Discuss a formal role where a nurse is in a position of leadership. Outline the essential responsibilities of
that role and the educational preparation required. Explain what leadership traits, styles, or qualities are
required to be successful in this role and why.
Nurses are leaders in their own right. They may hold a formal title or not but the professional demand of
the position is that they advocate for the patient and achieve better outcomes. This makes them natural
leaders. They are active members of the interdisciplinary team and make a huge contribution to patient
outcomes and care plan (Whitney, 2018). “It is crucial that nurses develop an effective leadership role to
deliver high-quality care and ensure patient safety while engaging in numerous daily leadership roles”
(AL-Dossary, 2017).
Nurses also serve in the managerial positions as Nurse Managers. They can be found not only in the
hospitals but also in clinics, schools, doctor’s office, and psychiatric institutions (Duquesne University
School of Nursing, 2018). They have a wide variety of job responsibilities. They are responsible for the
patient outcomes along with the administrative duties. Few of the job responsibilities of a nurse
manager are: Records management, case management, staff management, recruitment, budgeting,
patient feedback responses, responsible for overall rating of the clinic or unit, responsible for providing
feedback to the higher management, assessing and developing educational plans for the staff,
mentoring, setting goals for the team/clinic/unit, performance elevation of the staff, scheduling,
treatment planning, etc. (Duquesne University School of Nursing, 2018). Leadership skills are tested to
the fullest in this position. Keeping the staff motivated along with getting the job done in a timely fashion
is no easy task. Nurse Managers need to be very excellent communicators along with being with being a
good leader. Leadership skills are highly valued. “They should be adept at coordinating resources and
personnel and meeting goals and objectives. They must be effective leaders who can strike a balance
between working with the nursing staff and the healthcare facility administrators” (Duquesne University
School of Nursing, 2018). Nurse managers have to have some inherent traits like effective
communicators, advocacy, able to build strong interpersonal connections, mentoring, participation in
both the patient outcome and the administrative responsibilities, maturity, professionalism, supportive,
and a sense of fairness.
They work as a team with the staff members to find and implement changes in the existing system to
achieve best patient outcomes. They are also responsible for implementing the state and federal law or
regulation regarding health management. Leadership qualities are developed with advance education. A
minimum of Bachelor’s along with some years of patient care experience is required for the job. Today
we find so many nurse managers who have masters and higher education.
Reference
AL-Dossary, R. N. (2017). Leadership in nursing. IntechOpen. Retrieved from DOI: 10.5772/65308
Duquesne University School of Nursing. (2018, July 17). The roles of a nurse manager: Leading the
nursing profession into the future. Retrieved from https://onlinenursing.duq.edu/blog/roles-nurse-
manager-leading-nursing-profession-future/
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