Transformational Leadership on Nursing Staff

Running head: TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP ON NURSING STAFF
TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP ON NURSING STAFF
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TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP ON NURSING STAFF
Contents
Introduction:....................................................................................................................................2
Background:.....................................................................................................................................2
Importance of transformational nursing leadership;........................................................................3
Level in the managerial pyramid;....................................................................................................4
Impacts on nursing leadership;........................................................................................................4
Consequences of its lack/weakness;................................................................................................5
Development for nursing managers and leaders;.............................................................................6
Conclusions;....................................................................................................................................6
References;......................................................................................................................................7

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TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP ON NURSING STAFF
Introduction:
Every healthcare organization requires nursing leaders who will not only help to manage
the nursing professionals in a busy shift but will also influence the professionals to develop
knowledge and skills that will help them to provide the best care. The leaders will help the nurses
to guide them in ways by which they can overcome crucial issues and can manage their work
effectively (Vaismoradi et al., 2016). This assignment will mainly describe the various aspects of
transformational leadership on nursing staffs and the ways such leadership style helps to provide
best outcomes in the healthcare industry.
Background:
Researchers are of the opinion that the nature of the healthcare system in the nation has
been continually metamorphic and therefore it is extremely important for nursing leaders to
develop a transformational leadership style. Such a leadership style ensures adaptation to change.
The transformational leadership style is also seen to allow the leaders to recognize the areas
where change is required and thereby guides the employees in the change by effectively inspiring
them and thereby encouraging them to adapt to the changes. Such leaders provide inspirational
motivation to the nursing staffs that provides them a vision for the future for their subordinates
and thereby motivate them to perform beyond their expectations (Fischer, 2016). Intellectual
stimulation is also seen to replace different old assumptions, traditions and beliefs with different
novel thoughts. Leaders engage themselves in effective feedback giving and sharing skills
making the employees feel included in decision making which in turn make them feel included
in the organization. There are four important traits that nursing leaders should incorporate in
their skills. These are intellectual stimulation, inspirational motivation, individualized
consideration as well as idealized influence. Such leadership helps in promoting teamwork