Instrumental Leadership Methods In Health Care

I work for a national nonprofit, faith-based health system. It is a large, national institution that spans across 19 states and compiles a total of 105 hospitals. Its mission is expressed each day by producing and cultivating healthy communities in the hundreds of sites across the nation where our care is provided. I have been employed with my current facility for two years, and I enjoy almost every aspect of it. I work on the behavioral health unit, where provide care for all individuals that suffer from mental health problems. Our services are provided to those who have a private insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, or have the ability to pay for themselves. No individuals in need of our help will be denied, because of their inability to pay.
I believe that management currently employs an instrumental leadership method. The instrumental leadership method has a category that includes the strategic leadership method. According to Rowold (2014), strategic leadership “influences organizational performance indirectly through actions and decisions taken by the leader and his or her follower.” Essentially it a follow the
This way they can gradually ease back into society. Ideally, the typical patient to nurse ratio is six to one. I reiterate the fact that is ideally, as with most nurses, in most facilities, we are normally understaffed. So that patient to nurse ratio can sometime reach to ten to one. Which in behavioral health, can be extremely dangerous. Many of our patients are very unstable individuals, and require extra care and supervision. Imagine having multiple patients needing that same care and supervision, at the same time. I simple solution I would like for this, is for us to monitor our admissions. Take in account how many nurses are on staff, before admitting several patients at one