Leadership style for facilitating the integration of culturally appropriate health care.

The dramatic and rapid changes occurring in health care present many challenges and opportunities for nurse leaders as they deal with a culturally diverse society. Leadership style is an important consideration for a health care environment that promotes culturally appropriate care. This article presents a theoretical model that consists of management of change, principle-centered leadership, and transformational leadership, and describes how each of these concepts can assist in creating an environment that fosters culturally appropriate health care.