Transformational leadership as a mediator between work-family conflict, nurse-reported patient safety outcomes, and job engagement.

Institutional measures to foster patient safety outcomes and sustain the nursing workforce should involve enhancing nurse managers' leadership behaviors through theory-driven interventions, periodic leadership assessment, and implementation of leadership development activities. WFC may be addressed by creating empowering work conditions, providing adequate coaching and mentorship to nurses, and implementing work-family friendly policies in the workplace.