This guide is for NURS 626 Week 2 Leadership Style Reflection, start to submission. Part 1 of the leadership development project: a 5 to 7-page reflection on the influences that shaped your leadership style.
NURS 626 is Nursing Administration IV: Nursing Administration Capstone, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's MSN. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as NURS626; it is the same course.
| Course | NURS 626 Nursing Administration IV: Nursing Administration Capstone |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 2 |
| Points | 100 points |
| Length | 5 to 7 pages (body) |
| Sources | 3 to 5 references from the last 5 years (classical or theoretical works excepted), plus the course textbooks and the Bible |
| Faith integration | The Bible must be cited |
| Format | Current APA |
What NURS 626 Week 2 Leadership Style Reflection asks for
The first part of the Leadership Development Project, Reflection: My Leadership Style, asks you to reflect on the influences that have shaped your leadership style, such as leadership theory, scholarly reading, academic and continuing education, professional experiences, mentoring relationships and the Bible. The body is 5 to 7 pages, citing 3 to 5 references from the last five years unless a source is a classical or theoretical work; the textbooks and the Bible must also be cited but do not count toward the 3 to 5. It is due in Module/Week 2 and worth 100 points.
Where it fits in NURS 626
In the published schedule, Leadership Style Reflection is one of 11 graded written assignments in NURS 626. It follows Week 2 Capstone Project Part 1 Topic Selection and comes before Week 3 LPI Group Discussion Board Forum. The same week also has Capstone Project Part 1 Topic Selection, so plan the week's writing together.
How NURS 626 Week 2 Leadership Style Reflection is graded
Liberty grades Leadership Style Reflection with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 100 points in the published guide. That is about 10% of the course's 1,010 points. Open the rubric before you draft and read across each row: the top column describes what full credit looks like, and the gap between columns tells you what costs points.
Course grades in NURS 626 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 940 to 1010 points of the course total. Missing the length or source minimum usually costs points on several rows at once, which is why the checklist below starts with them.
Timing in the published guide: Each course week begins on Monday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Sunday night at 11:59 p.m. (ET). The final week ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday. Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.
The NURS 626 Week 2 method, step by step
Pick one event and stay with it
Choose a single event or experience that fits the Leadership Style Reflection prompt and that you can describe honestly. One well-examined event beats three summarized ones.
Describe it briefly and accurately
Set the scene in a short paragraph: what happened, who was involved (without identifying details), and what your role was. Keep description to a fraction of the length.
Analyze it with course concepts
Use the concepts from Nursing Administration IV: Nursing Administration Capstone to explain why it happened. This is the part graders weigh most: the reflection must show the course changed how you see the event.
Bring in the evidence the guide asks for
Meet the source rule (3 to 5 references from the last 5 years, classical or theoretical works excepted, plus the course textbooks and the Bible). Sources turn a personal account into professional analysis by showing how others have studied the same problem.
Say what you would do differently
Close the loop: what you learned, what you would change, and how it will shape your practice. Be concrete; a plan beats a promise.
Write in first person, formatted in APA
Use first person where you describe your own experience and keep the APA format for everything else. Check the length (5 to 7 pages, body).
A structure for NURS 626 Week 2 Leadership Style Reflection
Word targets are planning numbers for about 1,650 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | Name the event and the lesson the paper will draw from it. | ~200 words |
| The event | What happened and your role, without identifying details. | ~330 words |
| Analysis | Why it happened, explained with course concepts and sources. | ~630 words |
| Faith perspective | Where the guide asks, a biblical principle applied to the event. | ~160 words |
| What changes | What you learned and the concrete change you will make. | ~250 words |
| Conclusion | Tie the lesson back to the course. | ~80 words |
A topic angle that works
Organize by influence rather than chronology: one section each for theory, mentors, experience and faith. Then name your style using a recognized framework (transformational, servant, authentic) and show the evidence for it in what you do.
Model paragraph with notes
An original paragraph written by our desk to show the register that earns full rubric credit. It is study material: learn the moves, then write your own.
The strongest influence on my leadership was a nurse manager who never raised her voice and never let a safety concern wait until morning.1 Watching her, I learned what Kouzes and Posner call modeling the way: she set the standard by doing it first, and recent research links that kind of authentic leadership with nurses' trust and willingness to report errors.2 Her steadiness reminded me of Christ's calm in the storm in Mark 4, and I have tried to bring the same calm to my own charge shifts.3
- Begins with a specific influence.
- Names the practice with the textbook and research.
- Integrates faith through the same example.
Mistakes that cost points on NURS 626 Week 2
- Missing the textbooks or the Bible among citations.
- Recent references fewer than three.
- A biography with no named leadership style.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: 5 to 7 pages (body)
- Sources: 3 to 5 references from the last 5 years (classical or theoretical works excepted), plus the course textbooks and the Bible
- Faith integration: The Bible must be cited
- No names or identifying details of patients, clients or coworkers
- At least one course concept named and applied
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
Do the textbooks count toward the NURS 626 reflection's 3 to 5 references?
No. The textbooks and the Bible must be cited but do not count toward the required 3 to 5 references.
How many points is NURS 626 Week 2 Leadership Style Reflection worth?
100 points in Liberty's published course guide for NURS 626, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 10% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is NURS 626 Week 2 the same in every section of NURS 626?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for NURS 626. Liberty notes that course content can change from term to term, so if your Canvas section shows different instructions, a different week or different points, follow Canvas and your instructor.
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