title: Leadership styles, roles, and relationships for the nurse manager.
abstract: This article explores the nurse manager's relationships to physicians, staff, administration, patient and family, other department heads, and peers. Included in the discussion are the expectations of the nurse manager by these other disciplines and examples of some of the situations discussed. Throughout the article are descriptions of leadership styles that are necessary for a nurse manager to accomplish his or her pivotal role.
authors.affiliation: KSM Consulting, Akron, OH 44333, USA.
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Musholt
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007587:Job Description; D007857:Leadership; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000523:psychology*; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000458:organization & administration*