Nene Sanele E
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Health SA. 2022 Feb 8;27:1693. doi: 10.4102/hsag.v27i0.1693. eCollection 2022.
Nurse managers carry the light of leadership in mining primary healthcare settings (mPHCs). They must ensure that this light shines for their followers to improve the quality of service rendered in primary healthcare. However, the nurse managers in mPHCs are confusing their leadership roles with management roles. The existing policies such as operational management of mPHCs are also not clarifying the leadership roles of nurse managers.
The purpose of this study was to understand the nurse managers' leadership roles in mPHCs.
This study was conducted in mPHCs, situated in Gauteng province, in the West Rand in 2017.
A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual research design was employed in this study. The participants were selected using a non-probability purposive sampling method. Ten participants formed part of the study. To collect data, individual in-depth interviews were conducted. Giorgi's descriptive thematic data analysis was used to analyse data. Measures to ensure trustworthiness and ethical principles were adhered to.
Three themes emanated: confusion of leadership roles with management roles, confusion of leadership roles with clinical roles and confusion of leadership roles with resources management roles.
The importance of describing nurse managers' leadership roles surfaced from this study to eradicate confusion.
The nurse managers in mPHCs are now understanding their leadership roles, and that leadership roles, management roles, clinical roles and resources management roles are distinguishable.
在基层医疗保健机构（mPHC）中，护士长肩负着领导的重任。他们必须确保这一光芒能够照亮其下属，以提高基层医疗保健服务的质量。然而，mPHC中的护士长却将领导角色与管理角色混为一谈。现有的政策，如mPHC的运营管理政策，也未能明确护士长的领导角色。
本研究旨在了解mPHC中护士长的领导角色。
本研究于2017年在豪登省西兰德地区的mPHC中进行。
本研究采用了定性、探索性、描述性和情境性的研究设计。参与者采用非概率目的抽样方法进行选择。十名参与者参与了本研究。为收集数据，进行了个人深度访谈。采用 Giorgi 的描述性主题数据分析方法对数据进行分析。采取了确保可信度和遵循伦理原则的措施。
出现了三个主题：领导角色与管理角色的混淆、领导角色与临床角色的混淆以及领导角色与资源管理角色的混淆。
本研究凸显了描述护士长领导角色以消除混淆的重要性。
mPHC中的护士长现在正在理解他们的领导角色，并且认识到领导角色、管理角色、临床角色和资源管理角色是有区别的。
