title: Leadership in nursing and patient satisfaction in hospital context.
abstract: Objectives to know the quality of the leadership relationship from the perspective of a chief nurse and nurse, patient satisfaction, the relationship between the quality of the relationship perceived for both and patient satisfaction. Methods a quantitative, transverse and correlational approach. Non-probabilistic convenience sample consists of 15 chief nurses, 342 nurses, 273 patients. Data collected at the Central Lisbon Hospital Center, between January and March 2013, through the LMX-7, CLMX-7 and SUCEH21 scales. Statistical analysis was performed through SPSS ® Statistics 19. Results the chief nurse considers the quality of the leadership relationship good, the nurses consider it satisfactory, patients are considered to be satisfied with nursing care; there is a statistically significant correlation between the quality of the leadership relationship from the perspective of chief nurses and patient satisfaction, there is no statistically significant correlation between the quality of the leadership relationship in the nurse's perspective and satisfaction. Conclusion the chief nurse has a major role in patient satisfaction.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: Elisabete Maria Garcia Teles
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Nunes
authors.affiliation: Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: Maria Filomena Mendes
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Gaspar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006786:Hospitals, Urban; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016294:Models, Nursing; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000523:psychology; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011174:Portugal; D012938:Social Perception; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult