Nursing Leadership Skills

There are many skills that nurses will need to be a great leader. Within this essay, the reader will learn different leadership theories, systems and complexity theories, advanced communication, and building consensus.
In my current facility, we practice primary nursing. Primary nursing is having one nurse provide direct care for a small group of patients. The setting is an inpatient youth psychiatric unit with the nurse to patients ratio is 1 to 7. The children's age ranges from 6 to 21 years old. The children are there to overcome life’s challenges and help rebuild self-esteem and develop emotional stability. The patients participate in individual, group, and family therapy. The patients may participate in different therapy activities as art, music, and recreational therapy. According to the Institute for Healthcare
The leaders are very knowledgeable about the patients and their family members. For example, the leaders participate in all team meeting regarding the patient and family care needs. The leaders along with other health care staff meet with family members to discuss the patient's care and develop patient's health care goals. Next is our mission, vision, and values which scored a 4 or higher. Our mission statement states help children and families live successfully. My facility develop a policy which supports the children and family based on the fundamental beliefs that all children served by our facility deserve to be safe from harm, nurtured by life-long families, and provided with the same protection and support that any loving parent would expect for their children. Some of our values state children needs come first always, children are raised best by their families, and we provide a safe place by striving to achieve positive lasting results. The goal is explained to the patients and family members. The goal is to have a successful treatment and continue to have good health. We allow the patients and family members