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Transformational Leadership Assessment Of Nurse Managers And Assistant Nurse Managers, Susan Braun Duggar

Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects

Transformational Leadership behaviors are essential to build and sustain a healthy work environment in healthcare. Nurse Managers who possess transformational leadership behaviors lead nursing teams with a higher degree of engagement, work satisfaction, and retention. The purpose of this project was to perform an assessment of transformational leadership characteristics among nurse managers and assistant nurse managers, develop an educational program to teach transformational leadership behaviors, and incorporate a transformational leadership assessment into the orientation onboarding process of new nurse managers and assistant nurse managers. The Full Range Leadership Model (FRLM) asserts leaders should use multiple leadership characteristics or behaviors to …