What implies registered nurses' leadership close to older adults in municipal home health care? A systematic review

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BACKGROUND: Registered nurses are key figures in municipal home health care for older adults. Thus, registered nurses' leadership is crucial to a successful and preventive care process as well as a supportive organization in order to achieve safe care. However, there is limited research on what registered nurses' leadership implies close to older adults in municipal home health care. Thus, the aim is to compile and critically evaluate how international research results describe registered nurses' leadership close to older adults in municipal home health care.

METHODS: A systematic literature review was performed in accordance with a qualitative research study. The main search was conducted on 20 April 2018. The review was reported according to the PRISMA guidelines and is registered in the PROSPERO database (ID# CRD42019109206). Nine articles from PubMed and CINAHL meet the quality criteria. A synthesis of data was performed in four stages according to qualitative research synthesis.

RESULTS: Ten themes describe what registered nurses' leadership close to older adults in municipal home health care entails: trust and control; continuous learning; competence through knowledge and ability; nursing responsibility on an organizational level; application of skills; awareness of the individual's needs and wholeness; mutual support; mutual relationships; collaborating on organizational and interpersonal levels; and exposure to challenges.

CONCLUSIONS: Registered nurses leading close to older adults in municipal home health care implies being multi-artists. Nursing education, including specialist education for registered nurses, should prepare individuals for their unique and complex leadership role as a multi-artist. Municipal employers require knowledge about what registered nurses' leadership implies in order to create adequate conditions for their leadership objectives to achieve safe care. Further research is warranted to explore registered nurses' leadership close to older adults in municipal home health care from different perspectives, such as older adults and next of kin.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:19

Enthalten in:

BMC nursing - 19(2020) vom: 30., Seite 30

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Claesson, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Jonasson, Lise-Lotte [VerfasserIn]
Lindberg, Elisabeth [VerfasserIn]
Josefsson, Karin [VerfasserIn]

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Home health care
Journal Article
Leadership
Multi-artist
Municipal
Older adults
Registered nurse
Systematic review

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Date Revised 28.03.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12912-020-00413-1

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NLM309210372