Dynamic Leadership

1767 Words4 Pages

Healthcare is rapidly changing hence the need for effective leadership to face this challenges. The contemporary healthcare is sailing against forces like “health-care costs, declining reimbursement, new quality imperatives, workforce shortage, emerging technologies , the dynamic nature of knowledge, and a growing elderly population” (Marquis & Huston,2012.p.187). A dynamic leadership is required to abreast with the current and at the same time maintain patient loyalty and viability.
According to Marquis and Huston (2012) the change agent is the determining factor of a planned change. The challenges enlisted for application of evidence based practice is eminent in all healthcare settings. However, effective leadership can implement changes …show more content…

However, leadership can be prepared for planned changes and should have a theory and style of implementation. One theory that fit this clinical question is a nonlinear dynamics theory by Olson and Eoyangs (2001). The theory of nonlinear dynamic presume that changes are unforeseeable and ever present. The theory is in two parts; Complexity and Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) and Chaos Theory of change. The former is best understood as a dynamic group of interactions and relationships, not a simple cumulative of static bodies which can be enumerated. The later is the work of Lorenz, Edward in the 1960s which is focused on the behavior of dynamical systems that are highly sensitive to initial conditions (Marquis & Huston, …show more content…

Doing good for our patients means we will seek the best quality of care through evidence-based practice with a better outcome. Promoting effective and timely communications between providers, nurses, patient and families will promote fidelity. Truth is not just presenting facts, information is time and it expires. Timely informing patient could save lives. For example, if a nurse fails to communicate a new medication to a patient, it could be that the patient is allergic medication. However, the nurse could have used all the five rights, and still cause harm. failing to caring and mindful one more time could cost someone’s

Open Document