In this reflective essay, you are expected to draw upon both your undergraduate student nursing experiences and the contemporary peer-reviewed literature to address questions regarding leadership. While employing a first-person writing style is suitable for this task,

In this reflective essay, you are expected to draw upon both your undergraduate student nursing experiences and the contemporary peer-reviewed literature to address questions regarding leadership. While employing a first-person writing style is suitable for this task, it is essential to substantiate your critique and justifications with evidence from peer-reviewed sources..
1. Introduction
2. Nursing leadership theory
Reflect on your clinical placements and identify two (2) qualities that were displayed by nursing leaders.
Firstly, critique these qualities within the nursing leadership style you believe they most closely align with (e.g.: Laissez-faire, Transformational, Autocratic etc.).
Secondly, provide an argument of whether each quality aligns with effective leadership. You must support your critique and arguments with evidence from the peer-reviewed literature.
3. Yourself as a nurse leader
Reflect on your own nursing practice and identify two (2) qualities that you want to develop further as an emerging nurse leader. Firstly, justify why these qualities are important within healthcare leadership.
Secondly, identify a strategy you can employ to strengthen each quality. You must support your justification and strategies with evidence from the peer-reviewed literature.
4. Conclusion