The role of nurse leadership in enhancing healthcare administration: Challenges, skills, and future prospects
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workforce development, organizational culture, patient outcomes, transformational leadership, nursing leadership, healthcare administrationAbstract
Background: A key component of efficient healthcare administration, nurse leadership plays a critical role in raising employee happiness, improving patient outcomes, and increasing organizational efficiency. Nurse leaders must manage changing issues such role ambiguity, resource limitations, and the incorporation of evidence-based practices as healthcare systems become more complicated. The ways in which nurse leaders impact healthcare administration are still not well understood, despite their vital contributions. Aim: this essay is to analyze the various facets of nurse leadership in healthcare administration, with a focus on how it affects workforce development, organizational efficacy, and patient outcomes. The goal of the study is to pinpoint important skills, obstacles, and potential paths forward for improving nursing leadership. Methods: A thorough evaluation of case studies, qualitative analyses, and peer-reviewed literature was carried out. Evidence on nurse leadership frameworks, their use in healthcare settings, and results pertaining to patient care and administrative effectiveness were compiled in this study. The applicability of many leadership theories to nursing was examined, including transformational and servant leadership. Results: It was discovered that nurse leadership has a major impact on patient safety, employee retention, and organizational culture.
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