Nursing leadership styles
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 autocratic | retains all authority, makes all decisions and establishes one-way communication with the work group |
| autocratic leadership style | good for crisis situations |
| Democratic | focuses on teamwork and workgroup participation in decision-making, leader collaborates with others in making decisions. |
| Democratic leadership style | can be effective with mature staff |
| Laissez-Faire | leader gives up control with free-run or permissive style |
| Laissez-faire leadership style | can only be effective with highly motivated staff |
| Situational | The situation is the major determinant of the leader's behaviors, flexible adaptation to needs of individualo or work group. Involves directing, coaching, suppporting and delegating. |
| Directing in a situational leadership style | more important with new staff |
| Coaching in a situational leadership style | for those who are more experienced but still need some guidance |
| Supporting in situational leadership style | assists in problem-solving |
| Delegating in situational leadership style | transfers responsibility while retaining accountability; promotes staff development |
| transformational | leader inspires, motivates others to follow. Leader has vision, passion, enthusiasm and energy. Leader creates and communicates shared vision and values. |
| transformational leadership style | Leader champions sollutions to patient and organizational challenges and provides intellectual stimulation |
| Types of nursing leadership power | Reward, coercive, legitimate, expert, referent, expert, informational |
| Coercive leadership power | Power based on a person's real or perceived fear of punishment by another person |
| Legitimate leadership power | power derived form a person's organizational title or postition rather than from a personal quality |
| expert leadership power | power gained through knowledge, expertise, or experience |
| referent leadership power | power given to others because the leader is perceived as powerful |
| Informational ledership power | power that results when one person has or is perceived to have, special information that another desires. |
| conflict resolution styles | avoidance, accomodation, coerciveness, competition, compromise, collaboration |
| Nurse leader steps in conflict resolution | Know the one's role and response to conflict and amanage any uncomfortable feelings. Prepare for the meeting and select optimal time for all parties. Separate the problem form the people involved, stay focused on the issue and work on one at a time. The next step is to identify available options and attempt to mediate a solution. Evaluation of outcome. Keep in mind cultural differences and individual conflict resolution style |
| Goal of conflict resolution | to agree on an outcome bsed upon fair, objective criteria |
| Reward leadership power | power obtained by the ability to grant favors or reward others with whataver they value |
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