Leadership Styles Of A Nurse Leader - 1086 Words

Nurse Leadership Styles Rachel R Steanburg Lake Michigan College Abstract Nursing leaders are able to take on many different leadership styles in their management positions. Such types of leadership include Democratic style, Affiliative style, Transformational style and Authoritarian style. Leaders that are able to switch between different leadership styles are able to lead their teams in all different situations and will in turn gain the respect of their team. Nurse leaders need to lead in a way that allows their team to have full confidence in the leader’s ability to keep calm and maintain working conditions that ensure patient safety and compliance. Nurse Leadership Styles Leadership is just one aspect of nursing. Leadership can be something as simple as leading your â€Å"team† of nursing staff through a particular shift all the way to becoming a Director of Nursing in a hospital. 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