Directing in Nursing PDF

1. ##### DIRECTING - Is getting the work done through others - In nursing, is giving orders and directions to others to attain quality patient care - Issuance of assignments, orders and instructions that help the nursing personnel understand what is expected fro...

1. ##### DIRECTING - Is getting the work done through others - In nursing, is giving orders and directions to others to attain quality patient care - Issuance of assignments, orders and instructions that help the nursing personnel understand what is expected from them. - Leadership, motivation, communication, delegation and supervision characterize the directing function of a nurse manager - a management function - Success in it is dependent on several factors, the most important of which are: GREAT MAN THEORY ---------------- ### (aristotelian philosophy) - the premise is that leaders are born - only a few people possess characteristics that make them great - it suggests that leadership cannot be developed. TRAIT THEORY ------------ - Suggest that for a person to become a leader, he must have a certain innate or inherited traits. - Later studies revealed however that traits can be learned or experienced - Trait theory has the basic assumption that leaders are born, not made. - Research were able to identify some traits that are common to good leaders ##### LEADERSHIP TRAITS 1. Leaders need to be more **intelligent** than the group they lead 2. Leaders must possess **initiative.** 3. **Creativity** is an asset. New solutions to problems and ideas or new ways of increasing production. 4. **emotional** **maturity** with integrity-a sense of purpose and direction, persistence, dependability and objectivity 5. **communication** **skills** are important (verbal and written) 6. **persuasion** often is used by leaders to gain the consent of the followers. 7. leaders need to be **perceptive.** distinguish their allies from their opponents) 8. Leaders **participate** in social activities. BEHAVIORAL THEORY ----------------- - Highlights the importance of understanding human behavior - Human behavior are complex and leaders must have a good academic preparation in behavioral sciences ###### LEADERSHIP STYLES by Kurt Lewin: 1. **AUTOCRATIC** -- leader focused; strong control, gives orders, does decision making, leader does planning, directive, fosters dependency - Leader solves all problems - Leader dominates the group and commands rather than make suggestions or seeks input ##### BEHAVIORS OF AUTHORITARIAN LEADER: - Strong control is maintained over the group - Others are motivated by coercion - Others are directed with commands - Communication flows downward - Decision making does not involve others - Emphasis is on difference in status (\