NURS 3004H Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Registered Nurse, Track Geometry, Self-Awareness
10 Jul 2019
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A very successful basketball coach named coach k led his team by integrating the elements of trust, passion, honesty, encouragement, and teamwork. He emphasized sharing ideas and making decisions from the heart, while striving for the team to think as one (grossman & Coach k exemplified attributes used to define the theory of authentic leadership. This theory focuses on the importance of self-awareness, relational transparency, balanced information processing, and internalized moral perspective (grossman & valiga, 2017: 5). The following information will discuss the aspects of authentic leadership and how this relates to my nursing practice. In addition, this theory will develop a plan for personal leadership and advocacy in the clinical setting. Moreover, authentic leadership was chosen to be discussed as it relates best to my personal values of teamwork, honesty, and inclusiveness. To begin, a significant component of authentic leadership is self-awareness. Self- awareness can be defined as knowing one"s strengths, weaknesses, and limitations (grossman &
