Essays on Nursing Leadership

Introduction

Leadership is a necessity in any social setup and is more specialized when it comes to the medical setup. This is because it involves various parties, ranging from doctors, nurses, patients, staff and other people within the system. However, nursing leadership stands out as specialized because of the need to have a sense of direction. Leadership in nursing involves the issue of influencing and making people follow instruction as well as adhere to authority and set up social control systems. In this paper, there will be a detailed discussion about nursing leadership, personal perceptions on the values and beliefs ...

The nursing practice constantly experiences challenges related to different aspects of care. Resolving these challenges effectively is determined by the leadership and the management in nursing. Nursing leadership and nursing management are terms that are persistently confused and interchanged, despite the different meanings of the terms. Understanding the meaning and contribution of leadership and management to nursing is critical in resolving common issues affecting the nursing profession. The purpose of this paper is to investigate a nursing issue and compare and contrast how nurse leaders and nurse managers would approach this problem. This exercise will facilitate identification of the ...

Recent changes to the healthcare system have called for a variety of transformations, spanning across the different aspects of health care practice. In the recent past, the nursing profession has been sidelined from major decisions regarding health care, leading to a limitation to the extent to which nurses can stimulate changes in healthcare. The Affordable Care Act is the second largest overhaul of the healthcare system in the United States since Medicare and Medicaid. The increasing need to align health needs of the American citizens with the transformations brought about by the implementation of the Act has led to ...

The article by Cummings, Midodzi, Wong & Estabrooks (2010) concerns the contribution of hospital nursing leadership styles to 30-day patient mortality.

The Journal

This article was published in Nursing Research, a prominent nursing journal which has a peer-review system. Its impact factor is 1.856, which is fairly high. It is associated with the Eastern Nursing Research Society and the Western Institute of Nursing. It does not allow for authors to pay for their articles to appear.

The Article

The article was written by various nurses who evidently have expertise and qualifications. It was supported by a New Investigator Award and a Population Health Investigator ...

The effective delivery of the healthcare services requires the effective nursing leadership in order to ensure that the nursing staff is highly motivated to incorporate the healthcare services. The current paper enlightens the prevalence of low morale among the nursing staff and recommends the intervention of the effective leadership style to enhance the staff morale.

PICOT Statement

The current paper incorporates the following PICOT statement: Among the nursing staff with low morale, can transformational leadership, compared to authoritarian leadership, increase the morale of the nursing staff in two months?

Problem: Low Morale among Nursing Staff

Intervention: Transformational Leadership Comparison: Authoritarian Leadership Outcome: Increased Morale among Nursing Staff ...

The complex healthcare system has faced a range of challenges over the past. In this regard, the most affected group of healthcare providers in the industry are nurses. According to the Institute of Medicine (2010), nurses represent the biggest segment of providers in the healthcare industry, totaling to more than 3 million practicing nurses. In this regard, the complexities and barriers existing in the system hinder the effective performance of nurses in healthcare delivery to the population. In an effort to improve the quality of healthcare, the government, through the 2010 Affordable Care Act, aimed to introduce drastic changes, ...

Introduction

Technology is constantly changing with a rapid pace that has greatly influenced the healthcare setting. The practices within the healthcare settings have adopted different innovative and information technology system and devices that have change the nursing practice (Westra & Delaney, 2009). In this document, the problems related to the adoption of technology’s impacting nursing practices are discussed. It critically analyzes the role of the nursing leadership as counteracting to the resolve the issues and concerned related to the technology use in nursing practices. It focuses on the application of leadership strategies to overcome the problem. Moreover, it concludes with ...

Introduction

Developing a vision statement is probably one of the most important things an organization can do, right after identifying a philosophy that is true for all the organization's members. This statement of philosophy is reached by consensus, and is derived from individual ideas about nursing philosophy in general and how the individual perceives the organization and what is possible. A vision statement differs from a mission statement, a values statement, and statements in philosophy in several critical ways. A mission statement refers to the external (not individual) work that an organization does and relates that work to the larger ...

