Clinical Leadership and Profession Relationship

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Leadership refers to the qualities of a person that enables them to inspire other people.
Effective leadership is based on ideas that are communicated to workers by engaging them so
that they can perform their duties the way the leader wants the tasks performed. Today, both
evidence-based therapeutic and nursing are globally recognized as essential tools that are utilized
in the establishment of active healthcare organizations of high levels of productivity and high-
quality care. The management and leadership of healthcare professionals are very crucial in the
consolidation of the quality and assimilation of care. Effective leadership can be used in the
achievement of quality and successful outcomes.
How Leadership Can Influence the Safety of Patients
There exists a strong bond between the board of activities in hospitals and the
performance on the safety metrics. The hospital boards affect the quality and safety of patients
primarily through their strategic initiatives. However, management can improve patient safety
through one on one interaction with the frontline workers (Regan, Laschinger, & Wong,
2016). Leadership walk rounds visit the nurses in their working units and frankly discuss the
issues affecting the safety outcomes of patients. Hospital leadership also affects the safety of
patients directly through addressing the safety concerns through the management of disruptive
and unprofessional conduct by the clinicians (Regan, Laschinger, & Wong, 2016). Since the
boards have an oversight on the incompetent clinicians, and hence they ensure that the clinicians
do not expose the patients to danger. This paper will discuss the some leadership styles and how
they impact on the safety of the patients’ in healthcare.
Patient safety is the prevention of harms that can be caused to the patients. More
emphasis is placed on the systems of healthcare delivery that is meant to prevent medication

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errors, learning from the most common mistakes and builds on a culture of safety that comprises
the healthcare professionals and patients (Daly,et al., 2014). Strong leadership is vital in an
organization since it can lead to an engaged workforce. It can also spur innovation and creativity
where problems stump other organizations. Strong leadership can also empower leaders to take
ownership and pride in their work instead of passing the burden to other people (Bender,
2016). Any healthcare institution that places priority in strong leadership is likely to reap the
gains in every aspect of their workforce and the performance of the company.
Nowadays, there is an excellent acknowledgment of evidence-based medicine and
nursing as tools for the establishment of active healthcare organizations of improved productivity
and patient safety (Waring, 2014). Management and leadership of healthcare are essential in
strengthening the quality of services delivered to patients. Transformational leadership style is
very crucial in the nursing environment. A transformational leader is supposed to possess several
leadership skills including;
A well-stated vision
Transformational leaders have an idea of what they want to achieve and the capability of
communicating the concept so that everybody in the institution comprehends what is required to
achieve the set vision (Twigg & McCullough, 2014).
Courageous leader
A transformational leader needs to have the courage and be willing to take new
challenges, take chances, make sound decisions, and go for what they believe. Transformational
leaders are also known to have the courage to create a vision which is needed for them to achieve
their goals (Nishioka, Coe, Hanita, & Moscato, 2014).