Strong leadership is vital if the objectives of a healthcare system are to be achieved. Who is a leader? A leader is an individual who guides and directs others in doing an action. Advocacy is influencing people’s opinions by bringing to their attention to important issues (Al-Dossary, 2017). A leader who uses those strategies brings out positive changes. To create a positive difference in my workplace, I would use some approach. Team building would be one of them because, in nursing, team building is essential where every individual is involved in the provision of high-quality service (HealthLeaders, 2018). Inspiring the staff will also be a good strategy because t is through inspiration that they will be motivated to achieve the institutional goal. Providing direction to the team will make sure they are on the right track to attain the goal by use of rules, regulations, policies and use of assignments. After directing them, I will supervise them to inspect the work of other nurses and evaluate their performance and approve any excellent performance.
Communication is one strategy that a leader needs to use to understand members of the team because it is through communicating that the leader can come up with decisions and solutions of a problem through consulting others. In my current workplace, I would advocate for an increase of knowledge and skill through seminars and training to increase the standard of practice which will lead to a positive outcome. There is a time nurses were complaining about the disruption of shift change that was caused when a patient was transferred from the emergency department to the nursing unit. I was to lead the committee in finding a solution. After communicating with other members and a lengthy discussion, we decided the best solution was to focus on getting patients to appropriate venue for care for the good of the patient, and the rest would fall in place. Is there anything I would do anything differently? My answer would be no because it is through understanding every member that we came up with the solution.