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Discussion 1 When I think of a leader, I think of direction and order. So, for me, I always look up to leaders. Growing up, I was exposed to leadership as an everyday thing. From doing household chores, my parents would assign us as a leader each day, so we will be responsible for seeing if they did the simple task. They will also assign me as the group leader for group projects at school.

One article I came across emphasized workplace empowerment and how leaders' empowering activities might benefit the workplace climate. According to Mudallal et al. (2017), Charge in the workplace refers to an employee's ability to access the resources, expertise, and assistance they need to do their work successfully. Empowerment is crucial in the field of nursing. Leaders who encourage empowerment behaviors in their employees develop a sense of autonomy, reducing workplace stress and nurse burnout (Mudallal et al., 2017).

According to Broome and Marshall (2021), transformational leadership is the process through which leaders mold others by transforming others' judgments of what is essential. As a result, nurses' job performance is now held to more outstanding standards than ever before. Therefore, transformational leadership is a crucial leadership style.

Transformational nurse leaders have the capability of improving job satisfaction by:

• encouraging teamwork

• involving nurses in policymaking

• rewarding outstanding job performance

• encouraging motivation (Suratno et al., 2018).

Personal Experience

In my eighteen years of experience as a bedside nurse, I still remember the nurse manager who works with me in Dublin, Ireland. She was my first nurse manager, and I was amazed at handling the unit. Her poise in managing the stress of a busy medical-surgical floor, constant schedule change, and emergency surgeries were superb. However, she never lost her cool. In the operating room, there is a saying; everything is the nurse's fault." When a surgeon filed a complaint against a nurse, she thoroughly investigated the situation and was consistently fair. Transitional leadership was most her style. The ability to evolve according to the problem is a gift that transitional leaders possess (Broome & Marshall, 2021). Successful leaders communicate with their staff and include them in decision-making. When nurses feel needed and appreciated in their workplace, job satisfaction follows. In turn, this leads to a decrease in nurse burnout and turnover rates.

Conclusion

The leader developed a trusting relationship with the nurse by being honest, fair, and upfront with the employee and inspiring him to modify his behavior independently. Instead of punishing the nurse for his error, his leadership skills created an excellent work environment, motivating him to be a part of the organization's vision. In addition, the skills created an environment in which the nurse felt valued and needed, increasing his job satisfaction and commitment to the business.

References

Broome, M., & Marshall, E. (2021). Transformational leadership in nursing: from expert

clinician to influential leader (3rd ed.). New York, NY. Springer Publishing Company.

Mudallal, R., Othman, W., & Al Hassan, N. (2017). Nurses' burnout: the influence of leader empowering behaviors, work conditions, and demographic traits. Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization

Suratno, K., Ariyanti, S., & Kadar, K. (2018). The relationship between transformational

leadership and quality of nursing work life in hospital. International Journal of Caring Sciences, 11(3), 1416 1422. http://www.internationaljournalofcaringsciences.org/docs/9_kalukuSuratno_original_11_3. pdf

Discussion 2. Leadership Theories in Practice

Nurses are critical members of the healthcare team. The management style of their leadership can have a substantial impact on their performance as well as patient outcomes and satisfaction. Patient satisfaction is one of the most significant markers of the quality of nursing care. It is critical to understand the many leadership styles that exist in the workplace, as well as their effects on employees and those who report to them.

Insights from selected resources

There are five sub-categories of transformational leadership: individual consideration, intellectual stimulation, inspiring motivation; idealized influence in behavior and attributes; idealized influence in behavior and attributes; and idealized influence in characteristics.

Contingent reward, management by exception active, and management by exception passive were all components of transactional leadership (TAL) (Alloubani, Aladeen, Akhu-Zaheya- Laila, Abdelhafiz, Ibrahim, & Almatari, M., 2019).

Given that transformational leadership helps leaders to engage their followers in the pursuit of common goals, transformational and collaborative approaches to leadership have been shown to result in more favorable outcomes for healthcare workers, such as registered nurses. (Lega et al., 2017). Furthermore, many styles of leadership (e.g., dissonant or abusive leadership, management by exception, transactional or instrumental approaches) and approaches such as laissez-faire or instrumental approaches were found to have significant negative effects on outcomes. (Cummings, Greta, et al., 2018).

Describe a leader with such behavior skills

Providing safe, evidence-based care in an unpredictable and often chaotic healthcare environment is critical to improving the overall patient experience. Nurse leadership in this environment is essential to ensuring safe, evidence-based care. Nurse leaders in the clinical setting are tasked with the critical and challenging task of influencing effective workplace performance and retention of hospital staff nurses by directing clinical practice and outcomes, which include compliance with regulations, human resource issues, fiscal accountability, patient satisfaction, and overall quality of service. (Bush, Sharolyn, Michalek, Diane, & Francis, Lucine, 2021).

Impact of Leadership Skills at my workplace

I currently work in Case management, and my direct supervisor employs a transformational leadership style, which I appreciate. My colleagues and I are energized by my supervisor's encouragement and motivational skills. The fact that she is so open with her staff and spends time getting to know them shows her to be an excellent leader. These are reflected through the excellent patient outcomes that my workplace has established, such as reduced patient re-admissions.

References

Alloubani, Aladeen, Akhu-Zaheya- Laila, Abdelhafiz, Ibrahim, & Almatari, M. (2019, July 8). Leadership styles' influence on the quality of nursing care. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 32(6), 1022-1033. doi:10.1108/IJHCQA-06-2018-0138

Bush, Sharolyn, Michalek, Diane, & Francis, Lucine. (2021, August). Perceived Leadership Styles, Outcomes of Leadership, and Self-Efficacy Among Nurse Leaders:: A Hospital-Based Survey to Inform Leadership Development at a US Regional Medical Center. Nurse Leader, 19(4), 390-394. doi:10.1016/j.mnl.2020.07.010

Cummings, Greta, Tate, Kaitlyn, Lee, Sarah, Wong, Carol, Paananen, Tanya, Micaroni, Simone, & Chatterjee, Gargi. (2018, September ). Leadership styles and outcome patterns for the nursing workforce and work environment: A systematic review. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 85, 19-60. doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2018.04.016