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1 Take the opportunity to learn about yourself by reflecting on five predominant factors identified as being influential in a nurse's leadership development: self‐confidence, innate leader qualities or tendencies, progression of experiences and success, influence of significant others, and personal life factors. Consider which of these five factors reinforces your confidence in yourself. What innate qualities or tendencies do you have that contribute to your development as a leader? Consider what professional experiences, mentors, and personal experiences or events can help you influence and change nursing practice, when needed.

2 Describe the type of leader you want to be as a nurse in a health care organization. Identify specific behaviors you plan to use as a leader. In what way does transformational leadership theory and complexity leadership theory inform your development as a leader?

3 Rate each of these 12 motivating or hygiene maintenance factors job factors that contribute to job satisfaction by placing a number from 1 to 5 on the line before each factor, with 5 being Very important, and 1 being Not important.

Very Important	Somewhat Important	Not Important
5	4	3 2 1

1 _____ 1. An interesting job I enjoy doing

2 _____ 2. A good manager who treats people fairly

3 _____ 3. Getting praise and other recognition and appreciation for the work I do

4 _____ 4. A satisfying personal life

5 _____ 5. The opportunity for advancement

6 _____ 6. A prestigious or status job

7 _____ 7. Job responsibility that gives me freedom to do things my way

8 _____ 8. Good working conditions (safe environment, nice office, cafeteria)

9 _____ 9. The opportunity to learn new things

10 ____ 10. Sensible company rules, regulations, procedures, and policies

11 ____ 11. A job I can do well and succeed at

12 ____ 12. Job security and benefits

Write the number from 1 to 5 that you selected for each factor. Total each column for a score between 12 and 60 points. The closer to 60 your score is, the more important these factors (Motivating or Hygiene Maintenance Factors) are to you.

Motivating Factors	Hygiene Maintenance Factors
1._____	2._____
3._____	4._____
5._____	6._____
7._____	8._____
9._____	10._____
11. _____	12._____
Totals ______	_____

Source: From. Lussier, R.N, and Achua, C.F. (2015) Leadership: Theory, Application, Skill Development Cincinnati, OH: South‐Western College Publishing.)

1 What would a health care organization be like if it more closely resembled a self‐organizing system and more holistic environment? How different would it be from a bureaucratic and more structured organization?

2 As nurses have become more self‐directed, what kind of leadership practices are most effective?

3 What quality improvement projects are nurses in your work setting involved in? How is evidence being used to improve nursing practice? What sources of evidence from nursing science are you exploring through journals, attending educational conferences, the Internet, and participating in professional nursing associations?