believe are critical components of a good leader, such as honesty, compassion, or fairness. How do you express those values in your professional life?
Reflect on at least two things you learned from the “Issue of Example” video.
Part – 7– Write a journal entry of 750-1,500 words on the subject of humility, including the following:
Provide observations and thoughts on the activities in Weeks 13-14.
Describe an interaction or decision point this semester in which your nurse leader demonstrated humility or a missed opportunity to promote the success of others.
Summarize your practicum experience with your nurse leader. What insight into your own leadership style were you able to see? What do you believe was the most important thing you learned in this experience?
Utilizing servant leadership principles outline a plan to improve your own success as a leader. Identify specific steps you plan to take to create this improvement.
Reflect on at least two things you learned from the “Issue of Humility” video