Explain, with concrete examples, the differences among leadership, management, and followership. Then, discuss the following:

• At times, do the examples overlap with a nurse acting in all three capacities at the same time?
• Are two of the three capacities more likely to overlap? If yes, which two capacities?
• Pick a current local, state, or national political leader and differentiate the leadership and management qualities of the leader. Who are these leaders and followers?
•  Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. 

 

• All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.

 

Based on your assigned readings and lecture materials this week, engage with your peers and me by initiating a thread or responding to another peer’s thread or one of my threads. You should post a minimum of three times.

• Is there something you are learning this week that you are excited about?
• Can you apply any of the concepts this week to the career you are interested in pursuing?
• Do you have any questions about the concepts you are learning this week?
•  All replies must be constructive and follow proper netiquette. Click here to go to the Academic Continuity Guide for Students and read the Course Communication Guidelines (Netiquette) 

 

• There is no minimum or maximum word count. You will be graded on the relevance of your post to the topic and the application of the concepts.
• When responding to your peers, you should extend, refute/correct, or add additional nuance to their posts. 

 Create a discussion: In the DNP program, you will be expected to implement a practice change in your practicum based on the evidence-based recommendations from the literature. To do so, you will need to spend several hours reviewing scholarly articles.

Discuss a few topics you have an interest in researching in your next upcoming courses.

Use: APAP 7 format and scholarly references no older than 5 years old   

RUBRIC:  

Initial Post relevance to the topic of discussion, applicability, and insight. (20%)

Quality of Written Communication Appropriateness of audience and words choice is specific, purposeful, dynamic, and varied. Grammar, spelling, punctuation. (20%)

Inclusion of DNP essentials explored in the discussion as well as the role-specific competencies as applicable.(10%)

Rigor, currency,  and relevance of the scholarly references. (Use articles that are below 5 years). (20%)

Peer & Professor Responses. The number of responses, quality of response posts. (20%)

Timeliness of the initial post and the answers to the peers. (10%)