One of my strengths includes leading by example and earning the respect and loyalty of my team members. Assigned goals are achieved by employees who match the same efforts demonstrated by their fearless leader. Every team member is treated with respect and is a valued team player. This type of management style boosts confidence and increases the drive to succeed. Team members are eager to satisfy assigned tasks given from a leader who supports and assists their efforts.
As part of a nursing leadership team, we have been required to elevate our roles to accommodate the needs of the patients and help with admission and discharge planning. As nurses, we are not only capable of developing the plan of care but providing it as well. Nurses are the driving force of leadership in many hospital settings. In a teaching hospital, there are new residents that rotate every month. Those medical novices as well as their attending, rely upon the experience and valuable input in caring for complex patients.
Interprofessional collaboration (IPC) may involve many health care practitioners such as physicians, nurses, nutritionists, physiotherapists and pharmacists, as well as others to a lesser extent. Nurses play a vital role in patient care. Physicians and other practitioners may circulate but nurses are always there and therefore play a large role in providing important information to other practitioners. Elements of collaboration include respect, trust, shared decision-making, and partnerships. Using IPC, health care and patient safety can be optimized.
Abstract Change projects are occurring at every hospital across the United States to improve the quality of care patients receive and improve their safety while in the hospital. At Kaiser Zion, many quality improvement measures are being implemented, both successfully and unsuccessfully, to improve patient outcomes. The success and failure of these projects and measures has become dependent on the leadership and charge nurses at the hospital. Nursing students collected objective data based on observations from several floors on different change projects throughout the facility and have included recommendations utilizing evidence- based research to improve the outcome and utilization of current change projects at Kaiser Zion at the level of charge nurse and also of nurse leaders and managers. Introduction Clinical nurse leadership is an ever evolving and growing field in nursing practice.
I continue to desire to be a qualified, caring, and compassionate nurse to community that I live in. The real essence of nursing, as of fine art, lies not in the mechanical details of execution, nor yet in the dexterity of the performer, but in the creative imagination, the spirit, and the intelligent understanding lying back of these techniques and skills. Without these, nursing may become a highly skilled trade, but it cannot be a profession or a fine art. All the rituals and ceremonials which our modern worship of effiency may devise, and all our elaborate scientific equipment will not save us if the intellectual and spiritual elements in our art are subordinated to the mechanical, and if the means come to be regarded as more important than the ends. (Stewart, 1929p.1) I believe that nursing is a creative art.
Critical Thinking in Nursing November 6, 2013 Abstract Critical think in nursing stands a vital skill and expectation from all nurses. In addition, accomplishes more variances when it comes to nursing and critical thinking. These skills remain a crucial aspect in professional nursing. In nursing, critical thinking consist of three main parts: Interpretation, analysis, and evaluation. Each nurse needs to use all three parts of the critical thinking toward being a professional nurse.
Nurses can be found almost anywhere where people are found. They act as a guide, mentor, facilitator of health care, etc. However, there are a lot of issues surrounding the profession of nursing. These can be of varied types like staffing problems, workload, taking care of the patient without risking one’s own health, etc. Almost all nurses, at varying levels of practice experience these ethical issues during their day to day work, which require immediate and focused attention by the health service managers.
Documentation for the Nursing Professional Lindsay Wishmier Nursing 232 Professor Steve Keiser October 29, 2009 Documentation for the Nursing Professional Documentation is a critical aspect in nursing. Documenting covers everything in regards to a patient’s care and stay in a facility. There are many things that need to be covered when documenting the care of a patient. Most of these things are related to treatments, medicine, procedures, doctor visits, and problems of the patient. There are also many skills to take into account when documenting.
Abstract Planning and delegating nursing care efficiently and effectively is an essential skill for all registered nurses to develop and master. The nursing process will assist the registered nurse to effectively plan and implement nursing interventions as well as to appropriately delegate nursing interventions to co-workers. Additionally, following the professional standards for nurses will assist in safely managing a patient load. Equally important is the use of communication. Effective communication is essential to ensure patient safety and positive outcomes, as is effective communication between nurses and the multidisciplinary team.
The staff members have major concerns about the way the unit functions on a daily basis. This chaos of the unit is a reflection of the nurse manager’s leadership skills. Different leadership styles which are utilized in nursing practice are defined in this paper. This paper describes management and leadership skills a manager or leader should possess. Leaders also use powers to meet their desired commands or goals.