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Author(s): Gary Ennis, Professor Brenda Happell, Doctor Marc Broadbent, Professor Kerry Reid-Searl
Supervisor(s): Professor Brenda Happell, Doctor Marc Broadbent, Professor Kerry Reid-Searl
Field of Research: Medical and Health Sciences
Research Organisation: Institute for Health and Social Science Research
There is significant evidence to support the value of leadership in nursing. In particular its positive impact on retention and recruitment rates and on the quality of patient outcomes. However, leadership is generally viewed from a management and an organisational viewpoint. Limited recent research has focused on clinical leadership. This type of leadership is directly related to the delivery of care to patients by nurses with no formal organisational or management responsibilities. This leadership role can have an important part to play in improving the quality of care for patients, ensuring an evidence based approach to nursing care, retention and attraction of staff to nursing and providing a legitimate professional development pathway for nurses who have no interest in pursuing a career that involves a move into management or academia. Although the studies reviewed agreed on the characteristics of an effective clinical leader there is little research on how effective clinical leaders are developed or formed in either a general or mental health setting. A grounded theory methodology was chosen as this study aims to generate new knowledge and insights into an area of mental health nursing that is poorly researched. The aims of this study are to investigate the characteristics of effective clinical leaders in mental health nursing and to understand how effective clinical leaders in this setting are formed and shaped. Developing this understanding of how effective clinical leaders are developed will become more important as research strengthens the links between effective clinical leadership and positive outcomes for patients.
Keywords: Clinical, Leadership, Mental Health, Nursing
Timeline: Jan 2011 – August 2014
Name: Gary Ennis
Contact Research Organisation: Institute for Health and Social Science Research
Phone: (07) 4930 6401
Email: g.ennis@cqu.edu.au
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