DISCUSS WHAT EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP IS AND ARGUE WHY IT IS DEEMED NECESSARY IN NURSING PRACTICE.

DISCUSS WHAT EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP IS AND ARGUE WHY IT IS DEEMED NECESSARY IN NURSING PRACTICE.
Leadership consists of various qualities, skills and aspects relating to the action of leading an organisation or a group of individuals (Ennis et al, 2013). The focal point of the NHS is to enable cultures that provide safe, compassionate and high quality care (West et al, 2015). Furthermore, leadership has an impact on a number of different aspects such as mortality levels, patient satisfaction, staff well-being, financial performance and generally, the quality of care (West et al, 2015). The Francis report discussed the importance of distributed leadership, whereby all healthcare professionals are enabled to think freely, make decisions and take control themselves. It leads to the provision of high quality care (Francis, 2013). This piece of work will assess effective leadership and why it is a necessity within nursing practice.