Nurse Managers' Perceived Self-leadership Levels: A Cross-sectional Study

OBJECTIVE

The aim of this study was to determine the perceived levels of self-leadership among nurse managers in the United States.

BACKGROUND

Self-leadership is the ability to influence and engage oneself to be self-aware and responsible, and leverage strengths to perform. Despite benefits identified from extant literature, there are no studies on self-leadership among nurse managers in the United States.

METHODS

A cross-sectional descriptive design was used. Eighty-eight nurse managers completed a survey using the Revised Self-Leadership Questionnaire.

RESULTS

Nurse managers identified moderate levels of self-leadership; the strategies with the lowest scores were constructive thought strategies, self-reward behaviors, and visualizing performance. There was a relationship between age and the identified self-leadership levels.

CONCLUSIONS

Further studies are needed to understand self-leadership among nurse leaders in the United States and beyond. There is an opportunity to increase nurse managers' self-leadership level by focusing on interventions to increase constructive thought pattern strategies, self-reward behaviors, and visualizing successful performance.

Relationships between social skills and self-esteem in nurses: a questionnaire study

BACKGROUND

Our study attempts to evaluate whether nurses' social skills are related to their self-concept and self-esteem.

METHODS

A descriptive survey study was developed to 464 nurses who had worked for a minimum of one year in adult or pediatric services. The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSE) and the Scale of Social Skills (SSS) by Gismero were used to measure nurses' self-esteem and social skills, respectively.

RESULTS

Evaluation of self-esteem and social skills revealed no significant associations between sex and specific nursing speciality, (p > .05). Significant differences were observed based on the marital status for RSE and SSS Factor 1 (RSE, p = .013; SSS-F1, p = .033). Correlation and regression analyses demonstrated a significant correlation between nurse self-esteem and some social skills factors.

CONCLUSION

This study shows that there exists a relationship between higher self-esteem and self-concept among nurses and this issue can affect effective communication with patients.