Shared Leadership In Nursing

Paper Summary:

The paper refers to the work of Mary Ellen Jeans entitled: "Shared Leadership for Nursing Research" and the work of Fallis and Altimier "Shared Leadership: Leading from the Bottom Up" and discusses strategic methods of recruitment and the training of talented individuals for leadership in nursing. The paper describes what the characteristics of 'shared leadership' are, which include those of collaboration and open communication that is patient-centric and results in a sharing of responsibilities that emphasizes the patient receiving the best service in a cost-effective way.

Outline:
Introduction
Four Pillars Essential in Shared Healthcare Leadership
The Bigger Picture & The Collaborative Practice Model
Challenges In The Implementation Process
Nurse Manager -Telemetry Unit & Shared Leadership
Summary and Conclusion

From the Paper:

"The nurse manager in a Cardiology Telemetry Unit in Hartford Hospital located in Hartford Connecticut is held accountable twenty-four hours a day for resource management including human resources, material and financial resources and further to ensure that patient services are of a quality nature, that the services are cost-effective in terms of the method of delivery. On might wonder how indeed an individual nurse can fulfill all of these requirements however, because the nurse manager must necessarily be knowledgeable concerning 'shared leadership' the nurse will know that all of these responsibilities can be accomplished through "direct action, delegation, coaching and support of self-directed work teams in a highly collaborative, shared governance environment."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Fallis, K and Altimier (2006) Shared Leadership: Leading from the bottom up. Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews. Vol. 6, Issue 1.
• Golanowski, M; Beaudry D, Kurz, L., and Laffey WF (2007) Interdisciplinary shared decision-making: taking shared governance to the next level. Nurs Adm Q. 2007 Oct-Dec;31(4):341-53.
• Jeans, Mary Ellen (2005) Shared Leadership for Nursing Research. Nursing Leadership (CJNL), 18(1) 2005: 20-23.
• Manager, Patient Unit - Medical/Surgical Telemetry Unit. (2008) Hartford Hospital, Hartford Connecticut. Online available at: http://www.medhunters.com/job/779595.html
• Moore, SC and Hutchison, SA (2007) Developing leaders at every level: accountability and empowerment actualized through shared governance. J Nurs Adm. 2007 Dec;37(12):564-8.

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