Clinical Leadership in Nursing and Healthcare

CLINICAL LEADERSHIP IN NURSING AND HEALTHCARE
 
Clinical Leadership in Nursing and Healthcare offers a range of tools and topics that support and foster clinically focused nurses and other healthcare professionals to develop their leadership skills and strategies. The textbook is helpfully divided into three parts: information on the attributes of clinical leaders, the tools healthcare students and staff can use to develop their leadership potential, and clinical leadership issues. It also outlines a number of principles, frameworks, and topics that support nurses and healthcare professionals to develop and deliver effective clinical care as clinical leaders. Lastly, each chapter has a range of reflective questions and self-assessments to help consolidate learning.
 
The newly revised third edition has been updated in light of recent key changes in health service approaches to care and values. While it covers a wide spectrum of practical topics, Clinical Leadership in Nursing and Healthcare also includes information on:
* Theories of leadership and management, organisational culture, gender, generational issues and leaders, project management, quality initiatives, and working in teams
* Managing change, effective clinical decision making, how to network and delegate, how to deal with conflict, and implementing evidence-based practice
* Congruent leadership, the link between values and actions, authentic leadership, leaving behind control as an objective, and managing power
* Why decisions go wrong, techniques for developing creativity, barriers to creativity, conflict resolution and management, negotiation, self-talk, and leading in a crisis
 
With expert input from a diverse collection of experienced contributors, Clinical Leadership in Nursing and Healthcare is an invaluable resource for new leaders trying to establish themselves and existing leaders looking to perform at a higher level when it comes to quality and effective patient care.

