Hello Aleyna,

You have a great post! I totally agree with you that great leadership helps achieve common goals. Leadership is such an important issue facing the healthcare industry. Effective leadership is needed to achieve the quadruple aim in healthcare. The need for better quality care, more accessible access to care, better patient outcomes, and provider and consumer satisfaction will require nurses to focus on bedside care and leadership skills. I agree that transformational and EI leadership skills are effective styles that employees respond to (Broome & Marshall, 2021).

Leaders are needed in all factions of organizations. The best leaders are not defined by position or title but rather by the ability to be a visionary that can inspire others. To strengthen leadership skills, knowledge is essential to understand our leadership strengths (Walden University L., 2018). Good leaders can get people to follow them down paths they may be hesitant to go. Through communication, respect, and integrity, strong leadership can effect change which is the future of healthcare (Walden University L., 2014).

As the largest healthcare worker segment, nurses must actively pursue leadership roles. Due to their experience in the field, nurses have the knowledge to show up and participate in improving our craft. It requires speaking up, persistence, and determination. As a group, we need to stand up, take ownership, and take on problems. (Foundation, n.d.).

References

Broome, M. E., & Marshall, E. S. (2021). Transformational Leadership in Nursing (3rd ed.). New York, N?y/: Springer Publishing Company.

Foundation, M. (n.d.). Nurses Share Lessons in Leadership. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com: https://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=PLopRJP06GaifsYPGP_jcWXZzU10H3Aax7

Walden University, L. (2012). Ethical, Moral, and Legal Leadership {Video File}. Baltimore, MD.

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Walden University, L. (Producer), & Walden University, ,. L. (Director). (2018). The Leader in you [Video File] [Motion Picture].

           Hello Aleyna; this was a very educational post. Having a leader take time to listen to their staff is very important. I didn’t see where there was always an exact resolution to each problem you discussed. “Problem-solving ability is related to a person’s critical thinking skills, and the development of these skills is considered a prerequisite.” (Kocoglu, et al) The leadership you described in your facilities unit manager describes my facility’s DON. She has been at my facility since she was an LPN, and many staff members can trust and rely on her leadership skills due to her therapeutic ways. It is easy to feel overwhelmed in this career but knowing that you have good structure and leadership guidance to fall back on makes improving worthwhile. My current work tends to have the opposite effect of encouragement to its team members sometimes, making it challenging to work in the environment when this happens. Therefore, it is essential to have the structure and support you mentioned. “The four main themes indicated that nurses experienced their workplace as non-supportive. Themes such as poor organizational climate, low social dignity, poor work conditions, and managers’ ignorance of individual and professional values were considered inhibitory support factors.” (Sodeify,2013)

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Problem solving training for first line nurse managers. (n.d.). Retrieved December 24, 2022, from http://www.internationaljournalofcaringsciences.org/docs/24_kokoglu_originial_9_3.pdf

Sodeify, R., Vanaki, Z., & Mohammadi, E. (2013, May). Nurses ‘experiences of perceived support and their contributing factors: A qualitative content analysis. Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery research. Retrieved December 23, 2022, from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3748536/

Aleyna,

Additionally, I have also learned that different leadership styles affect every part of the organization right from the workplace morale to the overall effectiveness of the institution or the healthcare system. In healthcare, leadership styles are categorizations that describe the fundamental processes behind the actions of the leader (Fahlevi et al., 2022). For instance, in the transformational leadership style, there is a tendency of focusing on the shared values and ideas of forging relationships. These leaders have a strong vision and practice what they preach. The rational-legal authority leadership is where the authority of the leader is based on bureaucracy and legal legitimacy it can be tied to following rules and regulations in making decisions based on shared goals (Ofei & Paarima, 2022). In transactional leadership, there is an exchange between the leaders and the staff members who can form part of managerial leaders.

