Identify from the peer-reviewed literature the necessary components of a nursing leadership role. In preparation for your essay, you need to: Search the ECU library databases to locate sufficient...

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NECESSARY COMPONENTS OF
A NURSING LEADERSHIP ROLE
Introduction
Nurses are an inseparable part of the various levels of the healthcare system. From primary health care to community-based health services and in institution-based models, nurses play an important role. Their contribution is significant not only from the medical perspective but also from the mental, psychological and emotional perspectives of them, as well as the patients. For example, community-based mental health care nurses have to invest substantial emotional labor besides the conventional therapies, treatments, and care. It is essential to establish professional relationships to take care of the vulnerability of patients in an unfamiliar hospital environment. Apart from the impacts of surroundings, the power gradient existing between a nurse and a patient also affects the patient’s state. Therefore, the rapport established between the patient and the nurse during their first encounter, and maintained throughout the subsequent treatment duration, can substantially help in the psychological state and well-being of the patient (Price, 2017). The leadership exhibited by nurses can have positive and negative impressions. It depends on the leader’s attitude and the leadership style. The styles that have gained credibility in the healthcare sector are transformational and transactional leadership styles.
Different styles of leadership and their impact in the various nursing role
Leadership is a vital skill to effectively carry out professional responsibilities. Besides teamwork, effective communication, and a commitment to the role, nurses need to employ their leadership qualities at times. However, leadership should take into account the relationship and the people in it as its core. For healthcare systems, the nurses and patients are the core components who will be influenced directly by any leadership style adopted by the nurses. The transformational leader is believed to be a pioneer. Such a leader motivates the followers to work at their highest capability. The transformational leader guides and provide am alteration in recognition. This leadership included five sub-categories, namely, inspirational motivation, individual consideration, intellectual stimulation, idealized influence in behavior, and attributes. As per the definitions, a transactional leader is capable in the role of a caregiver, focused on daily operation. Nevertheless, major studies have pointed out the correlation between transformational leadership and nursing or healthcare practices (Huber, 2017). There are many barriers to the proper development of leadership qualities and activities, including heavy workload on the professional, lack of training and strategies, and any other gaps at the organizational level (Elliot, 2017).
The association between diverse leadership ways and their consequences on the nurses’ work and workforce atmosphere have been investigated. The results of this study also report the effectiveness of relational leadership styles to drive better organizational as well as nursing staff outputs. The other leadership styles that merely concentrate on completion of the task, are not as effective for nursing professionals as they need to display consistency in their dedication and duties towards patient care. For example, the ineffective leadership exhibited by a laissez-faire leader increase absenteeism and stress of the nurses, thereby increasing their tendency to take leaves (Cope & Murray, 2017). Therefore, some authors strongly support the inclusion of such leadership practices to obtain optimum outputs that can be assessed on the parameters...