We need effective leaderships to navigate through this crisis. Although all nurses are leaders, we must develop the necessary skills to be effective. This article will briefly describe a few of the types of leaders, identify the essential qualities of an effective leader, and discuss the concept...
“a person who has commanding authority or influence”(Webster). A person or in this case anursewho has authority or influence has a great responsibility. A leader regardless of the meaning to eachnursehas the same or similar fundamentals. Furthermore thequalitiesreflect the foundation of nursing...
Very little research exists regarding qualities that characterize an excellent head nurse (HN). Sixteen nurses were asked to tell the researcher about an excellent HN that they had worked with at some point in their career. The excellent HNs could be characterized as having a humanistic management...
From deflecting blame to stealing credit, these bad management traits should raise red flags.
The results of this study illustrated five crucial qualities of a good clinical role model including an excellent character, effective coach and mentor, inspiring medical leader, expert clinical teacher, and a professional physician. Our results also highlighted the lasting effects of positive role ...