Importance of role competencies for Chinese directors of nursing based on the forces of magnetism

How nurses in a developing country perceive and experience leadership: A qualitative study

BACKGROUND

In Indonesia, information on and research into how Indonesian nurses perceive and experience leadership and leadership roles is limited.

AIMS

This study was designed to identify Indonesian nurses' perceptions and experiences of leadership and nurse leadership roles in the hospital setting.

DESIGN

A qualitative study with semi-structured interviews.

METHODS

The study was conducted in a large, urban hospital in Indonesia. Twenty nurses who had worked in this hospital for more than a year were interviewed. A thematic approach was used for data analysis. This study is conducted and reported according to the SRQR checklist.

RESULTS

The participants' perceptions and experiences of leadership were organized within three themes: searching for a description of leadership, viewing leadership and management as the same, and experiencing limited leadership opportunities.

IMPACT STATEMENTS

The study revealed little evidence that nurses were being empowered to provide leadership within the organization. Although nurses in many developed countries now serve on governing boards, this is not immediately foreseeable for nurses in Indonesia.

CONCLUSIONS

The participants' view of leadership in nursing was not overtly critical. Perhaps they did not understand that leadership is a dynamic concept and that it might be perceived differently depending on the context.

A systematic review of factors influencing knowledge management and the nurse leaders' role

AIM

To describe factors facilitating or inhibiting the development of registered nurses' competency and nurse leader's role in knowledge management.

BACKGROUND

Nurses' competency directly influences patient safety and the quality and effectiveness of patient care. Challenges of nurse leaders in knowledge management include acquiring, assessing and utilising current knowledge and assessing and enhancing competency.

EVALUATION

A systematic search was conducted in PubMed, CINAHL, SCOPUS and ERIC databases in April 2015. The search identified 18 relevant research articles published between 2009 and 2015. The quality of the studies was appraised in accordance with study designs.

KEY ISSUE

Knowledge management is facilitated by an organisation culture that supports learning, sharing of information and learning together. Leader commitment and competency were factors related to leadership facilitating knowledge management.

CONCLUSION

Nurse leaders need evidence-based interventions to support shared learning and to create infrastructures that facilitate competence development. Future research is especially needed to evaluate connections between knowledge management and patient outcomes.

IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP

The results of this review can be utilised in enhancing factors to facilitate knowledge management in clinical practice and identifying nurse leaders' role in strengthening nurses' competency.