EFFECTIVE NURSING LEADERSHIP

Successful nursing leadership depends on a relationship that is mutually stimulating both for the leaders and the followers

Nurse the first primary contact of the patient who seeks health care
Factors such as the quality of the primary care, staff morale and effective nursing leadership exist to provide care to the patient and are directly related to each other

EFFICIENCY VERSUS EFFECTIVENESS

EFFICIENCY
Ability to minimize the use of time and resources in achieving organization objective

DOING THE THINGS RIGHT

EFFECTIVENESS
Ability to determine whether appropriate objectives are met

DOING THE RIGHT THING

EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP
o Understand individual strengths, weaknesses and potentials. o Knowledge of the basic leadership and management o systematic use of self to get the right things done at the right time and right results

 Generate higher productivity, lower costs, and more opportunities Honest and credible Do not tolerate dishonesty nor do they engage on it Crete an environment for everyone where honesty is the prized human quality

21st CENTURY NURSING LEADERSHIP

Traditionally, good leaders:
Get results primarily by directing people and getting their cooperation. Build good followers and get people to get people to understand good ideas Manage people one on one implementing directions from the above they are excellent communicators

New leadership
Order-giver/warlord Resource Person/colleague

The growing trends for leader is to use the concepts of shared and participatory leadership
as a resource person and co-equal of her followers, the leader in a health care delivery system communicates in an atmosphere where a reaching organization objective is a shared responsibility the responsibility is spread over all the stake holders: the nurse, physician, patient, community, pharmaceutical companies and every one involved in health care, whether provider or end user This is because the landscape of health organization will become more decentralized.

In 21st century health care organizations, leaders

Are committed to promoting team effectiveness; Know how to gather, sort, structure information, and then connect it in new ways to create clear objectives that satisfy both the organization and the individual needs; and Listen to colleagues and collaborators to come up with a shared consensus

Nursing Leadership
Leaders and group

organization

Leadership theories

Nursing leadership model

Staff nurse are on frontlines and have a distinct power to influence sustainable outcomes and productivity making an impact on pt care They are at the first level of decision making By permitting some autonomy in their decisionmaking however slight, the foundation of leadership is made Dynamic leader-follower relationship model is best for nurses

Nurse Leaders Tool Kit

A nurse are not just bosses but leaders strengthening the heartbeat Leadership has many components such as vision (mission, values) which:
Lay down their purpose Personality such as self-awareness and situational fit, which affect the personal leadership style adopted; Performance such as culture, strategy and effective change, which measures the effectiveness of leadership; and Peoples motivation and capacity, which determines the kind of followers a leader has that could affect his leadership

A nurse leader is a leader that:

1. Has the ability to influence other in the achievement of goals of the organization 2. Understand and is committed to the organization 3. Is creative and visionary 4. Has high professional and ethical standards of conduct 5. Communicates effectively 6. Know and practice good management 7. Works well with others

8. Believes that technical skills and subject matter expertise s important 9. Continues to learn 10. Helps other to learn 11. Is warm, responsive and fun to work 12. Has professional presence and confidence 13. Is strategic and non judgmental 14. Delivers result

Effective Nurse Leaders and Managers

Understanding of individual strengths, weakness and potentials Knowledge of basic ingredient for leadership management

Systematic use of self to get the right things done at the right time

Effective leadership and management