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SISTER CAROLINA S. AGRAVANTE’S CASAGRA TRANSFORMATIVE LEADERSHIP

MODEL
“Focus on the type of leadership in nursing that can challenge the values of the changing
world…”
Life Story:
✔ Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing in St. Paul College Manila in 1964
✔ Master’s Degree in Nursing Education in Catholic University of America in 1970
✔ Doctoral degree in nursing in university of the Philippines manila on April 2002
✔ derived CASAGRA theory from her name
Theory Description:
✔ The complete title of her model is ”The CASAGRA Transformative Leadership
Model: Servant – Leader Formula & the Nursing Faculty’s Transformative Leadership
Behavior”.
✔ The theory <CASAGRA Transformative Leadership= is a psycho spiritual model.
✔ This is classified as a Practice Theory basing on the characteristics of a Practice
Theory stated by McEwen (2007):
▪Complexity / Abstractness, Scope - Focuses on a narrow view of reality, simple and
straightforward
▪ Generalizability / Specificity - Linked to a special populations or an identified field of
practice
▪ Characteristic of Scope – Single, concrete concept that is operationalized
▪ Characteristic of Proposition – Propositions defined
▪ Testability – Goals or outcomes defined and testable
▪ Source of Development – Derived from practice or deduced from middle range theory
or grand theory
Theory Development:
- Nursing educators must focus on training nurses to meet the technological, educational, and
social demands in the Philippines today.
- With foreign markets reopening to Filipino nurses, competitive salaries and benefits are
drawing many abroad.
- Globalization requires nursing education to prepare nurses for international practice,
emphasizing global care and compassion.
- There is a pressing need for visionary nursing leaders with new skills to serve society
effectively.
- Nurses require skilled, caring leaders who are committed to the profession and assertive in
advocating for their rights.
Main Propositions of Theory:

✔ CASAGRA transformative leadership is a psycho-spiritual model, and is an
effective means for faculty to become better teachers and servant-leaders.
✔ Care complex is a structure in the personality of the caregiver that is
significantly related to leadership behavior.
✔ The CASAGRA servant-leadership formula is an effective modality in
enhancing the nursing faculty’s servant-leadership behavior.
✔ Vitality of Care Complex of the nursing faculty is directly related to
leadership behavior
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Major Concepts & Definitions: The CASAGRA Transformative Leadership Model has concepts
of leadership from a psycho-spiritual point of view, designed to lead to radical change from
apathy or indifference to a spiritual person.
Servant-leader formula: An intervention package with three parts—care complex primer, a

servant-leadership retreat-workshop, and a transformative teaching seminar for nursing faculty.
Special expertise: Competence in a specific nursing area, practiced in a reflective, prayer-
focused workshop centered on Jesus as a Servant-leader.
Servant-leadership behavior: Nursing faculty’s demonstration of servant-leadership qualities,
including role modeling, fostering student growth, nursing skill competency, professional
commitment, and community collaboration.
Nursing leadership: The guiding force in nursing that defines vision, roles, and professional
direction.
Transformative teaching: Also known as reflective teaching, encompassing thoughtful
instruction, research, narrative, and teacher empowerment.
Care complex: The core of a nurse's care identity, shaped by maternal care, cultural practices,
and formal nursing education.

The conceptual framework is logical because the variables are very well explained on how
transformative-leadership models are applicable through complex, transformative teaching
servant-leader spirituality, and servant-leader behavior.
Application to Nursing:
● Nursing Practice: Charge nurses play a key leadership role, guiding shifts with care
and compassion, similar to a “captain of the ship.” The servant-leader formula helps
them lead and educate others, especially newer nurses, while embodying selfless
service inspired by Jesus’ teachings. This approach fosters a vibrant "care complex,"
motivating other nurses to lead with a spirit of service.
● Nursing Education: Nurse educators can implement servant-leadership by passionately
sharing their expertise and engaging in selfless knowledge-sharing. They stay updated
through workshops, applying evidence-based practices via simulations, which they then
incorporate into student learning.
● Nursing Administration: This model supports organizational goals by developing a
network of skilled, innovative educators dedicated to excellence and nation-building. Its
spiritual basis, inspired by Jesus’ teachings, fosters ethical practice. However, its Bible-
based foundation may face resistance in diverse cultural or religious contexts, such as in
Muslim-majority countries.
● Nursing Research: Though specific research citations are lacking, the model can be
adapted to embrace diverse religious backgrounds by including nursing educators from
various institutions. Given global nursing demands, cultivating future leaders who uphold
and advance nursing quality is timely and essential.
Strength:
✔ It provided the task of the formation of the nurse leaders at the baccalaureate
level so that the profession assured the graduates possess the mind and heart of a
nursing leader who is of the nursing profession.
✔ It can also be used in other educational settings, not just in the nursing
profession.
Weaknesses:
✔ CASAGRA transformative leadership limits only on Roman Catholic and Christians
nursing educators; it did not consider other religions to this study. In the Philippines
we have a variety of religions present. Every religion has its own traditions and
practices to be considered.
✔ According to the study, the control and study groups were selected from the
same faculty in the two schools, it is highly possible that experience could have
been discussed casually in the faculty room and in some way must have
contaminated the intervention.

Conclusion:
▪ Indeed, Sr. Carolina’s CASAGRA Transformative Leadership Theory is timely in this ever fast-
paced world.
▪ Nursing as a profession is inevitably changing and the demand to be at par with technology
made it more competitive. Nursing students need nursing teachers to look up to.
▪ Embodied with the three-fold transformative leadership concepts, it is timely to put this theory
into practice.

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TFN (M17 AGRAVANTE )

SISTER CAROLINA S. AGRAVANTE’S CASAGRA TRANSFORMATIVE LEADERSHIP

Main Propositions of Theory:

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Servant-leader formula: An intervention package with three parts—care complex primer, a

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