RUP 1 Laurie Mahaffey Western Governors University A. Functional Differences The differences between a regulatory agency such as the Board of Nursing (BON) and a Professional Nursing Organization (PNO) is that the BON regulates, writes laws, approves licensure and governs nurses at all levels of nursing and at all levels of care. Its ultimate goal is protection of the patient. A PNO consist of groups of nurses that gather for the purpose of education, information sharing, benchmarking and overall growth of the nursing profession and the patients they serve. PNO’s provide strength to the nurse’s voice as well as serving as an advocate for patients (Matthews, 2012). The states regulate laws established to protect the
– The manager relies on control; the leader inspires trust. Managers are organisers who focus on operations. His function is operational. Manager coordinates people and processes, the utilisation of human and material resources to achieve and organisation’s objectives. Managers of an organisation manage: themselves, people and relationships, policies and procedures, environments, financial and physical resources, information and technology, ideas, operations and processes.
NUR Effective Leadership and Management in Nursing NUR 492 October 1, 2012 Effective Leadership and Management in Nursing Effective leadership and management are an essential part of any health care facility. Portraying excellence in this part of health care is necessary to deliver quality care to patients. The core to any facility is nursing and acquiring the best leadership and management is the key to any facility. Therefore, behavior, involvement, demeanor, and discipline of a healthcare facility start with their leadership, which develops the commitment and drive for this facility. This paper will explain the difference between leadership and management, explain characteristics of an effective leader, and last illustrate views of leadership.
The structure indicators are related to nursing staff characteristics such as the skill mix, experience, certification and education of the nurses. The process indicators are those that measure the interactions of health care personnel and the patient such as nursing assessments and interventions. Moreover, RN job satisfaction falls under the process. Nursing Sensitive patient outcomes are the desired or undesired changes that are impacted the most by nursing care such as patient falls and pressure ulcers. Nursing-sensitive indicators are important to use to achieve optimal nursing care.
Once I started researching a career in nursing I realized that there were a lot more types of nurses then I had originally imagined. I have not decided on which field of nursing I would like to specialize in yet but I just imagine myself as a general nurse, working in a hospital setting. A Registered Nurse (RN) is not a doctor assistant; a RN gets to treat wounds, give IV’s and basically get to treat their own patients. Right now my main priority is to stay focused on taking all necessary steps to pursuing Nursing as a career.Gwendolyn Mink describes most Registered Nurses as working directly with the patients and their families. They are the families’ contact with the medical world, in the hospital and at the patients’ home.
Interview of a Health Care Leader Judy John NUR/492 November 7, 2011 Rachel Gonzales Interview of a Health Care Leader Leadership by definition is simply a way of one influencing individuals or groups to attain specific goals and can be learned if one chooses to do so (Sullivan & Decker, 2009). Good nursing leaders are able to empower others and to influence outcomes in many given situations. A leader is anyone who has the ability to influence or motivate others to accomplish a task whereas a manager is “an individual employed by an organization is responsible for efficiently accomplishing the goals of the organization” (Sullivan & Decker, 2009, p. 330). Below is the summary of the interview I have done with my nurse manager. I have written down exactly what she replied to my questions.
Among other things, nurses want safe workplaces that promote quality health care. “It’s the role of the nurse executive and nurse manager to establish a work environment that supports professional practice,” says Pamela Thompson, CEO of the American Organization of Nurse Executives. “That’s one key piece to retention.” It’s also important that nurses play an active role in shaping their environment. “Nurses want to work in a place that brings high quality to patients and know they have a role in the process,” says Susan Shelander, director of recruitment and retention for Memorial Hermann, Houston. Creating such an environment is not easy.
There are so many different ethics situations that could arise in nursing, for example, bringing hospice in for a patient who needs it, but doesn’t want to admit it or bringing social services into a situation where a patient might be being abused. The advice this RN gave was to stay open to the situation and diplomatic. Sandy also said don’t hesitate to use your authority if need be. It is our duty as a nurse to make sure the well being of your patient is being met. Completing this assignment gave some insight into the real world of nursing not just what you see on TV.
It is to say that leadership involves unique processes that are distinguishable from basic management processes" (Bateman & Snell, 2011). It is also important to point out that even though managing and leading involve different processes, it is not necessarily different people who perform these processes. One person can perform both, one, or none of these processes. Though the most successful person is one who can perform both managerial and leadership processes efficiently. A leader's job is to make the vision of the company clear to others and influence them to follow that vision.
Leadership is about the enhancement and need fulfillment of an organization. A leader does not promote the needs of themselves but focuses on the people. There are some attributes that should follow the person in the leadership position. For one, the leader should be an innovator. An innovator has the ability to introduce new methods of procedure and has a creative way of presenting new ideas for changes.