Nursing Leadership: Issues, Analysis, Theories and Evaluation

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Issue Analysis..................................................................................................................................3
Leadership theories and Evaluation:................................................................................................8
Organizational Theory.................................................................................................................9
Operational Planning:................................................................................................................11
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................13
Reference:......................................................................................................................................15

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Introduction
Nursing is one of the profession that is extremely important to the human kind, as they
are the primary care givers when there is any kind of physical ailments. In the profession of
nursing it is very important for a person to have patience, sympathy, and understanding of the
human behavior so that the patients can be taken care of properly (Wong, Cummings and
Ducharme 2013). It is also important for the nurses to have the leadership qualities so that the
person may solve particular situations which are critical and problematic in nature.
In order to understand the concept of leadership and its applicability in mental health
nursing it is necessary to identify a role model. For this reason, David Sines is chosen as the role
model so that the discussion can be conducted in a proper manner. David Sines has been
involved as a pro Vice Chancellor and Executive Dean of Society and Health at
Buckinghamshire. He has been presented with the fellowship of the RCN in 1979 for his work in
the advancement of art and science of nursing and community care (Hutchinson. and Jackson
2013). The reason behind choosing David Sines as a role model is mainly the fact that he is
among the top 70 nurses that have been influential in the 70 years of the NHS.
In 2010, Professor Sines had been awarded with a CBE for his contribution towards
health care. Some of the qualities that Professor Sines possess include being a Governor of three
London trusts and he was the dean of health faculty in London South Bank University.
Therefore, the leadership style and the ability to manage people in crisis are well known for
Professor Sines. Apart from this, he was the head of nursing in the school of Health Sciences.
This had provided Professor Sines with an opportunity to become a leader of the nurses and
understand the situations that they currently hold.

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The leadership style applied by Professor Sines is more of a transformative nature. This
is because Professor Sines had aimed to provide scientific courses of action along with the
nursing profession and create an environment that can help nurses gain more control in health
care (Mannix, Wilkes and Daly 2013). He managed to execute a chain of command that needs to
be followed by the nurses so that success can be gained in the health care centers all across the
world.
Issue Analysis
Leadership in the field of wellbeing is additionally important to lead the subordinates
with the end goal to give the best treatment to the patients so that there is no lack of regard in
consideration providing for the general population who require it the most. Leader nurse will be
dependable if there is any issue identified with the mindfulness program and furthermore being
taken care of by the patients who are as of now treated under her she being a General Health
Practitioner (Ross et al. 2014). Leaders need aptitudes that incorporate performing multiple tasks
and taking care of complex issues. There will be circumstances where the workers would be out
of thoughts and the leader must share her own idea and take care of such issues. Preparing is
exceptionally fundamental in leadership. The nurse herself may experience a preparation
procedure which will upgrade her leadership aptitudes and improve her as an administrator,
communicator and the hireling of the general population on the loose. The representatives
working under her may likewise experience preparing of whatever is required by them. Helen
must distinguish the prerequisites with the goal that the workers get pertinent preparing.
Various examinations have investigated the connections between nursing leadership and
patient results. The outcomes are very fascinating, as they uncover clear connections between the
two. For example, transformational leadership was associated with diminished drug mistakes in