NURSING LEADERSHIP

Leadership Skills for Nursing Faculty to Improve Quality and Competency



Leadership Skills For Nursing Faculty To Improve Quality And Competency

Introduction

Healthcare systems and operations have become very busy and demands constant changes. In order to maintain high standards of patient care and manage the health care system effectively, a reliable nursing leadership is required so that the nursing staff can achieve the targeted goals. Several leadership strategies can be adopted by the nursing leader to increase staff motivation, maintain staff retention and encourage the employees to contribute widely in the execution of efforts. Leadership role in nursing demands consistent improvements so as to meet the standards of patient care and build a stable environment.

Leadership comprises of many different fields but in general leadership is defined as the ability to describe the vision and guide a group of people or individuals towards the accomplishment of that vision. Along with it is also important to maintain the effectiveness of performance, maintain commitment towards the goals and promote teamwork. It is the responsibility of the leader to ensure that all the members of the team work in collaboration and the productivity of the group meets the desired demands. A leader with good leadership qualities will be the binding force group cohesion. Leadership provides the means and assembles the foundation for the work commitments. The motivation and the compliance of the group are based upon that foundation (Sanford, Year Missing, p.2).

Research Questions

Why is nursing leadership important in the respective faculty?

Who becomes a nurse leader and how?

Who are the nursing leaders in health care organization and what tools they are using in nursing leadership?

How the implementation of nursing leadership skills is improving the quality and competencies within the profession?

What are the therories which lead the nursing leadership?

How are the nursing leaders preparing for the future and what guidance they are providing to the others?

Purpose of the Study

The purpose of the study is to highlight the leadership skills in nursing faculty so to improve the quality and core competenices, the study focus on the leadership theories and how the implementation enables to meet the challenges and prepare the nurses with the skills, knowledge and aptitudes required to improve the quality of work within the healthcare system.

Aims And Objectives

The main objective of the study is to discuss and focus the implementation of leadership strategies and theories in nursing faculty to improve the outcomes of quality care in a healthcare setting.

Analyze the ethical issues associated with the nursing ledership and quality improvement which require insight and implementation.

The benefits and competenices which will bring the effective results in terms of improved patient care.

Leadership skills which are commonly required by nursing faculty to achieve the common quality measures and competency goals.

Literture Review

Nursing Leadership

Nursing management is itself a specialty like any other specialty that requires proper leader and control over a team of professionals. Nursing faculty not only smoothes but it makes the shifting of clinical roles from senior to junior even ...