References

Fahlevi, M., Aljuaid, M., & Saniuk, S. (2022). Leadership Style and Hospital Performance: Empirical Evidence From Indonesia. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 911640. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.911640

Ofei, A. M. A., & Paarima, Y. (2022). Nurse manager’s leadership styles and intention to stay among nurses at the unit in Ghana. The International journal of health planning and management, 37(3), 1663–1679. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3433

Heather,

It sounds like you have had the opportunity to work with a wonderful nurse leader as well! I appreciate that you mentioned a policy and video review before performing a task supervised. This is such an important step that I feel sometimes gets overlooked. Stucky, Wymer, & House (2022) also emphasize workplace empowerment and the importance of strong interprofessional relationships. It helps me to remember that the interactions I have with my team are those of a working relationship. I must stay aware of appropriate interactions and ensuring I am thinking of the team rather than myself. It’s a good reminder to think of our mission and values. I enjoy how you described feeling inspired by your travel nurse leader to get out of your comfort zone. Tschannen et al. (2021) describe the importance of nurse leaders to encourage and inspire “frontline staff and APRNs to be engaged in improvement initiatives to truly make a difference in quality.” This is just another example of the importance of nurse leaders to get all levels of staff involved with quality and improvement! Thank you for another great discussion post this week!

Jackie K

References

Stucky, C. H., Wymer, J. A., & House, S. (2022). Nurse Leaders: Transforming Interprofessional Relationships to Bridge Healthcare Quality and Safety. Nurse Leader, 20(4), 375–380. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mnl.2021.12.003Links to an external site.

Tschannen, D., Alexander, C., Taylor, S., Tovar, E. G., Ghosh, B., Zellefrow, C., & Milner, K. A. (2021). Quality improvement engagement and competence: A comparison between frontline nurses and nurse leaders. Nursing Outlook, 69(5), 836–847. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2021.02.008

Response #1

Hi Heather,

As you stated, healthcare is always evolving and requires the employment of leaders that can work with a variety of health systems in different settings. The word that comes to my mind to describe this necessity when reading your post is adaptability. Without the ability to adapt to different not only healthcare environments but different patient personalities, the leader must be able to adapt to a variety of possibilities. This leads to the best possible patient outcomes in addition to a healthy work environment for the leader and their employees. Joel Sauer (2020) states that it is of significant importance that leaders in healthcare embrace environments of adaptability as this contributes to the survival of an organization.

I think it’s great that your charge nurse taught you by having you perform the clinical activity as opposed to performing the task for you as most nurses are hands on learners. There have been many times where one of my clinical instructors would show me by performing the task themselves, and when I attempted to do it independently, I felt clueless! As a nurse, this is very intimidating. “Behaviorists believe that learning is a change in an observable behavior and it happens when the communication occurs between the two events, a stimulus and a response” (Aliakbari et al., 2015) Observing a process and learning it by creating a response from a stimulus, otherwise known as hands-on learning is greatly beneficial in learning a variety of processes efficiently.

References

Aliakbari, F., Parvin, N., Heidari, M., & Haghani, F. (2015). Learning theories application in nursing education. https://doi.org/10.4103/2277-9531.151867.

Joel Sauer, M. B. A. (2020, August 27). Adaptability as a permanent attribute of health care. Cardiac Interventions Today. https://citoday.com/articles/2020-july-aug/adaptability-as-a-permanent-attribute-of-health-care#:~:text=Even%20beyond%20a%20pandemic%2C%20it%20is%20imperative%20that,top%20of%20the%20organization%20or%20require%20its%20approval.

Hello Heather, your post is well organized and informative. Leadership plays a vital role in any organization. I want to add that the practice of transformational leadership refers to a type of leadership in which leaders encourage, inspire, and motivate workers to innovate and create change that will contribute to the growth and future success of the firm. Transformational executives are known as transformational leaders (Asbari et al., 2020). It is possible to achieve this goal through demonstrating leadership at the senior level, fostering a robust sense of corporate culture, encouraging employee ownership, and fostering a culture of independence in the workplace. Transformational leaders can inspire and motivate their workforce without micromanagement because they have faith in their employees’ ability to make decisions independently within the context of their jobs. It’s a type of management meant to free up workers’ creative potential, encourage them to keep an eye on the future and inspire them to come up with novel answers to age-old issues (Broome & Marshall, 2021). Mentorship and training will be provided to employees on the leadership track to develop the skills necessary to become transformative leaders themselves.

