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Nursing Leadership In a Work life Issue

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Leading an Age Diverse Nursing Workforce The contemporary global nursing workforce is composed of staff and nursing leaders from age diverse backgrounds . Age diversity , is evident in most large hospitals today and has lead to the creation of rich multi skilled and multi talented workforce in most clinical settings . However an age diverse nursing force has also lead to changes in workplace attitudes , work habits , and expectations , and has gradually evolved into a challenge for

nursing leaders . To truly benefit from the advantages of a culturally diverse nursing team there exists a pressing need for nursing leaders to re-address perceptions about age differences and to positively perceive these differences as strengths . By adapting the capability to view age differences through a new lens nursing leaders will find greater avenues to exercise their leadership potential reduce conflicts and increase productivity of the nursing team

The modern nursing workforce represents four different generations all working in a cohesive team . These Generational gaps which have in the past created friction in conventional relationships have the potential to

create areas of disagreement in the workforce (Greene , 2005 . However an age diverse nursing team will also benefit from a wealth of experience , talent and diverse set of skills and will be highly valued in a clinical setting . In fact in today 's age of competence nursing an age diverse nursing force will help add value to a hospitals range of services...

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