Nurses' leadership styles in the icu: association with personal and professional profile and workload

Authors

  • Alexandre Pazetto Balsanelli Universidade Federal de São Paulo; Escola Paulista de Medicina
  • Isabel Cristina Kowal Olm Cunha Universidade Federal de São Paulo; Escola Paulista de Medicina
  • Iveth Yamaguchi Whitaker Universidade Federal de São Paulo; Escola Paulista de Medicina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692009000100005

Keywords:

nursing, leadership, workload, intensive care

Abstract

This study aims to explore the association between nurses' leadership styles and personal and professional nursing profile and workload. The sample consisted of seven nurses and seven nursing technicians who were grouped into pairs. At the end of three months, nurses were queried regarding what leadership style would be adopted when the nursing technician under their evaluation delivered care to patients admitted to the ICU. Relevant data was analyzed by applying descriptive statistics, Tukey's multiple comparison test and Student's t-test (p< 0.05). Nursing workload reached 80.1% on average. The personal and professional profile variables did not show any relation with the leadership styles chosen by nurses (p>;0.05). The determine, persuade, and share leadership styles prevailed. However, whenever the nursing workload peaked, the determine and persuade styles were used (p<0.05).

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Published

2009-02-01

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 1 (2009)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

Nurses’ leadership styles in the icu: association with personal and professional profile and workload. (2009). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 17(1), 28-33. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692009000100005