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- The impact of leadership components on turnover intent : the case of nursesPublication . Batista, Maria da Graça Câmara; Furtado, Luis Carlos do Rego; Silva, FranciscoThis study aimed to identify nurses’ leadership behavior in management functions and determine if leadership has a direct impact on turnover intention or career abandonment. This descriptive and inferential study was conducted in two public hospitals. Head nurses and nurses in general and specialist health care were invited to participate, except those working in operating or clinical services. The final sample consisted of 266 individuals (22 head nurses and 244 staff nurses) that responded to a questionnaire, which was organized into three distinct sections: (1) sample characterization; (2) the Leadership Effectiveness and Adaptability Description (LEAD), which was used to determine the situational leadership components; and (3) four closed questions relating to different turnover intentions. Data was collected in May 2009. The most expressive leadership styles are the S2 (persuading) and S3 (sharing) in both groups. In terms of turnover, the results showed strong positive associations with profile S2-S3 and with effective adaptability. Leaders’ with S2- S3 profiles easily delegate tasks and enhance the functional and emotional development of their collaborators. Effective adaptabilities requires that chief nurses tailor their leadership style to the situation and environment they are working, allowing that their actions meet the expectations of their subordinates. These two dimensions contribute positively to nurses’ retention.
- Leadership and job satisfaction among Azorean hospital nurses: an application of the situational leadership modelPublication . Furtado, Luis Carlos do Rego; Batista, Maria da Graça Câmara; Silva, FranciscoThe aim of this study was to describe nurse managers' leadership behaviours, comparing them with staff nurses' perceptions of their leader's leadership, as well as to determine if leadership components affect job satisfaction among staff nurses.
- Leadership's impact in turnover and career abandonment intention: the Azorean hospital nurses casePublication . Furtado, Luis Carlos do Rego; Batista, Maria da Graça Câmara; Silva, FranciscoThe authors aimed to identify nurse managers' leadership behaviors and determine if they had a direct impact on turnover or career abandonment intention among nurses. This descriptive and inferential study was conducted in two public hospitals in Azores (Portugal). The sample consisted of 266 individuals (22 head nurses and 244 staff nurses). Data were collected during May 2010. The most expressive leadership styles were S2 (persuading) and S3 (sharing). Nurse retention seems easier when dealing with profile S2–S3 or effective adaptability. This study brings light to a severe problem of nurse retention in Portugal.
- Situational leadership and professional nurses’ satisfaction : the example of hospitalsPublication . Batista, Maria da Graça Câmara; Furtado, Luis Carlos do Rego; Silva, FranciscoThe purpose of this study is to describe the leadership behaviors of head nurses and compare them with the perceptions of their direct employees (nurses). The study also aims to determine the various components of leadership that have an impact on job satisfaction. Using descriptive, inferential and correlational analysis, the study was conducted in two hospitals. All nurses with either management or care duties were invited to participate, with the exception of those who work in the operating blocks and outpatient units. The final sample was comprised of 266 individuals, including 22 head nurses and 244 staff nurses. The questionnaire was organized into three sections (1) Sample characterization; (2) Leadership Effectiveness and Adaptability Description (LEAD), with 12 questions to determine the components of situational leadership; and (3) Professional Satisfaction Indicator (PSI), consisting of 30 questions that identified the satisfaction level among respondents. Data were collected in May 2009. In both groups, the most expressive leadership styles, dominant and alternative, were the S2 (persuading) and S3 (sharing). Head nurses and staff both had relatively low levels of job satisfaction, although head nurses were generally more satisfied than staff nurses.
- Violence in intimacy relationships in young people : research-action in the initial training of nursesPublication . Rodrigues, Alexandre Marques; Marcos, Ana Margarida; Soares, Hélia Maria; Furtado, Luis Carlos do Rego; Gomes, Luís Miguel Salvador Machado; Lima, Timothy FranciscoUndergraduate training in Nursing requires an analysis of teachinglearning strategies and processes in the relationship between theory and practice in clinical teaching. Violence in young people’s intimate relationships is a sensitive issue for Nursing care, and peer education can produce moments of cooperative training among students. Action research and project methodology promote intervention in Community Nursing for vulnerable groups and the acquisition of skills in Nursing students. To reflect on the teaching-learning process in Nursing training in Clinical Teaching to Vulnerable Groups, in the last three years, in a community context and using the project methodology, where attitudes related to violence in the intimate relationships of young people are measured in a certain population, and hence, targeting the decision-making process in an action research context, a typology of interventions and outcomes in peer education interventions is described. A reflection on action research, project methodology and peer education in the training of Nursing students was elaborated. The analysis of the data obtained in the different editions of clinical teaching was carried out and the clinical teaching reports were analyzed to extract the interventions carried out in the face of the phenomenon under study. There is a legitimation of violence in the intimate relationships of young people that justifies a structured and continuous intervention in the target population. Intervention strategies were diversified and adapted to the young population, making peer education tangible in the training of young people in the specific protection of violence in intimate relationships. Teaching-learning has to bring theory and practice closer. Research and intervention in Community Nursing can be supported by the use of research action strategies, peer education and by integrating intervention projects focusing on the worrying legitimation of violence in the intimate relationships of young people.