The American Organization of Nurse Executives, a branch of the American Hospital Association, traces its origin back to 1967. The organization, otherwise known as AONE, is a professional nursing entity for advanced nursing practitioners (ANPs). Based on its website, AONE places emphasis on health care enhancement through expert leadership and innovativeness. The organization has the vision to promote global nursing leadership across all markets (AONE, 2016). For ANPs, AONE provides education, leadership, research advocacy, and professional development skills as needed in practice. Particularly, ANPs view AONE as a resource for educational programs meant for clinical leaders, executives, and managers. ...

Every aspect of healthcare delivery, from quality control to reimbursement to elimination of inefficient and wasteful practices is continuously subject to change (Delmatoff and Lazarus, 2014). The changes occurring from time to time in patient care influence timely delivery of quality healthcare. Therefore, effective leadership traits on the part of nurse leaders are quite critical in the light of nurse practitioners encountering an uncertain healthcare environment. Secondly, each and every role in healthcare is crucial for patient recovery, and a nurse has to ensure that her patient receives the care from all single levels. In other words, a nurse ...

Nursing leadership involves critical thinking, advocacy, and action. Leadership plays a significant role in the lives of nurses and the entire healthcare system. As a profession, nurses take a patient- centered approach to service delivery. Often, nurses are on the frontline in taking care of the patients hence, playing a vital role in responding to the changes in the health status of a patient. An efficient nurse leader has distinct qualities such as courage, and ability to handle stress. Excellent leaders do more than directing, dictating or delegating duties. They focus on helping others to achieve their potentials. Leadership ...

Leadership is an inherent and an essential element within the role of the nurse (Patterson & Krouse, 2015). Whether in the academic or in the clinical milieu, the nature of the nursing work places her in a position to take a leadership role, first, in guiding patients in their personal or guided care, and, second, in taking initiatives to improve nursing services and quality patient care. I have interviewed a professional nurse in a leadership role within a large hospital with expectedly high volume of emergency patients. Retailing her case provides a good review on the extent a nursing leader ...

Leadership in nursing has many facets, and can incorporate establishing a clear objective or target, organizing nursing activities effectively and providing motivation for others to achieve the organizational goals (Porter-O’Grady, 2003). On a daily basis, leadership in nursing could also require a senior nurse to coordinate the activities of the nurses on staff, as well as any support staff. The operation and efficiency of any hospital can depend on how effective it senior nurses are at managing shifts, employee morale and a host of problems and issues that can crop up on a regular basis. Thus, the management ...

Impact of Nursing Leadership on Patient Care

Introduction Management and leadership are distinct and interconnected concepts that govern the organizational aspects of planning, organizing, and monitoring the provision of service. Effective management requires ideal leadership qualities; these aspects develop a shared sense of mission that helps achieve the organizational goals while minimizing any organization, political, and resource barrier (Kotter, 1996). Nursing leadership and management are primary and integral aspects of the provision of innovative, quality, and cost-efficient patient care. In particular, nursing leadership and management encompass a wide range of leadership qualities including delivering clinical care, enhancing patient care coordination, as well as boosting quality improvement ...

- The Impact of the IOM Report on Nursing Education

The nursing profession will experience a lot of improvement in proficiency with improvement in the education system that trains them into their profession. The education system ought to cater for constant improvement and advancement in the nursing career as the nurses proceed with their work. The IOM report recommends the need to ensure that nurses acquire sufficient in-care training procedures to help improve the care provided to patients. Furthermore, nursing education at various levels will allow for a change in the traditional roles assigned to a nurse by equipping them with ...

- Introduction to Adult Nursing Nursing is an important role to play, be it for the young ones or the adults or the elderly. For adult nurses, the role is ever more enhanced because they need to look after the needs and care of the young adults all the way to the elderly patients. The role of a nurse in such a situation cannot be underestimated because it is the job of the nurse (in adult nursing) to manage the patients and ease them. Thus, the nurses in adult nursing need to have strong inter-personal and communication skills. An adult nurse ...

Nursing Capstone

In order to successfully complete a nursing program, it is important to have nursing practice experience at a well-established as well as recognized medical institution that offers an opportunity to implement theoretical nursing skills learnt at learning institutions (Antrobous and Kitson, 1999). Nursing leadership is a vital role in the nursing workforce so as to effectively provide evidence based and client centered care and staff empowerment. Being a nurse team leader is a necessity to the nursing profession that leads to growth and empowerment. After all, nursing responsibilities are rapidly transforming and it is important to be updated to the current and standard requirements ...

