Knowledge on leadership concepts in nursing is significant, in that, it help to guide our practice. When we are delegating duties and supervising over other staff members, we are all demonstrating our leadership abilities. “Leaders are those individuals who are out front, taking risks, attempting to achieve shared goals, and inspiring others to action. Those individuals who choose to follow a leader do so by choice, not because they have to” Marquis & Houston (2015). In this assignment, a leadership concept will be selected and related to the information on communication in this week’s discussion.
The Brandt’s Interactive Leadership Model will be applied to this week’s discussion. “The Brandt’s interactive leadership model suggests that leaders develop a work environment that fosters autonomy and creativity through valuing and empowering followers.” Marquis &Houston (2015). When staff members are included in the decision making process in an organization, their empowerment is heightened. In this week’s discussion, a situation was identified where communication
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“The American Nurses Association’s Leadership Institute (ANA LI) embarked on the journey of building, enhancing, and strengthening the leadership competencies of nurses and those working or serving the nursing profession by reflecting on the seminal work of the ANA, foundational elements of the nurse profession, and incorporating evidence-based instructional design and leadership theories and research” American Nurses Association (2013).This assignment have enhanced my confidence on the following leadership theories: Situation Leadership Theory, Transformational Theory, and Brandt’s Interactive Leadership Theory. Now that I am knowledgeable of these theories and their implications in nursing, I will definitely be utilizing these theories in my nursing practice in the near
Leadership has many definitions. Chin, Desormeaux, and Sawyer (2016) define leadership as a relationship between followers and a leader with the intent to promote change through a mutual vision. Therefore, leaders are active influences in the outcome of organizations, through their decision-making, strategies, and influence on followers (Dinh et al., 2014). Additionally, in the nursing context, it has been documented that a leader 's style plays a factor in patient outcomes (Fischer, 2016). Indeed, in an ever-changing, complex health care environment, nursing leadership has become a crucial factor in managing challenges and maintaining patient safety (Fischer, 2016).
There were two types of interventions in this study the first intervention was a booklet provided by child health services on group leadership. The second intervention was a training session that was also accompanied with a training manual. Almost eighty percent of the nurses attended the training session. The nurses as I clearly stated earlier chose to take advantage of the training sessions over the booklet.
(2008). I would like to challenges Chief Nurse Executives (CNEs) to lead the journey and highlights how patients, their families, and health care organizations would benefit immeasurably if CNEs stepped forward and accepted this leadership role, then and only then can the best practice changes begin to improve what we as nurses already know. The processes of leading are intended to enable more people to develop into leaders and more people to share the roles of leading, to enhance the quality and safety of patient care (Stone P. Hughes R, Dailey M.
Nursing Standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain): 1987), 27(41), 35. Giltinane defines leadership and the role of leaders, as well as different leadership styles and theories. Some of the details included in this paper are emotional intelligence, self-awareness, social awareness and social skills that play a great role in developing the effective leader and successful leadership. Giltinane also identifies three leadership theories, namely, transactional, transformational, authentic, autocratic (an example of transaction leadership), and conceptual leadership theory and provides the detail differences among them. 4.
Marquis and Huston (2014) discuss how the mark of a good nursing leader is in the ability to inspire and motivate others to action; furthermore, no one leadership style is ideal and may vary according to the situation. The purpose of this paper is to match and explain the nursing leadership theory that is most applicable to solving communication issues, and to explain how legislation and health care policy can impact communication issues in the nursing. Nursing Leadership Theory Nursing leadership is complex and multifaceted and has been cited as a main reason nurses leave their current position (Blake, Leach, Robbins, Pike, & Needleman, 2013). Blake et al.
“A leader is the person who influences and guides direction, opinion, and course of action. Leaders are in the front, moving forward, taking risks, and challenging the status quo (Marquis & Huston, 2012).” I had the pleasure of observing and interviewing Sheila Barcimo, who is a charge nurse on the DOU unit at Beverly Hospital in Montebello, CA. Background Sheila Barcimo had a passion for nursing ever since she can remember.
