Question: Servant Leadership in Nursing and Medicine In a recent study, Garber, Madigan, Click, and Fitzpatrick (2009) found that registered nurses had both a higher level of collaboration and servant leadership than did physicians and medical residents. There was a weak positive correlation between collaboration and servant leadership in the registered nurse group and no significant correlation between the two variables in the physician/resident group.
ASSIGNMENT: What factors might account for these differences? Write a one-page essay that addresses the following:
1. Both nursing and medicine are helping, service-oriented professions. Do you believe there are inherent differences in service inclination between individuals who choose nursing for a profession rather than medicine?
2. Do you believe that nursing education fosters a greater service inclination than medical education?
3. Do you believe the female majority (gender) of the nursing profession influences these findings?