Read about or watch a documentary about someone in history—Eleanor Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, Margaret Sanger, John F. Kennedy, Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King, Jr.—who often is thought of as a leader. What did that person do that prompts us to call him or her a "leader"?.

Actions/Contributions of the Individual

Given these actions/contributions and the way in which leaders have been described in this chapter, is there adequate evidence to label this individual as a true leader? Why or Why not?

What is your vision of the ideal nursing practice situation? What do you see the nurses doing? What patient care outcomes do you envision? How are the nurses treated?

My vision of the ideal nursing practice situation:

If this vision does not match the reality you see in actual practice, how could you go about making it become a reality? In other words, how could you provide leadership in your practice setting-like the nurses in the examples provided in this chapter did-to benefit patient and nurses?

I could provide leadership in practice to benefit patients and nurses by: