Leadership styles and personal and professional profile of intensive care unit nurses

OBJECTIVE: To verify the relation between leadership styles and personal and professional profile of a nurse facing another team member when performing ICU patient care. METHODS: Samples were collected on seven nurses and seven practical nurses working as partners. Throughout three months, the nurse...

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Autores: Balsanelli, Alexandre Pazetto [UNIFESP], Cunha, Isabel Cristina Kowal Olm [UNIFESP], Whitaker, Iveth Yamaguchi [UNIFESP]
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unifesp.br:11600/4099
Acceso en línea:http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0103-21002008000200011
http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/4099
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Leadership
Intensive care units
Nurses, male
Nurses
Professional practice
Liderança
Unidades de terapia intensiva
Enfermeiros
Enfermeiras
Prática profissional
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: To verify the relation between leadership styles and personal and professional profile of a nurse facing another team member when performing ICU patient care. METHODS: Samples were collected on seven nurses and seven practical nurses working as partners. Throughout three months, the nurses were inquired about the leadership style applied when the practical nurse, under their assessment, performed ICU patient care. RESULTS: Persuasion style prevailed among other styles, followed by determining and sharing between leaders and their subordinated team member. CONCLUSION: In this ICU, nurses stand out due to their persuading situational leadership style where they explain their decisions and provide the opportunity for clarification to the subordinated team. No relation between the nurses' leadership style and their professional and personal profile was shown.