Leadership in nursing is usually defined differently by various people. Personally, I believe that leadership entails influencing and engaging people in a shared vision. It is oriented towards the achievement of goals and has close relations to team process and groups dynamics. Leadership as a key skill is required in almost all levels of nursing (Sofarelli & Brown, 1998). The skill enables nurses as well as the nursing staff to lead via example, develop themselves and generally influence care that is not only an open but that is also responsive to the individual needs of patients (Sellgren et al., 2006). A nurse ...

Introduction

The health care sector is changing rapidly and to remain relevant, health care facilities must develop and implement strategic plans. A strategic plan incorporates historical values and current trends to determine a desired future position for an organization. In the health care sector, patient centered care is the latest trend in quality assurance.

Therefore, health care organizations need to align their strategic plans with the needs of their consumers. One of the situational management tool that managers use to align their organizations operations with the needs of their consumers is a SWOT analysis. SWOT is an acronym for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities ...

Philosophy of Nursing Leadership

A good nurse can be described in many words. An outstanding nurse should be someone who shows care, who is compassionate and very kind. They should always be engaging, good listeners, good bedside manner and thorough in their duties. The philosophy of nursing is simple and straightforward. It comprises of the responsibilities and functions of nurses. It simply defines the nursing program (Sanford, 2012).

As a nurse, I do believe that I should lead by example. I base my leadership style on the philosophy of collaboration and teamwork. In this style, members of a team utilize each other’s strength and ...

Developing an Implementation Plan

Method of Obtaining Necessary Approval(s) and Securing Support from Organization’s Leadership and Staff The obtaining of the required approval or approvals and the securing of the support from the leadership and staff will be of great significance because it portrays the viability and the validity of the information being presented in the implementation plan. The healthcare industry is sensitive and critical and requires the ample attention for the addressing of the issues affecting the sector, such as the nursing leadership challenges. In addition, the importance of the healthcare industry to the health and the wellbeing of ...

Review of the Literature

Review of the Literature Leadership challenges continue to pose a threat to the access and acquisition of quality healthcare by all patients in the world. Theoretical frameworks have to be applied in the management of these challenges as health institutions seek to better the conditions of these populations. As such, it is important to appraise the theoretical frameworks usable in this context. Caro (2011) focuses on the aspect of dealing with traumatic brain injuries and other neuro-related conditions that pose a challenge for many health institutions, especially in the developing world. The author suggests that the solution to these challenges ...

Nursing Informatics and Nursing Leadership

The new technology has changed the delivery of health care. As a result, clinicians and nurses are integrating wireless solutions, high-speed data networks, automated exchanges and handheld devices into the delivery of services. This revolution has also affected the nursing profession. It is imperative that nurses are able to adapt to this new working environment. This calls for a change in the expectations of a nurse regarding the delivery and communication of care. Additionally, there is a requirement for the understanding of how the revolution has changed practice through the incorporation of new solutions. The integration of nursing informatics is especially important for ...

Nurses face unique stresses and circumstances at the workplaces which lead to high nurses’ turnover. As at 2008, the nursing turnover stood at 55% to 60%, a feature attributed to poor nursing leadership that did not offer support to the nurses, outrageous working demands and poor relations amongst the nurses. To cater for these deficiencies, human capital strategies and leadership training need to be promoted so as to create a positive working environment that reflects the demands of the nursing practicum. The leadership training strategies should encourage the development of a positive working environment by equipping them with knowledge and skills on ...

What Are the Qualities of an Effective Mentor in Nursing?

Introduction In the world we have people working in different fields and one important aspect is that as an individual joins a particular field they need to be guided so as to easily adapt to their new environment. The people who provide the needed guidance or who make the transition to a new field possible are called mentors. The people or students joining the nursing field just as any other, need to have a mentor who is supportive and has experience. My interest for this research is to find out the qualities of an effective mentor as it is essential for ...

In a general perspective, when people speak on leadership they see it as a crucial matter. Personally, I see it clearly in this view. Being a leader is not an easy task; a person should possess an exemplary qualities. Commonly, leadership is an action or ways to lead a group of people or any organization. As I witness leadership, it is illustrated as a social influence processed to a person who has the ability to assist and support other people in the achievement of a common mission or goal. Alternatively, some people understand that being a leader is someone who has followers and the leader guides them on ...

