This document discusses adaptive leadership and how it was utilized in a case study of nursing homes. Adaptive leadership helps individuals and organizations adapt to changing environments. The case study found that Directors of Nursing demonstrated adaptive leadership in their care plan assessment strategies, involvement of family in care, and addressing new healthcare issues. Adaptive leadership was also used to deal with staff noncompliance issues through determining the causes and using re-training. The document provides examples of care plans and supervisory strategies that exhibit adaptive leadership qualities.

1. A D A P T I V E
L E A D E R S H I P
Jared Divido
ACE 623

2. A d a p t i v e
l e a d e r s h i p
DEFINITION
Adaptive leadership is a practical leadership model that
helps individuals and organization adapt to changes in
challenging environments.
Source: http://cambridge-leadership.me/

3. N u r s i n g h o m e
c a s e s t u d y
Utilized an adaptive leadership
approach to address challenges
in nursing home care.
Adaptive challenges = problems
with no known solutions.
Adaptive challenges require
changes in thinking, behavior,
and attitudes.

4. M e t h o d s
A comparative case study of qualitative data
gathered from ten nursing homes.
Assessed behaviors and strategies that RNS and
LPNs use in patient care & leadership roles.
Recorded interviews were conducted to gather
data.

5. A d a p t i v e
L e a d e r s h i p i n
N u r s i n g
The study found that Directors of Nursing use adaptive
leadership styles in a number of ways including:
1) Care plan assessment strategies
2) Family involvement in the care process
3) Addressing new or rapidly changing healthcare issues for
residents

6. C a r e p l a n
e x a m p l e s
Facilitate nursing staff to create personalized care plans based on
the individualized needs of the resident.
Talk with family members to share ideas & to create a feasible
patient-centered care plan.
Coordinate & communicate with other healthcare staff to help keep
care plans updated, especially during unforeseen incidents.
Source: CEBPGAN Organization: Nursing & Patient CareSource: Health in 30

7. S u p e r v i s o r y
e x a m p l e s
Directors of Nursing must use adaptative leadership to
address staff noncompliance and performance issues.
DON must try to determine why the issue is occurring,
and use re-training as a method to reinforce proper
patient care procedures.
Staff must be willing to adjust their attitudes and
behaviors.

8. P e r s o n a l e x p e r i e n c e
I h a v e w o r k e d i n v a r i o u s h e a l t h c a r e r o l e s i n t h e
p a s t .
T h e e n v i r o n m e n t a n d s i t u a t i o n s c a n c h a n g e r a p i d l y
d u e t o p a t i e n t - c e n t e r e d c a r e .
A d a p t i v e l e a d e r s h i p r o l e s a r e e s s e n t i a l t o k e e p
p a t i e n t c a r e a t o p p r i o r i t y .
E f f e c t i v e t e a m w o r k , c o m m u n i c a t i o n , a n d t a s k
d e l e g a t i o n a r e a m u s t !

9. R E F E R E N C E
Corazzini, K. N., Anderson, R. A., Day, L., McConnell, E. S.,
Mueller, C., & McKinney, S. H. (2013). When a situation is
“not black or white”: Using adaptive leadership to address
complex challenges in nursing home care. Director
(Cincinnati, Ohio), 21(4), 34–37.