Discuss how your role model’s leadership style promotes professional practice and quality care. Include the NMBA Registered Nurse Standards for Practice and other literature to support your discussion .

There are numerous leadership styles used in nursing, all of which impact on the quality of care provided and, ultimately, patient outcomes. Five commonly used styles in nursing include: transactional leadership; transformational leadership; democratic leadership; authoritarian leadership and laissez-faire leadership.
1. Choose three of the above listed leadership styles. Critically analyse each of your
chosen styles by examining the benefits and limitations of each. Identify clinical
situation(s) where the leadership style/s may be appropriate and provide your
rationale .
2. Choose a nursing role model from your previous clinical placement or workplace. Briefly introduce your role
model by including their position and the clinical context in which you worked with
them . Identify the leadership style or styles they use and describe their behaviours and actions that demonstrate the style(s) .
3. Discuss how your role model’s leadership style promotes professional practice and quality care. Include the NMBA Registered Nurse Standards for Practice and other literature to support your discussion .