The role of the nurse leader in nursing personnel management processes

All specialists whose professional activities involve communicating with people, in addition to a high level of knowledge and skills, must also have some special personalit y traits. Chief and senior nurses must be leaders. Target. Identification of obvious and hidden leaders among nurse managers and determination of their role in the processes of managing nursing personnel. Results. Information on the management activities of chief and senior nurses was analyzed; the main leadership characteristics of heads of nursing services, the essence of leadership style, leadership potential, and the ability to delegate authority were studied; the problems in the management activities of heads of nursing services were found; obvious and hidden leaders among nurse leaders were identified. Conclusion. It is the head of the organization, who is a leader by nature and by his/her actions and at the same time is able to effectively manage his/her subordinates, that achieves high results and achievements of the service s/he leads.