The Role of Leadership in Professional Transition for Nurses

This essay delves into the critical role of leadership in the professional transition of registered nurses, particularly focusing on the challenges faced by new graduates in healthcare settings. It emphasizes the importance of leadership skills, such as critical thinking, communication, and self-reflection, in navigating the complexities of the nursing profession. The essay uses a case scenario of a graduate registered nurse named Ben to illustrate the impact of lacking leadership skills and the significance of mentorship and support from experienced colleagues. It highlights the need for educational reforms to incorporate leadership management programs and promotes the implementation of transformational leadership to improve care quality and customer satisfaction. Furthermore, the essay stresses the importance of evidence-based practice, patient-centered care, and continuous professional development through reflection and evaluation of actions, ultimately contributing to improved teamwork and the overall professional growth of registered nurses. The essay concludes that professional transition is a crucial aspect for graduate nurses and is dependent on different factors including knowledge and experience.

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Leadership is one of the aspects for accelerating of one work or team effort in a positive
direction. On this context it can be stated that the leadership is the influencing factor for
progressing in a work setting. Thus, it is one of the most important aspect in the health care
settings as well. Moreover, the leadership is one of the most intrigue features of a registered
nurse for improving the workability of the team as well one self. Based on this context it can be
found that the process of the improvement and the workability of the registered nurse are
dependent on the leadership skills and the abilities as well (Warren & Harper, 2017). However,
the knowledge of the leadership is lacking among a large number of registered nurses or among
the nursing students as the education system is unable to provide the required knowledge to the
nurses. Hence, it can be stated that the proper proliferation of the registered nurses has not been
achieved in the expected way as the knowledge and education lack the factor in an appropriate
manner. Thus the undergraduate nursing education should be revised with the consideration of
the leadership management programs as this should be incorporated with the consideration of the
improvement of the care delivery. Hence, it can be found that the process of the change in the
care delivery and the process of the nursing are dependent on the process of the management of
the registered nurses. On this context it can be stated that the process of the leadership skill
development is also dependent on the critical evaluation and the self reflection based on the
actions (Schuler, 2016). On this context it can also be stated that the development and the
improvement of the registered nurses and the undergraduate nurses can be achieved by the
implementation of the practice based learning. The practice based learning can be achieved
through proper reflection and the critical analytical skills of the registered nurses.
The registered nurses are responsible for the improvement and channelizing the efforts of
the team members towards the specific goal that is the improved care providence. Hence, the

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evidence based practice would also be effective in terms of the effective knowledge development
as well as the practice based learning. On the other hand the aspect of the development and care
providence it can be stated that the process of the care and other problem solving skills would be
improved with the help of the leadership management. On this context it can also be stated that
the process of the reflection creates the possibility to improve in a way that can develop the
interaction and the insights of the clinical techniques along with the care quality development as
well (Yoon, Kim & Shin, 2016). On this context it can be found that the leadership skills of the
registered nurses critical thinking, integrity, dedication, communication skills, professionalism
and others as well. On this context it can be stated that the process of leadership should be
developed among the registered nurses in order to improve the care process.
The scenario of Ben it can be seen that the he is a graduate registered nurse and got a
placement in an emergency department. However, he has found this emergency department very
hectic and he could be able to cope up with work pressure. The causes of Ben’s concern were the
critical cases of the department and the unfamiliarity of the colleagues. He has also been seen
that the process of care lacking the quality it requires as well. On this context it can be found that
Ben is lacking the leadership skills and he also lacks the experience to manage the situation in
proper way. Hence, it can also be stated that the process of the leadership management of Ben
should be developed with the process of the reflection and that can be achieved by proper
implementation of the change through the knowledge development process. Moreover, the term
of the transition in the professionalism could be achieved by the support from the experienced
colleagues and socialization (Regan, Laschinger & Wong, 2016). However, the factor of the non-
cooperation from the colleagues lead to the non socialization of Ben and also stopped the
development of him as a registered nurse. On the other hand it can also be marked as the hostile

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behaviour of the staffs of the emergency department. Thus, it can be stated that the leadership
development is dependent on different aspect for the nurses in the clinical setting. Moreover, the
factor of the development of the clinical practice can also be restricted for the registered nurse if
the cooperation was not there by the staffs. Hence, it can be stated that the process of the
leadership is still neglected in the education system as well as in the workplace. On this context it
can be found that the improvement and the professional transition are also negated by the
behaviour of the team members. Thus, the team work and the interaction are the factors that can
be helpful in the development of the registered nurse and also accounted for the professional
transition (Frankel & PGCMS, 2019). However, in this case scenario this leadership factor has
been neglected in various aspects. On the other hand it can also be found that the stages of the
professional transition should be reflected by the registered nurse. Moreover, the reflection and
education both are lacking for the person and thus the situation has been affected with the lack of
communication and interaction. On this context it can also be stated that the transformational
leadership should be implemented for the improvement of the situation regarding the care quality
(Masood & Afsar, 2017). This can be seen that the work load and the unfamiliarity are the
factors of the restriction of the improvement of Ben. Hence, the self reflection and the
knowledge development based on the reflection would be effective in this condition for the
registered nurse. Moreover, the aspect of the professional transition is dependent on the
experience development as well. On this context knowledge and interaction can be effective as
well for the improvement as well (Larsson & Sahlsten, 2016).
Reflection and the evaluation of the actions taken by the registered nurse would also be
helpful in the process of the professional transition. Hence, it can be stated that the leadership
management is one of the trait for the registered nurses in terms of the improved care

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providence. Hence, it can be stated that the process of the care should be provided with proper
quality in terms of the customer satisfaction and thus the evidence based practice and the patient
centred care are the most desired aspect for achieving the goal (Vaismoradi et al., 2016).
Moreover, the factor of the reflection on the action taken should also be considered for the
betterment. Thus, it can be stated that the process of the leadership would be accounted for the
improvement of the self knowledge and skills of the registered nurse as well as the customer
satisfaction development (Giddens, 2018). All these aspects eventually accounted for the
improvement of the team work and also the professional development of the registered nurse.
Hence, the professional transition has been seen to be dependent on different aspects and also
effective for the improvement of the care quality of the heath care setting as well. Based on this
context it can be stated that the process of the professional transition for Ben in the scenario can
be marked as negative as the circumstances and the knowledge are negative in terms of the
leadership management. Moreover, the process of the improvement and the transition is clearly
factorised on the process of the knowledge development and also experience (Boamah et al.,
2018). Thus, it can be stated that the improvement of the registered nurses should be focused on
the leadership management and the self reflection for the improvement of the care quality.
Based on the above discussion it can be concluded that the professional transition is one
of the aspects that should be achieved by the graduate registered nurses for the improvement of
the care quality. Moreover, the similar factor would be helpful in the process of the improvement
of the career and clinical standards of the registered nurse. On the other hand it can also be found
that the stages of the professional transition should be reflected by the registered nurse.
Moreover, the reflection and education both are lacking for the person and thus the situation has
been affected with the lack of communication and interaction. On this context it can also be

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stated that the transformational leadership should be implemented for the improvement of the
situation regarding the care quality. On this context it can also be stated that the process of the
professional transition it can be found that the leadership management or the leadership skill
development would play crucial role.

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