Nursing Leadership Styles

The idea that no one leadership style is ideal and should vary according to the situation was first suggested over a century ago, and research findings since have extended knowledge and understanding on how leadership styles can either impede or be advantageous to organizational productivity and patient outcomes (Marquis & Huston, 2014). The purpose of this paper is to describe major tenets of leadership styles effective for communication problems, explain how leadership styles relate to communication problems, and offer a positive and a negative to each leadership style.

In this essay I will discuss the leadership style of 3 nursing leaders, which I chose from Nursing Leadership DVD (Orazietti & Singh, 2014). I will then describe impact the leaders ' style has on improving nursing care, organizational processes, and inter-professional collaboration. In addition, I will provide some examples of a change process or difficult situation which leaders encountered. Finally, I will explain how I have dealt with difficult situation involving my colleague and one of physician in the hospital department where I worked. Throughout this essay I will analyze what leaders should have done differently. 3 Leaders which I have chosen were Debra Bournes from group 1 because of her political and administrative success, Mina Singh from group 2 because she is renowned for her educational style at York University, and Esther Green from group 3 because she is the sound and knowledgeable practitioner.

Management and leadership are two different ways of organising people and although sometimes used interchangeably, they are two different functions. Management has a strong emphasis on order and control, while leadership has a focus on articulating a compelling vision, which both inspires and guides others to follow (Dignam et al., 2012). In this essay I will critique two styles of leadership, authoritarian and situational. In addition to this, the management cycle will be discussed. I will then identify how the newly graduated Registered Nurse and the nursing profession can use these styles to provide quality patient care.

In healthcare it is very important to have 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 satisfaction (Azaare & Gross, 2011.) “Nursing leaders have the responsibility to create and maintain a work environment which not only promotes positive patient outcomes but also

Leadership is a skill some are born with the other can learn. There are many styles of leadership. This paper will focus on three main styles of leadership including autocratic, democratic and laissez-faire. Transformational leadership is a type a leadership that is very difficult to teach and we will explore the great effects of this type of leadership. Wells and Wells (2010) explain several aspects of leadership that leaders should portray, no matter what style they use. These including :articulating a vision, explaining what is expected of himself or herself as leader as well as what is expected of staff members, providing guidance and mentoring, developing staff members by coaching them one on one, understanding the importance of teamwork,

Nowadays, LVN and LPN are communicative more leadership roles, mostly in the skilled nursing facility. The leadership is based on general research of academic and practitioner on leader ship. Susan de wit (2014) said that there are many identified styles of leadership and laissez-faire is a style in which the leader provide little or none direction or supervisor, and prefer to take a hand off approach. That leadership style is not effective in day-to-day management of patient care. The autocratic leadership style is demonstrated when the leader makes all the decision without considering input form staff. That leadership style goal is accomplishment of task efficiently without regard to people. The democratic leadership style is who encourages

Different situations call for different sorts of leadership styles. A democratic leadership is better where many people's lives are in balance. However, there are exceptions to the rules (Nursing Leadership: Management & Leadership Styles, 2014). Leadership styles like democracy have advantages and disadvantages.

Leadership comes in many different forms, and is a curtail element of a health care organization. This paper will describe leadership styles, management theories, and my style of leadership in reference to the self-assessment completed. I will discuss what leadership styles align with my style and what type of work environment and behaviors that will help me be a successful leader. I will also discuss different types of leadership theories. There are many aspects to being a leader and every good organization has good leaders behind it. Leadership is a key element in nursing due to the fact that nurses are often working in teams (Huber, 2014, p.3).

Two different leadership styles, which were first identified in 2004 by a noted scholar named Burns, are transactional and transformational leadership (Marquis & Hutson, 2009). Transactional leadership is a more traditional style of leadership and it is where the leader sets goals, gives directions, and uses a reward system to motivate employee’s behaviors related to

Working as a nurse I am often thrusted into charge positions or work situations with little or no orientation first. Though I have learned to value my ability to adapt readily to accomplish what needs to be done, have developed worthy professional skills, and received good feedback in these situations. As my experience matures I have realized the value to transition with an accomplished set of skills attained from thorough orientation necessary for the job or project. Further formal education in nursing led to take a nursing leadership course in which leadership is described as contrary to the charge forth leadership many often envision. Leaders should guide from the side rather than as the sage on the stage. Supporting the development of each

“Managers with leadership styles that seek and value contributions from staff, promote a climate in which information is shared effectively, promote decision making at the staff nurse level, exert position power, and influence coordination of work to provide a milieu that maintains a stable cadre of nurses”, (Boyle, Bott, Hansen, Woods & Taunton, 2009). This statement describes the large impact a leadership style can make on the work environment, and the morale of the team. In nursing history, several theories and leadership

Multiple factors directly affect student success on the NCLEX. Lack of graduate success on the NCLEX affects the nursing shortage and the health care system as a whole. The University of New Mexico College of Nursing UNMCON has experienced declining results on the NCLEX. Continuation of this situation places the program in a perilous position. This negative issue has prompted the UNMCON to elicit solutions to this problem. This has exposed some glaring issues with leadership and faculty engagement. A solution to this

The Experience Of Nursing Leaders And Lesson Learned Nursing leaders are essential as they are the motivators and backbones of the profession. Every nurse is trained to be a leader, although the profession is autonomous there are cases where exemplary leadership skills would be exhibited either formally as a job description or informally. Therefore, it is essential that every nurse should strive to be the best leader they can be. There are nursing leaders in virtually every sector.

In the previous three semesters of nursing school I have seen many different styles in leadership approaches in the clinical setting. Some of the units at my clinical sites seemed to work together more cohesively than others. The leadership in the units that worked together well were comprised of charge nurses that took on more of a democratic type approach. The work was delegated well, divided based on ability, and the nurses and assistive personnel helped each other throughout the day. There was one instance where I noticed that a nurse delegated most of her work to assistive personnel and openly refused to help her even when she was asked. The charge nurse that was working during this shift did not interfere much when this happened, even when others started to notice the tension between the nurse and nursing assistant.

Leadership is an approach for a leader to guide, motivate, supervise, manage, and influence others in different situation to reach a goal. According to the Pettinger (2007), the leadership can be explained in several situations. First, the leaders have the responsible to provide vision and direction to the followers. Second, the leaders shall energise and motivate the followers. Third, the leaders shall set and enforce absolute standards of behaviour, attitude, presentation and performance.