La Trobe Rural Health School, Bendigo Campus, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.
J Nurs Manag. 2015 Apr;23(3):380-9. doi: 10.1111/jonm.12146. Epub 2013 Aug 9.
To identify factors that influence directors of nursing in their approach to leadership when working in rural Victoria, Australia.
In rural areas, nurses account for the largest component of the health workforce and must be equipped with leadership knowledge and skills to lead reform at a service level.
A qualitative descriptive design was used. In-depth semi-structured interviews were undertaken with directors of nursing from rural Victoria. Data were analysed using thematic analysis and a thematic network was developed.
Empowerment emerged as the highest order category in the thematic network. This was derived from three organising themes: influence, capital and contextual understanding and the respective basic themes: formal power, informal power, self-knowledge; information, support, resources; and situational factors, career trajectory, connectedness.
Rural nurse leaders contend with several issues that influence their approach to leadership. This study provides a platform for further research to foster nurse leadership in rural healthcare services.
Acknowledgement of what influences the rural nurse leaders' approach to leadership may assist in the implementation of initiatives designed to develop leadership in a manner that is contextually sensitive.
在澳大利亚维多利亚州农村地区，确定影响护理主任在领导工作中采取领导方式的因素。
在农村地区，护士占卫生劳动力的最大组成部分，必须具备领导知识和技能，以便在服务层面进行改革。
采用定性描述设计。对来自维多利亚州农村地区的护理主任进行深入的半结构化访谈。使用主题分析对数据进行分析，并开发主题网络。
赋权作为主题网络中的最高类别出现。这源于三个组织主题：影响、资本和对背景的理解，以及各自的基础主题：正式权力、非正式权力、自我认识；信息、支持、资源；以及情境因素、职业轨迹、联系。
农村护士领导者面临着一些影响他们领导方式的问题。本研究为进一步研究提供了一个平台，以促进农村医疗保健服务中的护士领导。
承认影响农村护士领导者领导方式的因素，可能有助于以符合背景的方式实施旨在发展领导力的举措。
