Leadership in Nursing
The aim of this essay is to identify a significant event from the authors clinical practice where there was an issues relating to the management and leadership of the nursing and health care team. Appropriate management and leadership theories will be used to support the issues which would be discussed in this essay. A critical analyses of the event we be carried out. Confidentiality will be maintained. Name
and places used in this essay will be changed to maintain confidentiality in
accordance to the Nursing and Midwifery council (NMC, 2008).
Database search was carried out MEDLINE, CINAHL, BRITISH NURSING INDEX
AND Nursing and Midwifery council were searched for relevant literature. The author
also made several visits to the library for books in order to produce this piece of
work.
During the authors third year of studies, the author had a clinical placement on a medical ward where she observed that nursing staffs did not know the difference between the various types of urinary catheters. The author also noticed that nursing staffs did not observe aseptic technique when emptying catheter bags.
When it was time to empty these bags they don’t even put on gloves nor did they wipe the drainage tape before and after emptying the bag as stated by ( Johnson. J,
2002). Warren et al (2008) stated that hand should be decontaminated and a pair of gloves should be worn before manipulating a patients catheter. Nursing staff on the ward just open the catheter bag, empty it and allow the bag to lay on the floor without hanging it on a stand. The National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE,
2004) recommend that all indwelling catheter should be connected to a sterile closed urinary drainage system which should be cared for using aseptic technique in order to avoid infection.
There was a patient who had difficulty in passing urine; the patient was in a lot of pain. A bladder scan was carried out
and places used in this essay will be changed to maintain confidentiality in
accordance to the Nursing and Midwifery council (NMC, 2008).
Database search was carried out MEDLINE, CINAHL, BRITISH NURSING INDEX
AND Nursing and Midwifery council were searched for relevant literature. The author
also made several visits to the library for books in order to produce this piece of
work.
During the authors third year of studies, the author had a clinical placement on a medical ward where she observed that nursing staffs did not know the difference between the various types of urinary catheters. The author also noticed that nursing staffs did not observe aseptic technique when emptying catheter bags.
When it was time to empty these bags they don’t even put on gloves nor did they wipe the drainage tape before and after emptying the bag as stated by ( Johnson. J,
2002). Warren et al (2008) stated that hand should be decontaminated and a pair of gloves should be worn before manipulating a patients catheter. Nursing staff on the ward just open the catheter bag, empty it and allow the bag to lay on the floor without hanging it on a stand. The National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE,
2004) recommend that all indwelling catheter should be connected to a sterile closed urinary drainage system which should be cared for using aseptic technique in order to avoid infection.
There was a patient who had difficulty in passing urine; the patient was in a lot of pain. A bladder scan was carried out