What Are the Different Types of Leadership Styles in Nursing?
Nurse image by Maria Bell from Fotolia.com jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep1 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/a06/6e/6e/different-types-leadership-styles-nursing_-1.1-800X800.jpg’); }); A nurse manager will utilize a specific leadership strategy. Every day, nurses are responsible for the health and well-being of their patients. To ensure continuity of patient care, every nurse on a unit works together to achieve shared goals. This cohesive team works diligently to promote patient health, safety and recovery. To achieve this unity, the nursing manager coordinates and supervises all interactions between her team members. To do this, the nursing manager utilizes a specific nursing leadership style. Transformational Leadership With the transformational style of nursing leadership, the focus is to unite the nursing manager and her employees to work toward a shared goal. Through their united goal, all members of the team work together “to pu
