Nursing Unwavering Commitment to Patient Centered Care

Transformational leaders focus not only on what to do, but also why to do it. They organize staff around a shared purpose that leads an organization to realize its goals. Traits that these leaders have in common include:

Communicating with full transparency
Being visible – getting out from behind their desks and interacting with staff
Modeling the behavior they expect – they don’t just tell their employees to do something, they show them how to do it
Read “Transformational Leadership Principles and Tactics for the Nurse Executive to Shift Nursing Culture”

Respond to the following:

Identify a nursing leader who you respect and with whom you had positive experiences.

Describe the nurse leader.
Define how their leadership style was different.
Describe specifically why their communication style was effective.
Discuss their visibility and how they were able to engage the nursing workforce.
Provide an example of 2 characteristics from this nurse leader and explain how they helped you in your professional practice.