{"title":"Improvising through ambiguity: Jazz leadership principles for nurse leaders.","authors":"Beth Nease","doi":"10.1097/nmg.0000000000000386","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>This article examines how principles of jazz (improvisation within structure, shared leadership rooted in mutual respect, and embracing mistakes and ambiguity) can inform effective nursing leadership. In increasingly complex health care environments, traditional hierarchical models limit adaptability, whereas a \"jazz leadership\" approach fosters collaboration, creativity, and resilience. Drawing parallels between jazz ensembles and nursing teams, the author highlights strategies to enhance decision-making, innovation, and succession planning. By cultivating psychological safety, distributed leadership, and adaptive problem-solving, nurse leaders can better navigate uncertainty and strengthen team performance while maintaining high standards of patient care and safety.</p>","PeriodicalId":35637,"journal":{"name":"Nursing management","volume":" ","pages":"41-47"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Nursing management","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/nmg.0000000000000386","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2026/7/2 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract: This article examines how principles of jazz (improvisation within structure, shared leadership rooted in mutual respect, and embracing mistakes and ambiguity) can inform effective nursing leadership. In increasingly complex health care environments, traditional hierarchical models limit adaptability, whereas a "jazz leadership" approach fosters collaboration, creativity, and resilience. Drawing parallels between jazz ensembles and nursing teams, the author highlights strategies to enhance decision-making, innovation, and succession planning. By cultivating psychological safety, distributed leadership, and adaptive problem-solving, nurse leaders can better navigate uncertainty and strengthen team performance while maintaining high standards of patient care and safety.
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With a circulation of 80,000, Nursing Management is the leading monthly source for practical, educational, cutting-edge information for nurse leaders. Each issue presents peer-reviewed articles that range from legal and ethical aspects of nursing leadership to personnel management, recruitment and retention, budget issues, product selection, and quality control. In addition, Nursing Management provides regular features, columns, continuing education, staff development education, and more. Mission Statement To provide strategic professional information and services that nurses need to excel as healthcare leaders.
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