Correctional nursing and transformational leadership.
Nurs Forum
; 54(2): 192-197, 2019 Apr.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30561096
ABSTRACT
Transformational leadership (TL) is a highly discussed approach in the literature for many professions. Likewise, the TL approach continues to be explored in a myriad of nursing contexts to demonstrate its advantages for practice and client health. The tension between custody and care is particular to correctional nursing practice, such as the correctional priorities of safety and security that often override caring-focused nursing practice. Presented herein, is information relating to correctional nursing leadership as found in the minimal, available literature; and hypothetical examples of how correctional nursing leaders can use TL are provided. Measuring the influence of TL on practice and offender health can assist in determining if this approach is an appropriate "fit" for the correctional nursing context. The dearth of literature regarding correctional nursing leadership must be addressed to advance this subspecialty of nursing and promote offender health. The intent is not to argue that TL is the only applicable leadership approach for this subspecialty of nursing. Rather, introductory insight is offered regarding the suitability of TL in correctional nursing practice.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Prisons
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Prisoners
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Forensic Nursing
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Leadership
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Nurs Forum
Year:
2019
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Canada