Question

It is important to understand the different leadership styles employed by nursing leaders in healthcare organizations and to understand their significance on nursing practice and patient outcomes, for better or for worse. Objective: Read the articles from Nursing Standard (PDF) and Bradley University (PDF). In -250 words, formulate an opinion on the following: 1. Reflect on an occasion where you experienced ineffective leadership (doesn't have to be in the hospital). What behaviors did they display? What factors may have influenced their leadership style? 2. In your opinion, which leadership style corresponds to increased nursing satisfaction/performance, leading to improved patient outcomes? Why? 3. In your opinion, which leadership style has negative implications on nursing satisfaction/performance, leading to poor patient outcomes? Why?

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Answer 1

From the following articles and my opinion.

A.On my experience of ineffective leadership they exhibited Laissez faire Leadership.

Factor's contributing for laissez faire leadership was ,a.different caders of team member's and their experience ,b.Lack of experience to the team leader.c.New to the institution.

B.On my opinion Transformational leadership corresponding to incerse Nursing satisfactory performance.

Because This leadership quality was inspirational to team member's due to Democratic behavior of leader.Democratic behavior stimulates team member's to work effectively. This behavior drive team member's towards goal.Transformational leader ship include all of team members in decisions making encourage for critical thinking . So Nurses get work satisfaction.

C.Laissez faire leadership show negative impact on nursing satisfactory performance and leading to negative out come.

Because in this leadership less supervision.,leader may have sub optimal interpersonal skills.This behavior perceived as demotivating by staff members.