AC685 LEADERSHIP full assingment
Leadership is an important thing in the life of a nurse or medical assistant. Generally, a nursing leader is a person who has direct responsibility for providing care and treatment to the patient and administering an organization can efficiently and well. Quality of a leader depends on the attitude and features available on the individual as profesional, competent, responsible, and sensitive to the needs of others and can interact well with patients and staff subordinates. Apart from the skills and knowledge to be learned, to be a leader of the caliber, management planning is necessary on them in order to provide care for standards and quality. However, leadership is a process of influence that involves the leader, the follower and their interaction. Followers can be individuals, groups of people, communities and members of the society in general. It can be formal and informal, occurring by virtue of being in a position of authority in an organization, such as a manager, or outside the scope of a formal role, such as a member of a group. Thus, leadership in nursing is essential to ensure the excellent collaboration between professional practice and interdisciplinary team. In this assignment, I will explain the impact of leadership on the performance of the staff and quality of patient care at my setting. Some of the issues will be highlighted and explained in relation to the problem. I will also emphasize this issue and determine the impact of leadership in my working environment with support by other studies. I am a medical assistant (MA) in one of the government hospital in Malaysia. Within 9 years being as MA in Emergency Department, I gained a lot of experiences and knowledge about leadership. Before we get into details regarding leadership, I would like to discuss some problems that happen in my department where leadership can help in order to improving it. Basically, the problems that arise are involving staff, patients and leadership issues. One of the