The concept of leadership in nursing practice in the hospital environment: a scoping review
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https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.rpcfo.v17.13908Keywords:
Nursing, Leadership, Hospitals, Scoping reviewAbstract
Objective: to map the concept of leadership in hospital nursing practice. Method: scoping review based on Joanna Briggs Institute methodological guidelines. Primary and secondary studies, gray literature, with no language restrictions, with complete content, and time frame from 2019 to 2024 that answered the review question: What is the concept of leadership in nursing practice in the hospital setting? Search carried out in January 2024 in the Medline/PubMed, BVS, Scielo, Embase, Scopus, CINAHL, Web of Science, and Academic Search Premier databases. Results: ten studies comprised the review and revealed different concepts of leadership and eight key elements of the nurse's profile. Conclusion: no specific concept of nursing leadership in hospital practice was identified. The concepts are associated with different leadership styles such as transformational, transactional, authentic, rebellious, resonant, effective, clinical, and the key elements of professional practice, communication, vision, teamwork, motivation, improvement of results, empathy, and decision making.
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