401021 Being A Professional Nurse Or Midwife

Description Of Leadership Presented

In our assignment or the group discussion, we will be dealing with transformational leadership in nursing practice. Transformational leadership is a leadership style that elicits change in both individuals and the social systems .It has the objective of developing leadership skills through creating valuable as well as positive changes in those who utilize it. When the leadership is used in the right way, it has the ability to induce motivation, morale and improve on the general performance by using different mechanisms (Boamah, Spence Laschinger, Wong, & Clarke, 2018) .The different mechanisms that can effectively use in transformational leadership include linking the sense of identity as well as self to the objectives of the organization. It also involves the leader being a role model ,inspiring other employees and challenging them to take greater responsibility and ownership of their jobs then comprehending their weakness and strengths so that in the end, the leader has the capacity to align other employees with responsibilities that can optimize their overall performance (Fischer, 2016) .In this assignment, the application to clinical teaching and mentorship and the effects on staff engagement and organization culture of transformational leadership will be demonstrated.

My preferred leadership style in clinical practice context.

It happened by coincidence that our group would deal with transformational leadership which is also my leadership style. This is the leadership style that I always use in clinical practice context. The reason why I prefer the transformational leadership in nursing context is due to the overall benefits that are associated with it. According to studies, transformational leadership generally improves the productivity of workers through enhancing communication as well as trust in the nursing practicing (Fischer, 2017). Transformational leadership is also associated with certain traits which by coincidence I possess majority of them .I am one person who is very inspirational and this goes hand in hand with transformational leadership. The nursing practice is full of different challenges such as ethical dilemmas .This challenges needs an effective leadership or leader who will inspire other nurses to soldier on despite the hurdles.

The nursing profession or practice includes collaboration with other healthcare workers. Collaboration is quite difficult without a culture that advocate for engagement of different stakeholders in the hospital. This is where transformational leadership comes in handy. Transformational leadership has the ability to link different stakeholders that have a common agenda or improving the quality of care provided to the patient (Lin, MacLennan, Hunt, & Cox, 2015). The different stakeholders include healthcare providers, institutions, healthcare academia and the state government representative.

The nursing practice is based on the foundations of trust among different healthcare providers .Every professional is supposed to provide true information at all the stages of patient assessment so that the best nursing interventions is implemented. The nurses also should trust each staff with the information they provide. To implement this trustworthy traits, it is only possible through the transformational leadership.

The nursing practice always require communication. Towards the process of recovery, the patients go through a channel of different healthcare providers. This therefore means that medical intervention is an interplay among different professionals. To ensure the best interventions therefore, there should be communication. This is now the focus of transformational leadership .This form of leadership encourages or fosters communication at all levels .Each healthcare provider who handles the patient is supposed to communicate with the subsequent healthcare provider. Transformational leadership is one of the most important tools in the nursing practice and all the nurse leaders should utilize it to improve patient outcomes.

Reflection on the leadership style within our present group and my contribution in the group discussion.

Within or presentation group, we also used transformational leadership where there was trust and communication during the entire process of preparing the assignment. My major role in the group work was writing and preparing the application of leadership to clinical teaching and mentorship and its effect on the staff engagement. Since this is my leadership style, I made significant contributions during the preparation and presentation of the assignment. Some of the notable contributions I made is providing the basis as to why transformational leadership is preferred in the clinical practice context (Vaismoradi, Griffiths, Turunen, & Jordan, 2016). Here, I mentioned aspects such as providing inspiration as well as fostering trustworthy within the nursing practice. I also made contributions in regards to the attributes or characteristics of a good transformational leader and they include possession of critical thinking skills as well as good communication skills .In conclusion, I would encourage all of my nurses to incorporate the transformational leadership in all their practice.

References

Boamah, S. A., Spence Laschinger, H. K., Wong, C., & Clarke, S. (2018). Effect of transformational leadership on job satisfaction and patient safety outcomes. Nursing Outlook, 66(2), 180-189. doi:10.1016/j.outlook.2017.10.004

Fischer, S. A. (2016). Transformational leadership in nursing: a concept analysis. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 72(11), 2644-2653. doi:10.1111/jan.13049

Fischer, S. A. (2017). Transformational Leadership in Nursing Education. Nursing Science Quarterly, 30(2), 124-128. doi:10.1177/0894318417693309

Lin, P., MacLennan, S., Hunt, N., & Cox, T. (2015). The influences of nursing transformational leadership style on the quality of nurses’ working lives in Taiwan: a cross-sectional quantitative study. BMC Nursing, 14(1). doi:10.1186/s12912-015-0082-x

Vaismoradi, M., Griffiths, P., Turunen, H., & Jordan, S. (2016). Transformational leadership in nursing and medication safety education: a discussion paper. Journal of Nursing Management, 24(7), 970-980. doi:10.1111/jonm.12387