Nurse Leader Competencies

Abstract

The coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in turbulent times challenging nurse leaders to adopt, adapt, and develop new leadership competencies to navigate current and future challenges. In never-imagined approaches, nurse leaders have responded to a different type of crisis management. In this new era, nursing leadership will need competencies to reshape the future of nursing and nurses' role in caring for patients, families, and promotion of healthy communities along with a focus on reducing health disparities. The pandemic has drawn critical focus on the health and well-being needs of nurses. The American Organization for Nursing Leadership and the Association for Leadership Science in Nursing have offered insights of nursing leadership competencies critical for practice and education in shaping the future.

Impact of leadership on the nursing workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic

“…Command and control leadership was necessary to manage the uncertainty of the situation, but leading during the pandemic was different to traditional disasters, as these were mostly time limited did not ‘wax and wane over an indeterminate time’. 25 The traditional command model was therefore noted to be insufficient and stifling, 25 26 so leaders in Smithson’s study moved towards relational leadership. This was more ‘agile’ to the changing situation, while ensuring they were able to reduce staff anxiety.…”

A qualitative study on a novel peer collaboration care programme during the first COVID‐19 outbreak: A SWOT analysis

“…Finally, the authors believe that the incorporation of new programmes against COVID-19 can facilitate the incorporation of a new role for nurses, while increasing their competencies for leading care teams (Abuhammad et al, 2020;Morse & Warshawsky, 2021;Stucky et al, 2020).…”

Nurse Manager and Leader Competencies

“…The previously noted professional nursing leadership associations, AONL, QSEN, and AACN, have adopted this competency-based framework to guide nursing leaders in practice and education (Morse & Warshawsky, 2021). The Association for Leadership in Nursing Science (ALSN) is discussed in the text that follows.…”