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Leadership and Management
Name: CHI HIU YIN HENNA

Student no: 15924365

Course: NSG3LAM (Leadership and Management in Nursing)

Subject: Assessment 2

In this essay, the writer will analyse the philosophy, vision and mission statements of her organization, as well as the philosophy of the nursing department and discuss these values which are reflected in the nursing management and leadership that currently exist on your her specific unit/ward.
The writer is working at SGH (Singapore General Hospital). SGH mission is ‘‘we deliver quality care to every patient through comprehensive integrated clinical practice, medical innovation and lifelong learning.’’ The vision is ‘‘to be a renowned organization at the leading edge of medicine, providing quality healthcare to meet our nation’s aspirations.’’ The philosophy is ‘‘service to mankind, professional excellence, profession development and team work.’’

Mission:
Nagelkerk (2000) stated that the mission of any organization is its function, purpose and reason why it exists. Innovation in healthcare includes technology-drugs, medical devices, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures which continues to be a driving force in the quest to balance cost containment and health care quality. (REFERENCES) Integrating technology advancements into our systems and processes enables efficient flow of information between carers and patients, and improve patient satisfaction.
Quality care includes the quality of services provided to ensure that a consistently high level of care and best outcome is delivered to our patients. Actually I find that providing quality care doesn’t just stop when the patient is discharged. For example in the writer’s ward, as part of their initiative in discharge follow up, the nurses will call the patients and follow up with them the identified potential discharge problems or issues. The nurses can continue their care for the patients even when they are discharged. This form of follow up methods will also reduce the



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