Nursing managers and leaders play a critical role in influencing the safety and quality of healthcare services on offer as well as the business of healthcare institutions. The managers and leaders individually strive towards influencing the behavior of the rest of the nursing personnel to provide direct, professional and individualized nursing care. Thus, although both of them play a mediated role, their responsibilities and style of accomplishing tasks within a health organization may differ. In practice, nursing managers and leaders are likely to employ significantly different approaches in identifying and exploiting resources within an institution and in resolving issues that may be threatening the operations of a healthcare institution.
(Finkelman, et al, 2013). The importance to having all health care members working together in leadership roles is imperative to positive changes within the health care setting. Nurses can give an insight on matters that only a nurse can, and this is an important viewpoint that needs to be included when
However, there are certain strategies that can overcome these barriers. For instance, the nurse’s resistance to change and poor communication of objectives is overcome by constant communication of the benefits of this leadership style not just through word, but also through actions until they understand its
Power has varied definitions. According to Mullins power is considered as having control, influence or dominion over something or resources (Mullins, 2002).As stated by Benner” Power includes caring practices by nurses which are used to empower Patients” (Benner, 2001) . Ideally, nursing leaders must have knowledge and abilities which are strong in the multi-factorial domains of nursing practice (E.A. Ward, 2001).The challenge of leadership is all about how leaders can channel their subordinates to get things accomplished. It is about transforming ideas into actions, dreams into realities, and problems into solutions and hurdles into positive outcomes (Kouzes J. M., & Posner, B. Z. 2015). the power in the leader that encourages
Through analysing her nursing leadership is needed at every level and all setting. In my view of this interview through the strategies applied by Matron Yenny, effective nursing leaders rely on a mixture of styles depending on the situation she have been handle. Matron Yenny added she prefer more democratic leadership and tried to maintain harmony through an affiliative style of her leadership. During our conversation, I can see the democratic leadership in Matron Yenny through her action when she created a system to provide a venue where nurses had more of a voice in patient care and in communication with families. This system that improved communication between nurses and the rotating medical residents, resulting in improving patient care.
Many people believe that every nurse should know everything and that once they know it, they should know how to do it, however that is not always the case. “Young and Perrewe name five antecedent factors that have an impact on the mentoring relationship: individual characteristics, relationship factors, environmental factors, career factors, and relationship type.” (Owens, J. K., & Patton, J. G., 2003, p. 2) Being a leader in nursing applies the ability to watch others, provide constructive criticism, encourage others to succeed, motivate others, and challenge them to do better than the day before. We should all be motivating each other to do better, especially in the field of patient care, instead of degrading each other. “Mentorships foster ideas, arouse creativity, and challenge abilities, concepts essential to all branches and levels of nursing.”
Topic Part 1: Is shared and distributed leadership the only way forward for leadership within the current health and care context? Part 1 Introduction- Statement about Leadership Yukl(2010) defined Leadership as the process of influencing others to understand and agree about what needs to be done and how to do it, and the process of facilitating individual and collective efforts to accomplish shared objectives. Winston and Patterson (2006) stated leadership aimed to identify the diversity of their followers in order to achieve goals and can provide some support, training and education to the followers to help them to improve their abilities within the organization’s goals and resources to ensure the goals can be reached.
They are able to connect, communicate and coordinate across multiple departments, professional opinions and voices, and the daily schedules of patients. Advocating and designing care with the patient and family is a true skills set and cultural attribute that adds tremendously to a culture of safety and patient – centeredness but requires the most able leadership to build these bridges across the many professionals engaged in care. Building this culture is a leadership challenge and there is no one in my experience better able to make these changes than nursing leaders ( Maureen Bisognano, 2009). Nurses should not just be at the bedside or within the nursing community but must be involved as leaders and decision – makers throughout the healthcare system. As Maureen Bisognano (2009) points out, the best nurses are accomplished envoys among different players and interests involved in direct patient care, which is a skill needed throughout organizations and businesses, not just in hospitals or
(Nursing Times). Nursing is gaining influence in all aspect of healthcare practice, therefore it is important for nurses to develop good leadership skills at the early stage of their practice which is the key to all nursing career and nurse managers can become good leaders with effective training and enhancement of their skills in leadership. Most nursing managers are tossed around by their leaders when they themselves are leaders in their capacities. A nursing manager aspiring to become a leader must be committed to excellence and passion for patient’s advocacy, employee’s protection and be a role model, living by example.