Transformational Leadership Style In Nursing
Exploring the Transformational Leadership Style in Nursing
As nurses, we all have leadership roles in our profession. Taking care of patients places us into the role of a leader, being responsible for the well-being of a group of clients. Throughout our studies at university, we are taught how to be leaders within our profession. To be not only an efficient nurse but also a good nurse, we will have to apply the leadership skills we have acquired through our studies and through our life experiences. This will be essential in succeeding at our job. Being a good leader requires many different skills and no one will ever be perfect in mastering them all, but there are some key elements that all nurses should learn. Throughout this paper, I will discuss what I believe to be attributes of a nursing leader, attributes that I have to be an …show more content…
In this profession, you can never fully anticipate how the day will go. Therefore, it is important for a leader to be able to adapt quickly to changing situations while still maintaining an ideal outcome. It is important that the leader can assess the situation and adapt to the situation appropriately (Chobanuk & James, 2015). Not only is it important to adapt to changes in patients, but it is also important for nurse leader to adapt to the changes of society (Doody & Doody, 2012). Society is always changing and discovering new technology and discovering more efficient ways to complete tasks that may have been very painstaking in the past. Keeping up with the current practice allows for the best patient care; it is important for our nurse leader to embrace this change and set an example to the other health care workers to do the same (Doody & Doody, 2012). By adapting nurses are keeping the practice “evidence-based rather than ‘how we always did it’” (Doody & Doody, 2012).
Attributes I have to be an Effective
As nurses, we all have leadership roles in our profession. Taking care of patients places us into the role of a leader, being responsible for the well-being of a group of clients. Throughout our studies at university, we are taught how to be leaders within our profession. To be not only an efficient nurse but also a good nurse, we will have to apply the leadership skills we have acquired through our studies and through our life experiences. This will be essential in succeeding at our job. Being a good leader requires many different skills and no one will ever be perfect in mastering them all, but there are some key elements that all nurses should learn. Throughout this paper, I will discuss what I believe to be attributes of a nursing leader, attributes that I have to be an …show more content…
In this profession, you can never fully anticipate how the day will go. Therefore, it is important for a leader to be able to adapt quickly to changing situations while still maintaining an ideal outcome. It is important that the leader can assess the situation and adapt to the situation appropriately (Chobanuk & James, 2015). Not only is it important to adapt to changes in patients, but it is also important for nurse leader to adapt to the changes of society (Doody & Doody, 2012). Society is always changing and discovering new technology and discovering more efficient ways to complete tasks that may have been very painstaking in the past. Keeping up with the current practice allows for the best patient care; it is important for our nurse leader to embrace this change and set an example to the other health care workers to do the same (Doody & Doody, 2012). By adapting nurses are keeping the practice “evidence-based rather than ‘how we always did it’” (Doody & Doody, 2012).
Attributes I have to be an Effective