How nurses can use the change process effectively to promote positive outcomes in healthcare environments

The current healthcare environment has a number of challenges that are affecting the nursing profession. According to Tomajan (2012), rising cost of healthcare, shortage of nurses, technology and increasing patient population are among some of the challenges that are affecting the healthcare environment. However, these challenges present an opportunity for nurses to develop and promote the nursing profession through advocacy. Advocacy can only be effective if nurses work in collaboration with one another and other professions, which influence the healthcare environment. For instance working in collaboration with the information technology sector can greatly help in improving the development of technology ...

[Institution Title] The nursing profession is one of the few professions that allows for a culturally diverse interaction on a daily basis. Given this facet of the profession, it has become wholly necessary that nurse gain competency in responding to their call of duty with utmost level of cultural competence. Aside from catering to a culturally diverse clientele, it should be taken into consideration that the profession also offers a delicate and highly customized care plan unique to every patient noting differences in the patient’s condition, culture, religious beliefs and capacities. In lieu with this, this paper would like to offer ...

As a leader in practice and partner in patient care, one is committed to excellence through adherence to high quality of standards in the delivery holistic patient care, as well as conformity to safety, as expected of the nursing profession. With greater emphasis on the health care reform, nurse practitioners are enjoined to develop theoretical knowledge, skills set, and health care experience through responding to urgent needs on a more global sphere . To meet the global challenges, nurse need to develop cultural competencies in meeting diverse health requirements of patients who come from varied cultural and geographic locations. Likewise, health institutions, ...

Abstract

Medication errors are still experienced in clinical settings in spite of the current technological advancements. Nurses play a crucial role in the provision of care including medical therapy to patients. In line with this, they ought to be trained on how to avoid medication errors. In this paper, a case scenario in which a nurse administers wrong vaccines to two patients with similar names is assessed. In addition, it gives strategies that can be used to prevent the occurrence of such a medication error. Nursing leadership, minimization of communication barriers between patients and nurses, a decent duty delegation process and the championship of patients’ ...

Introduction

In recent times, there have been many developments in the healthcare sector. Healthcare practitioners have been equipped with skills that enable them to serve the society in the most effective manner. Like in any other sector, the proper running of things in healthcare is reliant on the administration, leadership or management. The management or leadership in all health care settings has the responsibility of making sure that patient care meets the standard or the set objectives. Administrative duties include tasks such as coordination, decision making and injecting motivation to the workforce. This paper will close analyze different objectives of ...

(NRS 441V: Professional Capstone) - Abstract A sizeable research shows that the currently witnessed nursing retention problems have significantly hampered the provision of healthcare across the United States. Nursing shortage is directly tethered to the low retention rates and not unless drastic steps are taken to avert this problem, the entire healthcare system is set to experience a hard time ahead. Therefore, this paper intends to explore what are the probable causes of this problem and subsequently give recommendations on the best evidence-based approaches to resolve the issue. Overwhelming evidence shows high levels of work stress and dissatisfaction ...

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Motivation is a psychological feature that helps nurses in achieving their desired goals, and good leaders can help in motivating nurses. There are different types of leadership styles that can help in motivation such as transactional, transformational, and situational leadership. Understanding leadership styles can help in becoming better leaders and improving relationships with others in the field. According to the Department of Health, clinical leadership involves motivation, inspiration, empowerment, promotion of the values of National Health Services, and consistent focus on patients. Nurses are very important for patients and newborns in NICU, so it is very important to motivate ...

1. Professional socialization is considered to be the driving force towards the development of one’s knowledge, values and skills that are necessary in building a professional career. The transition from the role of a licensed practical nurse (LPN) to a registered nurse (RN) carries with it the responsibility of maintaining the criteria for a high standard of profession in nursing. A profession carries with it the individual responsibility of practicing the proper knowledge necessary to meet the qualifications of a professional in order to enjoy the privilege of practicing the profession. The criteria of the nursing profession is achieved during the process ...

