Importance of Clinical Leadership in Nursing: A Case Study

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Introduction
Essentially, the field of medicine and nursing is dynamic and more recently a lot of focus
is on the quality of medical service offered to customers. Nursing is a field that involves high-
pressure situations which require quick decision-making. Clinical leadership ensures that the
most appropriate decisions are made in such circumstances. There several definitions of clinical
leadership but generally refers to policy drivers, and the less distinct aspects of service and role
developments that enhance patient care, (Chávez & Yoder, 2015). Clinical leadership plays a
very critical role in improving the quality of medical service offered by medical practitioners.
There are several attributes that nurses should possess to be good clinical leaders who can
handle the various situations that arise at the place of work. These attributes include emotional
intelligence, professionalism, mentorship, respect, professional socialization, communication
skills, dedication to excellence, critical thinking, integrity, emotional intelligence and many
more, (Huber, 2017). This essay discusses the importance of clinical leadership and describes a
situation where the concept of clinical leadership has been applied. Clinical leadership is very
important in solving the various conflict situations that are likely to happen among nurses in
providing healthcare services.
Importance of Clinical Leadership
Clinical leadership is essential in nursing and serves many functions in the general
hospital setup. The importance of clinical leadership includes nurturing teamwork, enhancing
positive growth, a proper organization as well as encouraging success, (Daly, Jackson, Mannix,
& Hutchinson, 2014). Strong clinical leadership skills nurture teamwork through helping nurses
and other staff to work together as a team. The nurses in the leadership positions enhance strong

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cooperation by promoting good communication among team members, promote collaboration
and maintain the spirit of teamwork. Initiating and maintaining good communication is very
crucial in improving the quality of service offered. Good communication between doctor and
nurses as well as between nurses and patient ensures smooth operation in the hospital as well as
improve customer satisfaction. All this is achieved through good clinical skills where nurses and
doctors are informed about the value of clear communication as well as frameworks put in place
to promote communication. Teamwork ensures the nurses, doctors, and other staff work as a unit
and this easily helps in achieving the organizational goals efficiently and effectively.
Clinical leadership also leads to positive growth since good nurse leaders have the ability
to assess their work processes and make the necessary adjustments critically. Nurse leaders can
analyze the operation processes in the hospital, and if the operation is below the desired
threshold standard, they initiate mechanisms that restore normalcy or even push the operations to
the next level. Good nurse leaders also cultivate the culture of regular self-evaluation of the team
members in orders to determine their weaknesses and strengths to improve the productivity of
every individual. Improvement of individual productivity in an organization leads to positive
growth of the organization by improving the general productivity.
For any nursing team to be effective in delivering their services to patients a proper
organization must be present. In essence, lack of proper organization leads to chaos and
ambiguity of responsibility among nurses and other staff members. Such chaos is not wanted in
the contemporary healthcare that is very fast-paced and demanding. A good nurse leader will
ensure that there is a good organization structure among the nurses and unit of command and
authority. This will ensure that all the nurses and staff work towards achieving a common
objective diligently. A good nurse leader will also be able to ensure the organization structure is