Reference no: EM133717971

Question

Describe in a detailed paragraph how the responsibilities of a leader and manager are different in this scenario. You have been the evening charge nurse in the emergency department for the past two years. Department staffing includes two Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN) and four Registered Nurses (RN). Typically, staffing for a shift includes yourself as the charge nurse, two RNs, and one LPN. One of the LPNs in the department resents the practice restrictions of LPN duties because she has had 10 years of experience in nursing and has served as a medic during a tour of duty in a war zone. The emergency department physicians admire her and ask her to assist them with major wound repairs along with other duties. Occasionally, she has exceeded her job description as an LPN in the hospital, although she has done nothing illegal that you are aware of. She has received satisfactory performance evaluations despite you and others knowing about her acting as a "junior physician" at times. You suspect the physicians allow her to perform duties beyond the scope of her license; however, you have not investigated or actually seen anything yourself. Tonight, you are making rounds and find the LPN.