with three nurse leaders to ascertain their preferred leadership style and identify how their style has helped them achieve success. Their responses will be compared and contrasted, and will be referenced by appropriate literature to show synthesis with leadership theory. To ensure that consistent questioning took place during these interviews a structured list of questions was used. For the sake of this assignment, each question will form a subheading throughout the paper. The nurse leaders interviewed
strong leaders, especially in the nursing profession. A nurse leader typically uses several styles of leadership depending on the situation presented; this is known as situational leadership. It is important that the professional nurse choose the right style of leadership for any given situation to ensure their employees are performing at their highest potential. Depending on which leadership style a nurse leader uses, it can affect staff retention and the morale of the employees as well as nurse job
Leadership Critique Paper The textbook, Concepts for Nursing Practice, defines leadership as, “an interactive process that provides needed guidance and direction.” (Giddens, J., 2013, p.375). Leaders can be informal, a coworker that everyone looks up to, or formal, a manager that has authority that has been given to them (Giddens, J., 2013, p.375). In the case of the nurse manager I have been shadowing, she is a formal leader. The hospital has appointed her as the Surgical Services Nurse Manager
Personal Leadership Style Every organization has a management team, with the success the organization in the hands of these leaders and managers. How the organization is run is generally determined by the executive leaders and filtered down through a series of positions on an organizational chart. In hospital healthcare, at the end of the chart is the care provided by the nursing staff. Leadership styles are varied and there is no correct theory, however every leader must recognize which theory they
Leadership Styles Leadership comes in many different styles, the sameness of one leader, may be the directness of another leader. These characteristics are an integral part of nursing as each nurse connects closely with the leaders different styles in the organization. Uncovering the major tenets of leadership styles will help expose the many caveats that make these leaders desirable by their followers. Nurse Stacey, in the last paper, did not have a good leader to guide her towards her own leadership
describe transformational leadership and its effectiveness in nursing management. Transformational leadership is a newer leadership style that has just recently been implemented amongst managers and peers. Transformational leadership is effective when dealing with conflict. This paper will identify ways that transformational leadership can be used. Transformational Leadership Transformational leadership is described as a person who has the ability to make followers into leaders and promote change (Roussel
Leadership Styles Application The nursing role has evolved over the last fifty years from being one of a subordinate style to that of a leader and valued member of the interdisciplinary healthcare team. It is important to know your own sense of leadership style and to know the leadership style that you may be working under in order to know if you are a good fit or not and if you are able to impact positive change and improved patient outcomes. One’s leadership style can make or break the nursing
Leadership is multifaceted, encompassing many definitions and qualities. “Leadership may be viewed as the process of guiding, teaching, motivating, and directing the activities is the ability to influence others” (Ellis & Hartley, 2009, p. 5). Leadership in the clinical setting has direct association in clinical care while always influencing others to improve the quality of care they provide. Each leader possesses a different leadership style for their particular department. The ability for an individual
multifaceted. Leadership is the ability to influence others in order to attain goals (Lamberton & Minor, 2014). Leaders in the workplace must take responsibility to ensure they do the right things. Leaders typically possess characteristics such as enthusiasm, dominance, emotional stability, self-assurance, and conscientiousness. They have a strong sense of ethics and work hard in order to build integrity in their workplace (U.S. Small Business Administration [SBA], n.d.). Although leaders have some of
Demonstration of leadership style can be either formal or informal. A formal leader is one that is selected and given authority by the hospital management to make decisions and act (Kozier et al, 2010). They are in a position of leadership thus includes the charge nurse, resource nurse, and the manager. They create shared vision, build trusting relationship through communication and initiating transformation and democracy through role directing and being role defined (Ezziane, 2012). The informal leader includes