Health ‐promoting leadership: A qualitative study from experienced nurses’ perspective

ConclusionHealth ‐promoting work environments enable nurses to flourish. Having ample autonomy is therefore important to nurses so that when they face new challenges, they see them as a way of using and developing their competencies. Although most nurses claim their own leaders are not health promoting, they have a clear understanding of how a health‐promoting leader should act. The health‐promoting leader should not only be attentive and promote skills development, but also cater for nurses’ meaningfulness.Relevance to clinical practiceNurses in primary health care understand a health ‐promoting work environment to be a workplace where they can develop, not only clinical skills, but also flourish as human beings. Further, nurses find it health promoting to have a meaningful job, using their competence to make a difference for patients and their families. Nurse Managers have an important role in facilitating meaningfulness in nurses’ jobs to retain nurses as a valuable asset for the organisation.
Source: Journal of Clinical Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research