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The Effect of Nurses' Leadership Behavior on the Quality of Nursing Care and Patient Outcomes
Objective:
The effect of nursing management styles on patient outcomes and the quality of nursing care (QNC) has recently become a topic of discussion. This review was conducted to examine the effects of leadership styles or behaviors on QNC and on patient outcomes.
Methods:
13 research studies published between 1 January 2010 and 31 May 2016 which conformed to the inclusion criteria were reviewed.
Results:
The effects of nursing leaders' leadership styles or behaviors were examined in studies on patient mortality, QNC from the perspective of nurses, patient satisfaction, unwanted/adverse events, health-care-associated infections, pressure ulcers, falls, unwanted weight loss, hospital readmissions, mismanagement of feeding tubes, and inadequacies in daily nursing care.
Conclusions:
Relationship-focused leadership behaviors directly or indirectly improved patient outcomes and raised the QNC compared with task-focused leadership behaviors.
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