this article discusses the benefits for nurse leaders to explore a new approach known as quantum leadership. This is a relationship-focused and value-based leadership style in which leaders understand that healthcare organisations have been in a state of flux and recognise how to respond constructively to change in the future. Quantum leadership enables nurse leaders to create and maintain synergistic team working, whereby the team works together towards the common goal of delivering optimal person-centred care. The author suggests that quantum leadership is an engaging and realistic approach to adopt, with benefits of all staff delivering healthcare services and ultimately for patients. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Leadership and management are concepts that are regularly discussed in relation to today's NHS. Practitioners at all levels of the organisation can be leaders, but there are many challenges faced by leaders in clinical practice. This article introduces some common leadership and management theories and provides an opportunity for practitioners to reflect on how these can be used in practice. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
It has been a long time coming, but now the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan is with us, does it measure up? Well, if it manages to do the things it says it will do (more on this below), then yes. This could be the point at which the NHS starts to overcome the repeated workforce crises that have periodically plagued it over the past 75 years.
Transactional leadership may be an unpopular tool in a nursing manager’s box, but it can help achieve short-term goals and provide clear direction and structure. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Transactional leadership has fallen out of fashion at a time when listening to and empowering team members is encouraged. But the reality is that you may well use it without even realising it.
This article describes several leadership models which all have something to offer to nurses looking to develop their ward leadership skills. It discusses core elements of effective ward leadership, notably providing support and direction to the team through coaching and mentoring, developing the ward as a learning environment, understanding the wider care context and taking time for self-care. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Not all nurses managers have experience so education in, and exposure to, compassionate leadership can be vital
What is the difference between a manager and a leader? All organisations need a manager, but they benefit from leaders. But when nurses become managers, are they managing, leading or both? To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The nursing profession is facing some of its greatest challenges. After providing society with highly skilled care during the pandemic, the effects of the demands made of nurses are becoming noticeable, leading to global staffing shortages. The positive impact of nursing leadership strategies on the profession’s response to COVID-19 have been significant, yet more recently we have seen the media portrayal of nurses shift from angels and heroes to disrupters. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
By identifying compassion fatigue managers can help staff develop emotional resilience. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
What nurse managers can do to help staff feel appreciated and keep teams unified – including gestures that make a difference and gimmicks to avoid. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This article describes moral injury and its effects on nurses, and offers nurse leaders a practical framework for mitigating this issue. The framework aims to support nurse leaders to increase their understanding of moral injury, address any ethical challenges, ensure they are adequately prepared to provide support to nurses, and enhance their awareness of various interventions that can mitigate moral injury. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
N. Wallerstein, und N. Wiggins. La Santé en action, (décembre 2018)Tiré du dossier EMPOWERMENT DES JEUNESURL : http://inpes.santepubliquefrance.fr/SLH/sommaires/446.asp?.