Leadership and nursing care
What style of leadership does Nurse Brown seem to exhibit most of the time?
Nurse Brown seems to exhibit the servant leadership style in which she creates a relationally focused leadership. Nurse Brown is more focused on the success of the entire team by encouraging them to work as a team. In this leadership style, she does not act as the overall boss, but she is concerned about the views of those working under her (Huber, 2014). Nurse Brown targets her team members to ensure that they have the right tools, skills and relations that are required to achieve both individual and group goals.
In what situations may this leadership style be inefficient?
The servant leadership style can be inefficient in the event where a top-down decision is required. Since this leadership style emphasizes on teamwork and the role of every member in decision making, it can hinder the authoritative decision making of the nurse leader (Huber, 2014). It can cause leaders to be more focused on encouraging and supporting the team members rather than executing their leadership roles. Since the decision of every team member needs to be considered, decision making tends to take longer in such type of leadership styles. As such, it can be problematic especially in departments that require quick decision making such as in the emergency rooms
What type of leadership style do you prefer your boss to use?
I prefer the democratic leadership style, which is both task-focused and relationally focused. This leadership style encourages the participation of the subordinate and junior staff members in decision making. The overall decision making is, however, dependent on the nurse leader (Huber, 2014). It, therefore, gives the nurse leader a right to exercise an authoritative role. The involvement of the junior members before the nurse leader makes a final decision makes them feel valued, and it is, therefore, possible to make them produce their best results. It is also possible to contribute skills and abilities equally towards the overall good of the organization. Decision making is also effective since the nurse leader has the final decision.