Nursing leadership: a key element to address current and future healthcare challenges
Keywords:
Leadership, Nurse's Role, Intersectoral Collaboration, Health Services, Nursing LegislationAbstract
This qualitative study aims to demonstrate how the leadership of nursing professionals can efficiently contribute to the current and future challenges related to health. At the same time, it seeks to empower the experience and knowledge these professionals possess to make decisions about current and future healthcare policies.
Data collection was carried out through an online, individual, anonymous, and open interview with healthcare nursing professionals from the Lugo, Monforte, and Burela Health Area, as well as professors and students from the Lugo Nursing School affiliated with the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC).
This study identifies the advantages of participatory leadership and how it promotes teamwork, where leadership focuses on individuals by valuing their uniqueness, abilities, and potential, thereby enriching the group and fostering pride in belonging, which in turn enhances teamwork.
The nurse as a leader must encourage behaviors and attitudes that contribute to strengthening interpersonal relationships within the organizational context. The leader's support is an essential aspect in all cultures and organizational contexts, exerting a positive influence on both job satisfaction and the health of subordinates.
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