Nursing Leadership

Nowadays, it is widely accepted that the rapid growth of healthcare services have led a rising demand on the medical and nurse workforce. Apparently, working in the stressful environment reckoned as hospital, almost all colleagues including physicians, nurses, patients and other medical staffs have a tendency to interact each other no matter that is a good or bad impact (Tim, 2011). Theoretically, a warmhearted atmosphere among health care parties is always necessary to maintain perfect health services targeting at patients. On the other hand, there is an availability of increasing workplace pressures, so a desirable fair relationship could be broken by in –coordinate behaviors or conflicts which are inevitable in social activities, organizational …show more content…
In the medical field, no one can deny that nurse leadership exists as a core in monitoring nursing units, following up quality of patient care, preserving of nurse and organizational effectiveness (Dolan, 2003; American Association Of Critical Care Nurses, 2005; American Organization of Nurse Executives, 2005; Anthony, 2005). In order to help nurse leaders to achieve those things, the idea of nursing leaders should be prepared at the beginning of nursing education programs and maintained during the whole life of nurses. Moreover, this term still implies excellent nurse known as a deep thinker in any situation. This also mentions to nurses who create and use research as well as develop, analyze and interpret policies with the understanding of human health, health management as well as health economics system in order to inform the expansion of advanced framework and healthy public policy. Apparently, nursing leadership is quite important to the occupation known as nursing. From the data gathering in one study conducted by Cordeniz in 2002, there is no denying that if the number of nurse expecting to retire in the next 15 years account for more than 40 percent, nursing leadership’s force will not only serve in the staff nursing shortage but also in the deficiency of nurse …show more content…
Avoiding conflicts results from low levels of concern for self and others in which individuals refuse to address. Conflict avoidance is particularly appropriate when the other party is more powerful (Mc Elhaney, 1996; De Dreu et al, 2001; Tabak and Kopak, 2007). Once upon a time, with regard to doctor – nurse relationship, this style always is applied by nurses and nurse leaders because there are many differences between occupational characteristics and little knowledge of conflict management from nurses (Vivar, 2006). Meanwhile, competition is an effort to win regardless of cost. Assertiveness is high while cooperativeness is low. This resolution usually makes losers angry and frustrated. No matter which strategy discussed above is chosen by nurse leaders, relationships between staffs and staff – patient are not resolved completely because the final result always disappoints individuals. That is why the quality of patient care will decrease no more or

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