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Scanning and reflecting: major components of nursing leadership
1Lakehead University School of Nursing, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. ti.king@lakeheadu.ca
Health Care for Women International
|January 14, 2000
Abstract:
The effectiveness of nurse leaders rests partly on their abilities to scan for cues about themselves, other people, and situations; to reflectively determine the significance of these cues for leadership; and to shape their leadership in response to relevant cues. In this paper I describe the scanning and reflecting activities of six Canadian nurse managers. Scanning and reflecting are two of the major themes elucidated during a 3-year phenomenological study of their leadership. I also suggest how their scanning and reflecting might benefit care delivery, the nursing profession, and health care organizations.