Barriers to Nurse Leadership in an Indonesian Hospital Setting

ConclusionAchieving the desired nurses ’ leadership skills required persistence support and education. Acknowledgement on nurses as professional entity by minimising aforementioned challenges would elevate nurses’ ability to engage further both in organisation and leadership improvement.Implications for Nursing ManagementThe findings of this study strengthen nursing leadership and management practice in hospital and beyond as they have helped to elucidate the nurses ’ viewpoints on barriers they have on leadership. This research highlighted evidence for decision‐makers to bridge the gaps amongst nursing entities by, for example, encouraging regular nursing lectures for practice improvement, conducting research together/establishing research teams, or arrang ing interchange teaching between experienced nurses from the hospital and campus. Further, developing nursing professionals is one of the priorities for improving the Indonesian health profile, as nurses constitute the largest portion of Indonesian health workersThis article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Source: Journal of Nursing Management - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: Original Article Source Type: research