The Complex Nuances of Nurse Manager Leadership

Hospital organizations are affected by the shortage of nurses across the United States. Hospital organizations must strategically plan to recruit and retain nurses. An average hospital will incur costs between $5.13 million to $7.86 million due to RN turnover. In an outcome-focused healthcare environment, healthcare leaders must consider all perspectives involved in nurse manager leadership. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to describe nurses' lived experiences with nurse manager leadership on medical surgical units in Riverside County, California, USA.

The Complex Nuances of Nurse Manager Leadership

Hospital organizations are affected by the shortage of nurses across the United States. Hospital organizations must strategically plan to recruit and retain nurses. An average hospital will incur costs between $5.13 million to $7.86 million due to RN turnover. In an outcome-focused healthcare environment, healthcare leaders must consider all perspectives involved in nurse manager leadership. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to describe nurses' lived experiences with nurse manager leadership on medical surgical units in Riverside County, California, USA.

Patient Safety in Selected Healthcare Facilities in Caraga Region: An Aiken Model Approach

This study aimed to determine the nursing organizational factors and patient safety in selected healthcare facilities in the Philippines. It utilized quantitative approach of research specifically descriptive correlational research design. The inclusion criteria of the entire population were composed mainly of 455 nurses employed among the five selected healthcare facilities in Caraga Region, Philippines within a period of 1 year and above offering inpatient and outpatient healthcare services. Results revealed that there was a positive response on organizational factors such as nursing foundations for quality care, nurse participation in hospital affairs, nurse manager leadership, ability and support and collegial nurse-physician relationships. Patient Safety with regards to supervisor/manager, wok area/unit, frequency of events reported, and communications, patient safety grade, hospital and number of events reported were positively performed and practiced. The patient safety practices were directly affected by the organizational factors being tested.

Nurse managers: being deviant to make a difference

Within healthcare, studies support that nurse manager leadership behaviours positively influence nursing outcomes. However, how this behaviour promotes positive outcomes is less well understood. Integrating a ‘positive deviance framework’ and a ‘model for reflection’, this paper uniquely uncovers positive nurse manager behaviours that deviate from ‘business as usual’ in managing and leading healthcare staff. Applying an interpretivist lens to qualitative data collected from 24 nurse managers from Australia and Seychelles, the outcomes illustrate examples of positive leadership, exemplary performance, and uncommon behaviours and actions amongst nurse managers resulting in positive nursing experiences and positive organisational outcomes. Nurse managers practising positive leadership and taking on an employee champion role, underscore these behaviours. This study contributes to the research of positive outcomes, processes, and attributes of healthcare organisations and their members.