Nurses' leadership styles in the ICU: association with personal and professional profile and workload.
This study aims to explore the association between nurses' leadership styles and personal and professional nursing profile and workload. The sample consisted of seven nurses and seven nursing technicians who were grouped into pairs. At the end of three months, nurses were queried regarding what leadership style would be adopted when the nursing technician under their evaluation delivered care to patients admitted to the ICU. Relevant data was analyzed by applying descriptive statistics, Tukey's multiple comparison test and Student's t-test (p< 0.05). Nursing workload reached 80.1% on average. The personal and professional profile variables did not show any relation with the leadership styles chosen by nurses (p>0.05). The determine, persuade, and share leadership styles prevailed. However, whenever the nursing workload peaked, the determine and persuade styles were used (p<0.05).
Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil. pazetto@terra.com.br
Alexandre Pazetto
AP
Balsanelli
Isabel Cristina Kowal Olm
IC
Cunha
Iveth Yamaguchi
IY
Whitaker
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D009729:Nursing; D016526:Workload