blog




  • Essay / The Impacts of Shared Leadership on Health and Healthcare

    Even though I am not currently in a leadership role, I will definitely be able to use shared leadership in the near future as a nurse. There are many groups or committees available to participate on my current unit. Therefore, shared leadership could help by ensuring that all group members share a common vision and responsibility (Miller, Walmsley, & Williams, 2007). It would also be beneficial if committees had set times and locations for their meetings so that they could brainstorm and plan (Miller, Walmsley, & Williams, 2007). Another role I could see myself using in shared leadership is that of a future charge nurse. For example, “shared leadership interventions have the potential to provide multilevel benefits to clinical teams, the individuals working within those teams, service delivery, and patient outcomes” (Miller, Walmsley, and Williams, 2007, p. Therefore, as a charge nurse, I would do my best to ensure that each individual on the team that day is an active leader in their sphere and communicates