Assignment on Health care Definition

Running head: HEALTH CARE
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Task1:
Two leadership theories most commonly used in nursing practice includes the
transformational leadership theory and the contingency leadership theory. Transformational
leadership theory is based on the concept that leaders and followers relationship is developed
by way of motivating each other to higher levels. Such leaders inspire their followers to work
by appealing to their ideas and inner values. They put the interest of followers first instead of
imposing their own interest (Xu, 2017). The strength of application of this theory in nursing
practice is that it helps to create a supportive working environment for nurses and nurses
never experience workload burden as all responsibilities are shared in such leader. This
eventually leads to positive patient outcomes too. In addition, such styles of leadership
facilitate making change in terms of nursing practice or work culture (Boamah et al., 2017).
However, the weakness of this theory is that not all nurses may feel inspired by a
transformational leader. Some may regard continuous attention by the leader as a form of
pressure.
The situational leadership theory is a very different concept from that of
transformational theory. It suggests that no single leadership style can work and the style of
leadership depends on the situation. Leaders adapt styles according to the development needs
of members and the situations of the organization. The strength of this leadership theory is
that in nursing practice, many complex situations are encountered where leaders need to be
prompt in their action and facilitate the team towards common goal (Xu, 2017). Thus,
working as per situation can support nursing leaders to align task as per situation. Some
characteristics of this leadership style include having the skills to change according to
situation and being aware of the needs of followed. However, some criticism of this theory is
that every nurse leader may not have the expertise to portray this style successfully (Andrigue