Leadership coupled with advocacy has elicited great concern in the field of nursing. Typically, in advocating positive progress in nursing, nurses should prioritize the efficient application of their leadership proficiency. Additionally, nurses should have a clear and proper means of overcoming the challenges faced in the nursing field. The paper seeks to identify the nursing strengths and weaknesses in varied nursing aspects. Also, the paper endeavors to establish how the current leadership skills in nursing are essential in advocating change.Personal and professional accountability The mentioned accountability is incalculably vital in nursing. Professional nurses, possessing a clear and vivid understanding of ...

Tillot et al. (2013) identifies that nursing shortage is a result of an aging workforce, aging population, job dissatisfaction, shortage within the nursing faculty and the lack of an engaging and collaborative environment is care settings. Tillot et al. (2013) utilized a systematic review of past literature aimed at assessing the factors that deny the workers an opportunity to engage their colleagues constructively in practice. The study notes that the management should focus on developing an environment where communication and staff collaboration and engagement is considered a primary element of the organizational culture. The study is highly applicable in nursing practice since ...

Nursing is a well-known profession of the health care sector that focuses upon taking care of the patients, individuals, and even families in the absence of the doctors. In addition, they also support the doctors in their various medication activities of the patients, which in turn would help in the recovery of the patients. With the recent developments in the field of nursing, we can differentiate this profession on the basis of patient care, scope of practice, and the management style of the organization (Bartels, 2005). This paper will first of all discuss the nursing paradigms and nursing theories. I ...

PROPOSAL FOR INTRODUCTION OF A WIRELESS NURSE CALL SOLUTION

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Introduction The nurses work environment is continually receiving more work that results from an increase in the number of diseases and the shorter stay in the hospital facility. The nurse to patient ratio has always shown that the number of patients is more than the nurses can handle comfortably. This hardship is compounded with the dwindling number of nurses (Kelly, 2012). Training a nurse takes time and requires a lot of resources. It is, therefore, important to ensure that the few nurses that are available are retained and treated well by making their work environment the best. ...

Leadership is essential to the successful management in the field of nursing. However, nursing leaders and employees have different views on the type of leadership style to be adapted for best results. Owing to the challenges in the nursing leadership, re-evaluation of current managerial tactics is necessary. A nurse leader must master delegation because it constitutes a critical portion of the effective leadership and success in the patient care. Since we live in a multi-cultural nation; good leaders should consider all aspects of a person including cultural diversity. Time management skills, self-efficacy and assertive communication are the other significant qualities of nurse ...

Introduction

The paper presents an analysis of different articles, which cover the area of nursing leadership, and patient’s satisfaction. Leadership entails providing a safe and facilitating environment, which allows nurses to work under the required patient-to-nurse ratios. Leadership appears as a core objective within the field of nursing. Leadership exists in the entire healthcare system; however, the leadership in nursing has direct influences towards the patient’s outcomes. Regarding the patient outcomes, nursing leadership affects the patient’s satisfaction, the re-admission rates, and morbidity. Through leadership in nursing the patients, receive satisfaction as they record greater attention that arises from the ...

Leadership and management are important aspects of organizational operation. An effective manager requires the proper leadership skills to succeed in his leadership position. Similarly, an effective leader needs proper management skills in order to lead his team effectively. Unlike other forms of nursing, travel and registry nursing entails handling employees, who might not be part of the organization’s permanent employment schedule. In both cases, managers and leaders handle employees working on a contractual basis to provide health care services under the leadership and management of their contractor. In registry nursing, also known as nursing agency, a business is contracted by ...

Importance of Theory

Introduction: The word theory may be used to refer to a collection of related ideas that advance an action that guide a specific practice. It is a coherent collection of general proposals used as principles when making explanations to a related subject. In nursing, different theories are advanced to aid the process of treatment and patient care. Therefore, the nursing theory refers to a set of concepts, assumptions, definitions, propositions, and relationships derived from a variety of nursing models or other related disciplines for the purposes of predicting, explaining, describing, and prescribing proper nursing, health care, and patient care while undergoing medical treatment in ...

Of a healthcare organizational mission, structure, budget,

Communication and conflict resolution.

Introduction

- Description of the healthcare setting, mission statement and organizational structure.

Description of the nurse leader leadership/management style and preferred communication style.

Description of administrative challenges as it relates to initiating internal and external factors that may affect leadership and management. Conclusion Of a healthcare organizational mission, structure, budget,

Communication and conflict resolution

Introduction

Description of the healthcare setting, mission statement and organizational structure.