List of contents

Notes on Contributors xvii
 
Preface xxi
 
Acknowledgements xxv
 
Part I Clinical Leaders: Role Models for Values Based Leadership 1
 
1 Clinical Leadership Explored 5
David Stanley
 
Introduction 5
 
Clinical Leadership: What Do We Know? 6
 
Attributes Less Likely to Be Seen in Clinical Leaders 8
 
Clinical Leaders Are Not Seen as Controlling 8
 
Clinical Leaders Are Not Seen as Visionary 8
 
Clinical Leaders Are Not Seen as 'Shapers' 10
 
Attributes More Likely to Be Seen in Clinical Leaders 11
 
Clinical Competence/Clinical Knowledge 11
 
Approachability 13
 
Empowered/Motivator or Motivated 13
 
Supportive 13
 
Inspires Confidence 14
 
Integrity/Honesty 14
 
Role Model 14
 
Effective Communicator 15
 
Visible in Practice 15
 
Copes Well with Change 16
 
Other Attributes 16
 
Values: The Glue that Binds 17
 
Who Are the Clinical Leaders? 18
 
Clinical Leadership Defined 21
 
Why Clinical Leadership Now? 21
 
A New Agenda 22
 
Changing Care Contexts 22
 
Change Equates to More Leadership 22
 
More Emphasis on Quality 23
 
Summary 25
 
Mind Press Ups 25
 
References 26
 
2 Leadership Theories and Styles 31
David Stanley
 
Introduction: Leadership - What Does It All Mean? 31
 
Leadership Defined: The Blind Man's Elephant 33
 
No One Way 36
 
Leadership Theories and Styles 36
 
The Great Man Theory: Born to Lead? 36
 
The Heroic Leader: Great People Lead 37
 
The Big Bang Theory: From Great Events, Great People Come 37
 
Trait Theory: The Man, Not the Game 38
 
Style Theory: It's How You Play the Game 40
 
Situational or Contingency Theory: It's about Relationships 42
 
Transformational Theory: Making Change Happen 44
 
Transactional Theory: Running a Tight Ship 46
 
Authentic/Breakthrough Leadership: True to Your Values 47
 
Servant Leadership: A Follower at the Front 48
 
Other Perspectives 50
 
Shared Leadership/Collaborative Leadership 50
 
Compassionate Leadership 50
 
The Right Leader at the Right Time 51
 
Summary 54
 
Mind Press Ups 54
 
References 55
 
3 Values Based Leadership: Congruent Leadership 61
David Stanley
 
Introduction: A New Theory 61
 
Values Based Leadership 62
 
Values Based Leadership Theories Applied in Healthcare 62
 
Congruent Leadership: Another View 66
 
It All Started with Clinical Leadership 66
 
Congruent Leadership Theory Explored 79
 
A Solid Foundation 80
 
The Strengths of Congruent Leadership 82
 
Grassroots Leaders 83
 
Foundation for Other Theories 83
 
Strong Link between Values and Actions 84
 
Supports Further Understanding of Clinical Leadership 85
 
Anyone Can Be a Congruent Leader 85
 
The Limitations of Congruent Leadership 85
 
New Theory 85
 
Similar to Other Values Based Leadership Theories 86
 
Not Driven by a Focus on Change 86
 
Not Suitable for Leaders with 'Control' as an Objective 86
 
Congruent Leadership, Change and Innovation 87
 
Congruent Leadership and Power 88
 
Congruent Leadership and Quality 91
 
Summary 96
 
Mind Press Ups 97
 
References 97
 
4 Followership 105
David Stanley
 
Introduction: From behind They Lead 105
 
Defining Followership 106
 

About the author

Dr David Stanley, RN, RM, Gerontic Cert, Grad Cert HPE, Dip HE (Nursing), BN, MSc (Health Sciences), TF, NursD. David is a Registered Nurse and Midwife. He began his nursing career in the 1980's and his interest in clinically focused leadership came about because he was once a Nurse Practitioner. David was formerly an Adjunct Professor at Charles Sturt University and a Research Mentor at Fiji's National University. He retains his passion for the development of empowered nurse leaders and frontline health professionals with a focus on high quality clinical care. Dr Clare L. Bennett, D.Nurs, SFHEA, PGCE, MSc, BSc (Hons), Dip.N, RGN. Clare is a Registered Nurse with a background in Sexual Health, Immunology, HIV and Infectious Diseases. She is a Doctor of Nursing and is currently a Senior Lecturer at Cardiff University. She has taught Leadership, Quality Improvement and Patient Safety on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes for nurses and allied health professionals for over two decades. Clare is also an honorary lecturer at the University of Freiburg, Germany, where she teaches clinical leadership in the context of advancing clinical practice. Clare is Co-Director of the Wales Centre for Evidence Based Care and teaches and coaches in the field of evidence development and implementation. Dr Alison H. James, DAHP, SFHEA, PGCE, MA, BA (Hons), Dip Critical Care, RGN, BA. Alison is a Registered Nurse and Doctor of Advanced Healthcare Practice with a background in Neurosciences, Critical Care, Osteoporosis and Knowledge Transfer in health and social care. She is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Healthcare Sciences at Cardiff University in Wales, UK. Alison teaches Leadership and Quality Improvement on programmes across the nursing and allied health programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate level and is a coach and mentor for student leadership in the UK. Alison's research is focused on leadership development in the healthcare workforce and education, how this impacts delivery and quality of patient care and influences cultures within healthcare environments.

Summary

CLINICAL LEADERSHIP IN NURSING AND HEALTHCARE

Clinical Leadership in Nursing and Healthcare offers a range of tools and topics that support and foster clinically focused nurses and other healthcare professionals to develop their leadership skills and strategies. The textbook is helpfully divided into three parts: information on the attributes of clinical leaders, the tools healthcare students and staff can use to develop their leadership potential, and clinical leadership issues. It also outlines a number of principles, frameworks, and topics that support nurses and healthcare professionals to develop and deliver effective clinical care as clinical leaders. Lastly, each chapter has a range of reflective questions and self-assessments to help consolidate learning.

The newly revised third edition has been updated in light of recent key changes in health service approaches to care and values. While it covers a wide spectrum of practical topics, Clinical Leadership in Nursing and Healthcare also includes information on:
* Theories of leadership and management, organisational culture, gender, generational issues and leaders, project management, quality initiatives, and working in teams
* Managing change, effective clinical decision making, how to network and delegate, how to deal with conflict, and implementing evidence-based practice
* Congruent leadership, the link between values and actions, authentic leadership, leaving behind control as an objective, and managing power
* Why decisions go wrong, techniques for developing creativity, barriers to creativity, conflict resolution and management, negotiation, self-talk, and leading in a crisis

With expert input from a diverse collection of experienced contributors, Clinical Leadership in Nursing and Healthcare is an invaluable resource for new leaders trying to establish themselves and existing leaders looking to perform at a higher level when it comes to quality and effective patient care.

Product details

• Authors: Clare Bennett, Clare L. Bennett, Alison H. James, D Stanley, David Stanley, David (Charles Sturt University Stanley
• Assisted by: Clare Bennett (Editor), Clare L. Bennett (Editor), Bennett Clare L. (Editor), Alison H James (Editor), Alison H. James (Editor), Clare L Bennett (Editor), David Stanley (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2022
• EAN: 9781119869344
• ISBN: 978-1-119-86934-4
• No. of pages: 496
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Krankenpflege, Gesundheitswesen, Healthcare, Nursing, Nursing management & leadership, Health & Social Care, Gesundheits- u. Sozialwesen, Ausbildung u. Perspektiven i. d. Krankenpflege, Nursing Education & Professional Development, Leitungstätigkeit u. Management i. d. Krankenpflege, Spezialthemen Gesundheitswesen, Health & Health Care Special Topics