Leadership Styles That Can Be Used By Nursing Leaders

Leadership Style Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Date Abstract This paper is aimed at understanding the leadership style that is most effective, efficient and can be used by nursing leaders, managers and directors. It will also discuss on the characteristics, strengths and weaknesses of a good leadership style and the strategies that can be adopted to improve the leadership styles. The paper will also discuss on the individual philosophy and aspiration in leadership especially those of health. The paper will also intend to discuss on the important aspects of philosophy as a tool for effective leadership in any field of study. It will further discuss on the strengths and weaknesses of the leadership styles as well as the transition and the theory practice gap in nursing leadership. The mission and vision of nursing leadership will also be discussed especially in matters of health. Introduction Leadership is very crucial in an organization .It can be regarded as the backbone of the business, so the best leadership should be used in an organization for better and quality delivery of services. The best leadership styles should be used in attaining the goals of the organization .Nurses while undertaking their duties and responsibilities should be guided by dignity and respect for patients’ care .The culture of leadership should be in a way that it can accommodate encouragement, attentiveness and rewards. Leadership should always be geared towards provision of quality services and that’s why there is need for leaders to have leadership philosophy and styles of leadership for implementation. The gap between theory and practices should be bridged for better service delivery. The management and the directors of nursing field should possess the quality leadership skills which they will encourage nurses to practice for betterment of the vision of nursing. Nurses should consider patients first in all matters concerning their practices. The democratic leadership should be adopted by the nurses. Leadership philosophy The leadership philosophy is the combination of ideas attributes belief and an expectation of an individual towards leadership. The leadership philosophy is very essential and it explains opinions one has in relation to leadership and what others can expect from an individual. My personal philosophies on leadership include; As a leader I will advocate for the adoption of communication as a way of reaching employees. Communication is an essential element in nursing practices and it assist in conveying the messages from leaders to the nurses on various issues. Communication will help in coordination of nurses within and outside the facility for certain professional functions. It will also aid in airing of grievances of nurses to the management in an easy way so that they can be worked on, for instance the complaints about the delay of wages and salaries to the management. Communication will be of benefit to leaders, for instance communicating new changes in the profession. As a leader I will be able to use my skills in decision making especially those that are concerned with leadership. Conflicts may arise in various areas within the facility and may need to be solved accordingly; such conflicts need to be decided...