The article selected for this analysis contains a study concerning ‘Nurse Managers' Perceptions Related to Their Leadership Styles, Knowledge, and Skills in These Areas—A Viewpoint: Case of Health Centre Wards in Finland.’ The study was conducted by Soili Vesterinen, Marjo Suhonen, Arja Isola, Leena Paasivaara and Helena Laukkala. The researchers collected data from 252 nursing ...

Introduction

Grady memorial was founded by Henry Grady in 1892 with the main aim of assisting the poor. The headquarters for the organization are at Atlanta GA. Grady grew from a common nursing home to a renowned nursing centre with a medical school, eight neighboring health centers, extensively supportive care facility as well as one of the main HIV/AIDS centers. Grady has been involved with various medical schools like Emory University School of Medicine and Morehouse School of Medicine. This has been extensively influential to the medical operations of the medical organization. The success of the organization is driven by commitment of ...

Taking my capstone practicum at Vitas Hospice in Florida afforded me an opportunity to acquire hands-on learning and apply my skills. The hospital’s reputation and its provision of excellent healthcare to terminally ill patients (Fernandez, 2012) presented me with an opportunity to grow in my nursing career. During my practicum, I worked in the capacity of a team manager, managing an interdisciplinary team of nurses to ensure collaboration and smooth working with the terminally-ill patients’ families to prevent the patients’ symptoms and ease their pain as much as possible (Roberta et al., 2013). I would like to become an ...

Introduction

In the current world, nursing workforce is comprised of staff and nursing leaders from a different generation groups. There are four nursing generation workforce with different attitudes, beliefs and work habits. As a result of differences in ideologies between the generations, nursing leaders have found it challenging to deal with the situation at hand. Nursing leaders should acknowledge the differences between generation workforces and view the weaknesses as potential strength. Disparities between the generation workforces need to be evaluated for the purpose of formulating a possible solution. Nursing leaders are expected to strengthen their skills in solving the differences between generations. It ...

Introduction

Emergency nursing involves the treatment of patients in emergency situations. Such patients could be experiencing trauma or injury. The emergency departments where these services take place are usually at the front doors of hospitals. Over the years patients have come to develop their perception of the overall healthcare experience during emergency situations. With the rapidly changing healthcare system and the high demand placed on hospitals to produce quality results, strong nursing leadership is vital. Nursing Leadership in the Emergency Department must exhibit 5 important components; Effective communication, efficient operation, constant collaboration, active participation, and persistent dedication. The maintenance of a happy ...

Question 1

Nursing research that is conducted to address the leadership priority is very vital and it consists of very many benefits. The rigorous scientific inquiry on nursing leadership has helped in shaping health policy and creating awareness on the well-being of individuals. The nurses also learns on how to be fully committed tom ensuring that they are committed to promoting health and individual’s lifestyles (Marquis & Huston 2009).The benefits of researching on the personal and professional characteristics in nursing leadership helps one to understand his role in clinical research, nursing education research and the health systems and outcomes research. ...

Introduction

Leadership, whether it is medical, healthcare or nursing leadership, is all about having knowledge of how to make visions turn into reality. The vision, which various nurses have, is essentially the one where the patients are treated with respect and dignity at all the times; where work performed by them and other carers is respected and valued; and where the systems are actually designed for personal needs benefit. Accomplishing such a vision in reality will need a paradigm shift in the priorities, policies, philosophy, and power relationships of health service. This paper focuses on personal nursing leadership and growth where I ...

Outcome management in mental health

Part A In order to understand the application of outcome management in mental health and how it is applied, it is necessary to start to start by understanding mental health, and its applicability, as well as the roles that it seeks to achieve in corporations and organizations. Outcome management is an approach that involves a well-developed strategy, and that seeks to make sure that every initiative that has been developed and around an administrational, departmental or even organizational outcome with the intent of achievement is actualized and achieved (Carroll, 2008). Outcome management is, therefore, a guiding milestone that assists the ...

- The Nurse Leader's Role as Advocate for The Nursing Profession. Advocacy is a term that stands for supporting a proposal or cause. There are a number of workplace concerns arising in the nursing sphere. In order to resolve them and promote a positive work atmosphere, point-of-care nurses need to advocate for the profession.

