My personal and professional philosophy of nurses is clear. The approach that fits my
personal and professional philosophy is the bottoms up approach. Under this approach the first
point of discussion for any strategy should be the nurses. The time has come when nurses should
be asked for their expectations before making any strategy. I believe that a good leader is one
who would develop the nursing strategy after due consideration with nurses.
The nurses would not in shortage, if nurses are consulted before making any policies
changes. I believe that the democratic leadership style is the best leadership style that would
work to reduce the problem of nursing shortage. One of the solutions is to provide good
compensation to nurses.
When I compare, I found out that existing managers and leaders would start from the top
down approach, the leaders would have a vision in the mind and this vision would start from the
vision of the clinic or hospital. On the other hand my vision of nurses would start from nurses in
mind. I would see the expectations of nurses and I would analyse that where does nurses want to
go in their professional career.
When I compare the approach of nursing leaders and managers, I found out that nursing
managers lack the vision for their employees and nurses. Most of the times, nurses are
considered as the helping hands to the hospitals. This approach should also be changed. Nursing
shortage is one of the alarming issues. Imagine the state of the society when people are sick but
nurses are not available due to shortage. To overcome this issue and to mitigate the risks of
nursing shortage, leaders must act pro-actively.
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DIFFERING APPROACHES OF NURSING LEADERS
When I compare the approaches of nursing leaders, I also find that most of the nursing
leaders would act in reactive manner. They would take some steps only when they are
approached by nurses about their problem. A good leader is one who can sense the problem of
nurses on its own. A good leader is one who can propose the solutions to the problem of nurses.
A good leader is one who can own the problem of nurses. One of the theories suggests that a
leader is effective, only when it listens to all. On the same line I believe that a good leader is one
that takes every one into consideration before making any decision.