University Nursing Leadership Model: Transformational Practices

This report examines the transformational leadership model within the context of nursing practices, addressing the challenges and opportunities in the healthcare sector. The introduction highlights the need for adaptive leadership in response to evolving healthcare demands. The report then explores the transformational leadership model, emphasizing its importance in fostering an effective nursing workforce and inspiring positive attitudes. The characteristics of a transformational nurse are outlined, including clear objectives, swift response, effective communication, motivation ability, and the ability to implement new ideas. Each characteristic is discussed in relation to its application in an advanced practice role. The report concludes with a list of references supporting the discussed concepts.

Running Head: Nursing Model 1
Model for Nursing Practices
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Notes

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Transformational leadership in nursing...........................................................................................3
Characteristics of Transformational Nurse......................................................................................4
Reference.........................................................................................................................................6

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Introduction
Most of the nurses in the current days have to face high level of health care challenges
that also can provide the opportunity for growth of the nursing professionals. Organizations are
continuously facing changes that need an adaptive and flexible leadership. Nursing and
leadership have common practice that includes caring and compassion (Roberts-Turner et al.,
2014). The aim of the current study is to implement the model of transformational leadership that
is aimed to deal with the existing challenges of innovation within the healthcare system. The
study will also highlight the basic model characteristics of transformational leadership that can
be applied in the elements of advanced role practice.
Transformational leadership in nursing
According to Lavoie‐Tremblay et al., (2016), the leadership model within the nursing
practice can be implemented depending upon the needs of the health care service. The changes
that take place within the healthcare need to deal with effective understandings and changing the
overall protocol of the practice. Roberts-Turner et al., (2014), have suggested about the model of
transformational leadership that can easily help to deal with the challenges of frequent changes
within the healthcare sector. Transformational leadership is important to develop an effective
nursing workforce as it generates positive vibes by inspiring others with the positive attitude.
Within the metamorphic nature of the nursing care, it is essential to ensure that with the nature of
transformational leadership, it will be possible to motivate all healthcare workers.

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Characteristics of Transformational Nurse
Model Characteristics Application to Your Advanced Practice
Role
Characteristics 1- Clear Objective As the health care service requirements are
changing rapidly in the modern days, it is
important for the nursing leaders to have clear
vision that include the skill of quick change
within the system. They also need to have the
courage to have clear communication.
Characteristics 2- Swift Response Due to high level of complexities and
challenges, the effectiveness of the nursing
decisions is highly dependent upon the ability
to act swiftly and accurately. This will
increase the chance of rapid recovery of the
critical patients (Renjith, Renu & George,
2015).
Nevertheless, in order to achieve the same,
the nurse needs to gain detailed clinical
information of the patient.
Characteristics 3- Effective
Communication
One of the effective characters of the
transformational leader is their ability to
motivate the people. This is achieved by

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sharing the essential relevant information.
This also depends on the nurse’s ability to
communicate with the colleagues and patient.
By maintain clarity, the nurse can get the
additional clinical information for the medical
background of patient
Characteristics 4- Motivation ability Nursing burnout is one of the common issues
that are faced due to the complexities at the
workplace. The transformational leader needs
to understand the situation and challenges and
motivate health care workers by providing
them with appropriate values.
Characteristics 5- Implement new ideas This is one of the basic characteristics of
transformational leadership, where new ideas
need to implement regularly to deal with the
rapid changing health care service (Schwartz
et al., 2011).

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