Attributes of an Effective Clinical Nurse Leader and Strategies for Managing Patient Safety

ACADEMIC PAPER CASE
STUDY

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
SCENARIO 1..................................................................................................................................3
Attributes of an effective clinical nurse leader............................................................................3
SCENARIO 2..................................................................................................................................5
Discussion of strategies...............................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
This report discusses the daily life of a registered nurse (RN). Basically, RN within this
report currently feels stressed on its existing job role, so she is looking for the manager or leader
of nurse to get proper guidance and support. This report discusses key attributes of an effective
clinical nurse leader as well. This report mainly divided into two scenarios. In the first scenario,
there are attributes of leader of nurse has been discussed, and in the second scenario, different
strategies have been discussed which the RN can use to manage situation to ensure patient safety.
Basically, this is prime obligation of registered nurse to provide the best healthcare support to
different patients.
SCENARIO 1
Attributes of an effective clinical nurse leader
There are an effective clinical nurse leader always has various attributes, in which these
attributes are in only reason which make an ordinary nurse leader to an effective leader of nurse
(Hafsteinsdóttir, van der Zwaag & Schuurmans, 2017). There are some key or major attributes of
nurse leader has been discussed below;
Well-developed communication skills: An effective leader of nurse mostly has well-developed
skills of communication, so that a registered nurse (RN) can simply interact with its nurse leader
for achieving appropriate guidance and support. After achieving appropriate guidance and
support of the nurse leader or manager, RN will enable to deal with factors which always make
feels stressed her. There are well-developed skills of communication helps to a leader for making
a happy and healthy workplace as well.
Uses various styles of leadership: The leader of nurse enables to be an effective leader on that
condition, when its completely uses different styles of leadership. Basically, an effective leader
always follows and uses various leadership styles, like; transformational, coaching and servant
etc. These all styles are enough to a leader of nurse for doing its job very effectively. There are
RN can share its issues to her respective leader of nurse to solve these issues which made her
stressed. Basically, a nurse leader who always uses various styles of leadership, in which that