                                                                                                         References

Asbari, M., Santoso, P. B., & Prasetya, A. B. (2020). Elitical And Antidemocratic Transformational Leadership Critics: Is It Still Relevant?(A Literature Study). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL, POLICY AND LAW, 1(1), 12-16.

Broome, M., & Marshall, E. S. (2021). Transformational leadership in nursing: From expert clinician to influential leader (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Springer.

Response #2

Hi Heather,

Thank you for your post. Leaders should be visionary and have the ability to recognize talent. I like an authentic leader who is transparent and keeps communication open. Broome and Marshall (2021), describe the authentic leadership model as one that emphasizes relationships between leaders and followers to accomplish goals. It is important for leaders to understand their staff and their needs to be effective. Deveau and McGill (2016), explain that frontline management is essential to mentoring and educating staff to have positive outcomes. I think all leaders should guide their staff according to the mission and vision.

Broome, M., & Marshall, E. S. (2021). Transformational leadership in nursing: From expert clinician to influential leader (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Springer.

Deveau, R. & McGill, P. (2016). Impact of practice leadership management style on staff experience in services for people with intellectual disability and challenging behavior: a further examination and partial replication. Research in Development Disabilities. (56) 160-164.

Module 3. Response 1.

Hello Ashtyn,

Transformational nurse leaders motivate and empower their teammates to reach their professional goals and are often mentors that lead by example (Transformational Leadership in Nursing, 2021). I used to have a manager that would work remotely; I would only see her once every other week. I would receive random emails regarding my performance, needs for improvement, and clinical evaluation scores. I was highly frustrated and felt like I was being micromanaged based on clinical statistics rather than having a leader who was actively involved. A leader must be actively engaged with their team and, as stated above, lead by example.

Another essential component of being a transformational leader includes individualized consideration. The leader must provide individual feedback and recognition and ensure that each team member knows their voice is valued in the organization (Hill, 2013). I never felt I had appropriate feedback or recognition because my manager was absent. I am glad you had a manager that was actively involved in teamwork.

References

Hill, N. (2013, May 17). Four Components of the Transformational Leadership Style. Passion for Fresh Ideas. https://passionforfreshideas.com/personalgrowth/components-transformational-leadership-style/Links to an external site.

Transformational Leadership in Nursing. (2021, February 26). The University of Alabama in Huntsville. https://online.uah.edu/degrees/nursing/msn-administration/transformational-leadership/Links to an external site.

Hi Ashtyn, thanks for sharing your thoughts and information. To be a good transformational leader, I think one needs to have experience, be knowledgeable and patient, be supportive of team members, and stay positive. The most important part of it is that the leader is trusty. Building trust relationships with other staff is fundamental, yet essential for transformational leaders to create a supportive and positive work environment for the whole team. “No matter how brilliant the strategy or how productive the actions, if leaders do not hold the trust and act in the best interests of those they serve, they are not competent” (Broome & Marshall, 2021). Your past assistant manager knows how to gain the trust of team members. Instead of stepping out, saying, “I’m a manger. I do not work on the floor,” a leader can show that we work as a team, and he or she will be there to help and support the team when it’s needed, not leaving anyone behind. By doing so, team nurses would be able to trust this leader’s capability to lead the team successfully. Loss of trust in a leader can lead to environmental toxicity, but in contrast, “high-trust environments correlate positively with high degrees of staff engagement, commitment, and organizational success”

Broome, M., & Marshall, E. S. (2021). Transformational leadership in nursing: From expert clinician to influential leader (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Springer.

Sherman, R. (2016). Building trust in your leadership. American Nurse. https://www.myamericannurse.com/building-trust-in-your-leadership/#:~:text=Nurses%20deeply%20value%20leaders%20who,%2C%20commitment%2C%20and%20organizational%20success.