Nursing Leadership in the Clinical Practice

Nursing Leadership in the Clinical Practice
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Introduction
Nursing and leadership have been a synonymous subject in the recent past.
Leadership traits entail action of organizing, directing, delegating and vision sharing. Often
the usage of interpersonal skills aims at helping others in achieving the highest potential.
Leadership has entrenched influential attitudes, behaviors, beliefs, and feelings of those being
cared for. In nursing practices, leadership entails the respect for human dignity, listening,
inspiring and encouraging and upholding a rewarding culture. It focuses on the
comprehensive management of patients to focus on the overall quality of patient care. There
exist desirable leadership traits reflected by the nurses in their nursing practice (Gunter et al.,
2017). Effective nurse leaders put into consideration the key recognition of imperfection and
the development of their professional practices. With the nature of dynamic perspectives of
nursing leadership, it requires engaging and inspiring perspectives so as to counter these
challenges (Fischer, 2016). There are various theories which have been exploited and great
research undertaken in literature. These reports assess leadership theories in selected
literature, key findings, and recommendations on the focus of nursing leadership.
Leadership theories
The literature search identified has highlighted various perspectives as to regard to
nursing leadership approaches. The study by Daly et al., (2014), on reviews of the importance
of clinical leadership in the hospital setting has identified various underlying attributes. The
study highlights the role of nurses in global health systems. Effective leadership in nursing is
linked to various functions which require hospital set up assessment which entails system
performance, achieving health reform objectives, improved timely care, integrity in the
service and efficiency incorporation in the health care system.
In assessments of nursing insights of leadership by Halcomb et al., (2016) highlights
the need and urge of meeting the key strategic objectives across the clinical organizations set
up. Preparation of nurses in various nursing roles which gear towards positive transition is
effective in incorporating competency in leadership. Thus in this spirit of continuation,
leadership training has been entrenched widely in the nursing arena effectively. There is the
development of career assistance programs and mentorships which have been documented as
successful avenues of entrenching leadership traits and building nursing capacity levels.
Research undertaken by Miand & Voce (2018) has highlighted the importance of

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clinical leadership as a way of ensuring high-quality patient care. The study has highlighted
the relevance of clinical leadership as a key aspect of the potential impact on clinical care
practices. This is geared towards providing safe clinical care, improved satisfaction of the job
and safe and quality patient care. Nurses’ leaders referred to as front line managers are tasked
with motivating other team members on acting on patient care. Frontline nurse managers are
placed so as to identify inefficiencies in the service work and to enable correction of the
glaring problems occasioned in the nursing practices. Further, poor frontline leadership in
nursing has been linked to adverse clinical outcomes, settlement and negative effects on the
health care systems. In this view, there are disparities’ which have been observed among
various levels of countries with lower participation levels being observed among the high-
income countries and low-income countries.
Leadership development has been postulated as an essential aspect of supporting
nurse unit managers. A study by Wilson, Peterson, and Kornman (2013), has undertaken
research assessment on understanding the person-centered leadership in view of nurse unit
managers. Effective leadership is strongly linked to the provision of high person-centered
care. Transformational leadership has been highly been linked to enhancing care to the
patients. This study has highlighted the relevance of effective nurse leaders as having
knowledge and skills harboring emotional intelligence, entrenching insights, empathy
effective communication, and positive feedback. Leadership practices in health care
associations have been linked to increased satisfaction of job, increased effectiveness' and
improved work culture. The role of nurse unit managers is essential in clinical practice. A
role regarded to as an integral aspect to safe care and continuous service delivery.
The relevance of research findings in nursing leadership
The study by Daly et al., (2014), has assessed the relevance of clinical leadership in
the hospital setting. The literature search from this study has highlighted the importance of
effective leadership trait in the nursing arena. Effective leadership is crucial in providing safe
and effective care. This paper has highlighted the relevance of leadership in the health care
arena. The fundamental characteristics and attributes of clinical nursing leaders have been
highlighted as situational leadership, skill is driven, visionary, collective, co-produced with
others and entails relationship exchange actions. The need for contemporary health care roles
has been identified as fundamental tenets of enhancing nursing leadership aspects. There are
a growing need and demand for tackling of various health changes taking place in the health