The Importance Of Nursing Leadership

Nursing Leadership

Leadership is the ability to lead or guide others. Leadership develop is an action that increases the eminence of leadership in a company or individual. One being taught how to be a leader develops leadership. According to Grossman and Valiga (2013), “emergence as a leader is a developmental learning process in which capacities, insights and skill gained through one experience or at one level serve as the basis for further growth; thus, leaders go through stages in their developments.”(p178) This type of leadership development is important in the producing of qualified leaders. Leadership development is important for nursing today because the individual has an opportunity to learn the correct way of leading. The nurse has to learn the role of a leader and how to deal with conflict and change. Since nursing is a continuously changing field, the nurse leader must be attune to and have the desire to learn. Leadership development helps the nurse to learn to be a

Communication is important when dealing with interdisciplinary teams. Communication is the best way to establish a good working environment. When participating in an interdisciplinary team meeting each participate must be willing to engage in honest and use good communication skills. According to Shirey, M. (2006), “ employees should be treated in a respectful fair manner and the employees should have the opportunity for the decision making process.” (p258) The nurses should be viewed as individuals and decisions should be not be made because of money concerns only. Skilled communication must be used allowing each nurse the right to voice his or her opinions. They must be made to feel like an important part of the team. They should not have to fear retaliation or that their job is in jeopardy. By utilizing these tools this will lead to safe communicating and collaborating