UNCC 100: Opinion Editorial on Leadership Qualities in Nursing

This opinion editorial focuses on the nursing profession, emphasizing the critical need for strong leadership qualities among nurses. The author argues that the lack of leadership can negatively impact patient care, hospital environments, and the overall well-being of patients. The editorial highlights the importance of interpersonal skills, ethical considerations, and the restoration of human dignity within the profession. It discusses the impact of work pressure on nurses and the need for a supportive environment. The author recommends that nurses play a major role in keeping the atmosphere of the hospitals as sterile and peaceful as they can and suggests increasing the number of nurses to alleviate work pressure. The editorial concludes by emphasizing the importance of maintaining ethical standards and ensuring that patients are treated with respect and dignity, and maintaining the common good of the society. References are included to support the arguments presented.

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Opinion Editorial
In this opinion editorial, the profession that has been chosen to proceed towards is the nursing
profession. This is one of the most highly regarded and respected professions in the world. The
most important thing in this profession is the fact that it is deeply related with the safety of the
patients. It is, therefore, associated with the common good of the people. However, there is an
extreme requirement of the nurses to show the leadership qualities. It is a common case that most
of the senior nurses lack the leadership qualities that are very much essential for doing the
common good of the people in the society.
The dignity of the human person has to be restored because this profession focuses on serving
the society in an intensive way. The issue that can be identified for writing this opinion editorial
is the lack of leadership qualities in the nursing profession. The showing of poor leadership
qualities will put into focus the inappropriate working skills among the nurses. It is very
important for the senior nurses to motivate the junior staffs and the patients so that they do not
get weak. The people who are suffering from serious illnesses need to be motivated by the
people who are watching over them all the time. The nurses invariably are those persons. It is of
utmost importance to have a good interpersonal leadership quality among them so that they can
be able to execute their works in an absolutely perfect manner. If the senior nurses do not serve
at their best, the hospitals will be giving poor service facilities to the patients. In turn, this will
impact the reputation of the nurses and harm the common good of the society. In these cases, the
dignity of the person and common good will be affected of the persons whom they are taking
care of.

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I have gathered some of those experiences in my life as part of my study courses. I have seen
some of the nurses who had to bear severe work pressure and were not able to perform their jobs
properly.
Such an instance was seen by me when I was admitted in a hospital for a surgery. It happened
that a nurse began to behave with a patient in a very rude way since she was unable to cope up
with too much work pressure. Her human dignity was affected by this incident and it proved that
she had a very poor interpersonal communication with the patients. A bad impression was caused
on her reputation.
It is a common thing that the medical staffs like doctors and nurses use such abusive languages
with the patient families. As a common instance, the medical professionals have not paid any
heed to the requests of the patients’ families. Some of the basic principles have surely to be
followed in this scenario. The common good has to be served by keeping the dignity of the
human beings by maintaining the ethics of nursing in several cases. The human dignity should
always be the priority for the nurses at the time they are on duty.
Some of the basic principles should always be maintained by the nurses in the professional
fields. These should be elemental in their ethics. They are responsible for preserving the human
dignity in the realms of nursing profession. Not only the nurses but also every people from the
medical profession should be maintaining the ethics of medical profession. They should focus on
maintaining the welfare of the people who are under their care and responsibility. They should
maintain a clear decorum as well. Some other things that they should maintain are the peace,
stability and security of the patients. These things should be considered as a must for surviving in

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the nursing profession. Otherwise, they will not be able to maintain the common good of the
society as well as securing the human dignity.
Another fact that I would focus on is the scarcity of nurses in the modern times. If the number of
nurses is not increased the existing nurses will not be able to take care of the patients perfectly
because of immense work pressure on them. I recommend that the nurses should play a major
role in keeping the atmosphere of the hospitals as sterile and peaceful as they can. If more girls
come in this profession and serve the mankind, they will be able to do common good and secure
their human dignity in a better way. The patients should not face such humiliations once again
and the nurses should maintain their ethics strongly.

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