Power and Authority

Power is central to the leadership process. This should be accepted as a natural heart of any individual or organization. The desire for power is universal. Competence and intelligence are a pre-requisite for handling power.

Leadership

Leadership is the use of one’s skills to influence others to perform to the best of their ability towards goal attainment. It involves one individual trying to change the behavior of other individuals. Leadership is the art of getting others to want to do what one deems important.

Decision-Making

Decision-Making is regarded as an outcome of mental processes that leads to the selection of a specific action among different alternatives. The output can be an action or an opinion of choice. Decision-making is an important aspect in nursing because part of nursing assessment is to provide care to clients that may help remedy current client problems.

Communication

Communication is the giving and receiving of information via talk, gestures, and writing. The purpose of communication is to persuade, inquire, and entertain.