Examples of Point-of-Care Advocacy

- Advocacy for the nursing profession can be undertaken by point of care nurses once they enroll in councils, committees and quality-improvement teams. By becoming a member, it is vital to represent the requirements of both patients and colleagues. - Participating in organization-wide activities is a means to engage ...

Abstract

The modern nursing practice has continued to evolve in order to adapt to the changing needs of patients and the community. The role of nurses transitioned from merely a deliverer of care to patients into one of a nursing leadership advocacy that brought a broader perception about the nursing profession. There are qualities and skills that are essential elements of a nurse health advocate which is imbued with ethical and moral values, accountability, and genuine concern for the patient’s individual needs and participation in their treatment, including the needs of vulnerable populations such as the returning war veterans and their families. This ...

As the current medical world continues to progress, it has become an integral point for hospitals to have ongoing quality improvements. This is done in a way to match the needs and desires of the patients who seek quality healthcare. Hospitals also seek to undertake quality improvement as a way of reducing infections amongst their esteemed clients. Quality improvement is a process that takes great use of the management and leadership of nursing. Thus it is highly expected that the leadership takes the first position in steering issues that regard quality improvement in nursing. It is believed that the hospital’s organizational ...

Leadership is an important component that influences the success of any organization. In the nursing profession, situations and various medical conditions are changing while new ones develop. Nurses are constantly facing new and complex challenges while attending to their duties. These situations require competent individuals who need to direct and guide others to ensure people’s lives are not at risk. Nursing is a field that experiences shortages in terms of staff. Therefore, nursing leadership assists hospitals to benefit tremendously in terms of performance. Leaders help to instill confidence, and when nurses feel comfortable and confident in the execution of ...

Personal and professional accountability

According to Nancy D. and Solomon, M.A.2010, Accountability is becoming frequent word in all industries today. In order to meet the accountability standards a person should have the following attributes:

Personal growth which includes acquiring the necessary education and skills

advancement, continuous learning, career plans, and one annual asses himself and have action plans There should be strong ethical behaviors and practices that include good practice that support the nursing principles and areas of practices. An individual should also be familiar with professional associations and involvements. These include memberships and involvements in sufficient professional associations which facilitate the networking and specialized developments Certification is also one of the requirements ...

The capability of professionals in the same or other disciplines to work collaboratively to deliver effective care to patients is regarded as a crucial component of professional practice involving a definite set of proficiencies. Proficiencies are defined as expansive, general capabilities that extend beyond knowledge achievement and consist of utilization of technical, clinical, problem solving and communication skills. Recent studies reveal that there are a variety of proficiencies required to work successfully within an interprofessional environment in healthcare. Ability to tolerate dissimilarity, appreciating roles of other health professionals, conflict resolution, comprehending group norms and communication are some of the most emphasized competencies ( ...

Perhaps, nurses in the international arena and in United States undertake various roles. In fact, nurses’ roles internationally and in United States take place in different fields, which include professional advocacy, evidence-based care, as well as policy development. The challenges and improvement in technology has let to blending of evidence and programs in United States and internationally. Additionally, the globalization of nursing practice implies a change in international policies and issues related nursing professions. These moves will not only allow nurses to provide reliable services, but also share ideas and skills. This is achieved through nurses’ involvement in policy development, ...

Article Review

The title of the article being reviewed is: Growing Future Nurse Leaders to Build and Sustain Healthy Work environments at the Unit Level. I chose to review this article because there is a positive relationship between the effectiveness of nursing leadership and the productivity of the nurses in the workplace. I believe that if the leadership is able to take the lead, there would be a transmitted effect of good productivity on all the nursing staff. It will not only lead to satisfaction at work but also the patients would be able to get good care as at when due. ...

Introduction

Nursing as a profession is unfortunately among those careers whose roles and functions in society have been significantly misconceived; the nursing uniform is often seen to symbolize caring. Majority of people are only familiar with the caring aspect of nursing, however, they cannot be faulted since this image of nursing was created by the pioneers of nursing like Florence Nightingale who embodied the caring attribute in their definitions of nursing. Further, it continues to be reinforced by current nursing icons like Jean Watson who, through various theories conceptualize caring as the central tenet or the core theme of nursing. Others ...