TRANSFORMATIVE LEADERSHIP AT THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

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Identification of the Problem Health care centers are important institutions within the society that is aimed at ensuring each and every individual is healthy and appropriate medical assistance is provided promptly. Within the emergency department, the nurses and other personnel faces numerous challenges ranging from lack of an appropriate strategy to poor motivation. The employees are not motivated and lack the internal urge to accomplish assigned tasks and fulfill defined responsibilities. Therefore, there is a mismatch between job descriptions and their actual capacity to accomplish assigned tasks and duties. Since the employees are not working optimally, numerous challenges and threats to the health institution have been identified. Complains have been received from patients, lack of appropriate resources and poor quality of services and products. It translates into threats because patients have filled numerous complains with legal institutions resulting in tarnishing of the health care name. These many problems may be associated with the type of leadership that is employed at the healthcare institution. Possible Solutions Some of the appropriate solutions to address the issue include: • Solution 1 – Human resource development and training – the first option is retraining and developing the capacity of the employees to ensure they accomplish effectively their different tasks and responsibilities (Bass & Riggio, 2005). It is important because the employees would be informed about new techniques and approaches towards accomplishing different obligations and duties (Aulicino, 2006). However, the training and development of the employees may be expensive and also additional time may be consumed since the employees would be req... ... middle of paper ... ...ansformation: The relationship of transformative learning experiences and transformational leadership. New York: ProQuest Publishers. Gilbert, K. (2012). Transformational leadership. London: Xulon Press Kotlyar, I., & Karakowsky, L. (2007). Falling over ourselves to follow the leader. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, Vol. 14, No. 1, 38-49 Marshall, E. (2010). Transformational leadership in nursing: From expert clinician to influential leader. New York: Springer Publishing Company Paludi, M., & Coates, B. (2011). Women as transformational leaders: From grassroots to global interests. London: ABC-CLIO Porter, J. (2004). Leading ladies: transformative biblical images for women's leadership. New York: Augsburg Books Shields, C. (2012). Transformative leadership in education: Equitable change in an uncertain and complex world. London: Routledge Publishers

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