Nursing Leadership

[M.ana52]

How to approach this question?

Brainstorm questions that might extend nursing knowledge and the discipline of nursing.

Thanks.

[llg, PhD, RN]

This sounds like a homework assignment. You'll need to give us more context in order for us to comment meaningfully. In it's current form, it simply asks us to list all the possible nursing research questions that could be asked.

Narrow it down for us ... give us some of your thoughts and ask for our opinions on your ideas ... etc. You'll be more likely to get meaningful responses that way.

[M.ana52]

Yes, this is an assignment I have. The topic is "Nursing Inquiry: Advancing the nursing discipline-WHO?". I will be teaching about nursing leadership at all levels of nursing (student nurse, RN, NP, nurse administrator, President, manager, and etc.). I will talk about the personal, professional, and societal resources nurses need to demonstrate leadership within the discipline and to advance the discipline. Most importantly I must relate nursing leadership and its history to nursing inquiry and development of the discipline at the end of my class.

To teach the class I must hit three ends-in-views.

-- Describe individual resources, professional resources, and societal resources needed for knowledge development in nursing.

-- Identify and discuss examples of nurse leaders in various domains of nursing practice that have contributed or are contributing to the advancement of the discipline of nursing.

-- Brainstorm questions that might extend nursing knowledge and the discipline of nursing.

Although I have a good idea of the first two ends-in-views, I was not able to find good articles or books that talk about it all.

And I have no idea how to approach the third ends-in-view. With so many knowledgable nurses here I was hoping for some help and guidance.

Thank you.

[nurse2033, MSN, RN]

Your third question goes to the future of nursing. If you have studied leadership then you should be able to conceptualize a definition of leadership. People tend to interchange the concepts of managing and leading, but they are distinctly different. I would focus on the concept of leadership, and that might lead you to some answers.