To me, being a professional nurse leader means helping other achieve their highest potential though education and competency training. According to Zimmerman (2013), the nursing professional assists and leads nursing staff though changes in technology, clinical outcomes and the need for new models of care. As I obtain additional education and knowledge in leadership my perception of the role of the nurse will change from a clinical, direct patient care model to a complex system of policy, leadership, technology, community health, clinical outcomes and evidence based practice nursing. My view of nursing will be broadened as I learn the framework behind leading and managing other nursing staff.…
I think that diversity is incredibly important, especially in the case of education; it allows others to work with those who have a different background than their own, through which they may learn something they could not learn from school. As a nurse, diversity is even more important, because you will be caring for a diverse population in your patients, thus, you must be sensitive to their needs and background in order to be successful. I contribute diversity to the class because of the way I was raised. I am open minded and accepting of everyone because, as I child I lived on three different continents. This allowed me to interact with those who had different beliefs and came from cultures aside from my own. This upbringing led me to develop a strong desire to learn more about other people, cultures, and their traditions or beliefs. For instance, when I had a class with an exchange student from Cambodia, I was intrigued by his life, and was thrilled to learn more about about his life and experience in Cambodia, as well as his new experiences in America. My upbringing has taught me that even though someone may have different beliefs than myself, I should still respect them and their…
According to Grohar-Murray and Langan (2011), women and men have different styles to approaching tasks and communicating (p.58). As Throughout this course, I have learned a lot about the importance of effective leadership and management. As a novice nurse, it is sometimes difficult to assert oneself in the workplace. Although I am not administrative staff, I do have leadership roles that automatically accompany the title of Registered Nurse. I have licensed and unlicensed staff that look to me for direction, which at times is challenging, as I am still learning and transitioning into my expected roles and duties. This assignment offered an opportunity for guidance, as well as, acknowledgement of the interviewee and his accomplishments.…
One of the policy issues that IOM recommends in nursing is the need for strong leadership that would be a driving force in transforming the healthcare system (Mason et al., 2013). There is a need for the nursing profession to produce some strong leaders at every level in the system that would direct junior staffs in handling things dealing with policy, organizations, politics and nursing practice. As required by the transformation and implementation provisions, the reforms in the health system demand that nurses must assume leadership capacities together with high-level corporative skills at any given time while on duty. Therefore, this paper is a presentation of different current debates on various perspectives of the need for…
Leadership is described as a person that influences a group of people towards the success of a goal (Wong, 2007). Source (2015) describes leadership as a process of influence which can enlist the aid and support of others to accomplish a task. Cherry (2006), advocates that leadership styles describe characteristic behaviors, motivation, and managing a group of people. The following are three of the most prominent leadership styles used today: Authoritarian (Autocratic) provides clear expectations; Participative (Democratic) offers guidance to group members; and Delegative (Laissez-Faire) unable to work independently.…
How realistic is it to expect health care workers to model mental, physical, and spiritual health? If Americans tend to be overweight, underactive workaholics who experience burnout, why should health care workers be any different?…
Nurse leaders are faced with issues or problems on a daily basis that are often expected and sometimes unexpected. It “comes with the territory” so to speak. If there were no issues to solve or hurdles to overcome the necessity of designating a leader would not seem quite as important. Nurse leaders can tackle issues that occur in their work environment using nursing theory to guide them. Nursing theory provides a framework that nurse leaders can use to implement interventions or changes to positively impact the staff they lead. This framework of the theory will set the standards for achieving the desired outcomes and is based on knowledge that is gleaned from practice and/or research. Grand, middle-range or practice theory can all be utilized by nurse leaders to guide them in practice, however, depending on the circumstances, a middle-range theory may be better than a grand theory in certain situations and vice versa. In very specific instances in which a clearly defined issue in practice is noted a practice theory may be the best choice of a nursing theory to use to address the issue. For the purpose of this paper Kolcaba’s Theory of Comfort, a middle range theory will be used as the guiding theory. This writer has not had the experience of directly applying a nursing theory to solve an issue in nursing practice.…
identify the educational preparation and role(s) of the clinical nurse leader (CNL) designation. Give an example of how the CNL influences direct patient care whether in a hospital or out in the community.…
Lavinia Lloyd Dock is a nursing pioneer who was committed to fighting for equality for women. Lavinia Lloyd Dock was a nurse, feminist, pioneer in nursing education, and an author. She was born into a rich family on February 26, 1858 in Harrisburg, PA. Her parents wanted their children to study, which was unusual for women at that time. Lavinia was inspired to pursue nursing after reading a magazine article. Lavinia graduated from Bellevue Training School for Nurses in 1886. After graduation, Lavinia worked as a night supervisor in Bellevue Hospital. During this time Lavinia understood the problem students faced in studying drugs and solutions. Therefore she wrote one of the first textbooks for nurses titled Materia Medica for Nurses. Lavinia became an author to another book titled Hygiene and Morality in 1907 and co-authored with Adelaide Nutting the first two volumes of the four-volume History of Nursing. Volumes III and IV were completed by Lavinia alone in 1912. She further wrote several articles that were published in the first issues of American Journal of Nursing. Lavinia also published History of American Red Cross Nursing.…
78% (n=36) of the respondents reported that they face challenges in leadership, while 22 %( n=11) did not have opinion.…
Continuous quality improvement (CQI) is the responsibility of all nurses and is vital when addressing the challenges of the health care industry. Provide an example of how you would apply CQI in your current or past position.…
In health care, the leader role in medical units has evolved from solely medical to more managerial as well (Maddux, Maddux, &Hakim, 2008). It has been noted that leadership styles are important in transforming, creating meaning, and producing desirable employee outcomes; thus they can benefit organizational performance and even survival, especially for new employee (McNeese-Smith,1995). Employee behaviors such as employee work attendance (Dellve, Skagert, and Vilhelmsson, 2007); employee productivity and performance (Carmeli, Ben-Hador, Waldman and Rupp, 2009); employee well-being in the workplace such as the degree of work stress (Hintsa, Hintsanen, Jokela, Pulkki-Råback and Keltikangas-Järvinen, 2010), employee health (Jensen, 2009), and job satisfaction ( Sellgren, Ekvall, &Tomson, 2008) are highly influenced by clinical leader`s behaviors.…
You have a very good discussion. Clinical Nurse Leaders (CNL) play many critical roles in the delivery of health care. They work at the point at which care is delivered this does not mean they necessarily provide the hands-on care of their patient cohort. Their role is not primarily as a direct caregiver but rather a facilitator of direct care. They work with the clinical staff who are involved in the care of the patients; provide support and assessment of patients who have complex healthcare, discharge, and rehabilitation needs; provide direction and delegation to care delivery for this group; make referrals when necessary; round with the medical and interdisciplinary teams; and provides education and assists the direct caregivers in their…
Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) is an American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) approved title for nurse leader prepared at master’s level to oversee health care delivery system in any settings where care is offered. CNL integrates evidence-based practice in the formulation of work design, care delivery, and evaluation of care outcomes across the different point of care settings. The focus for the CNL may be an individual, family, community or a large population. In his/her role on Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving Health, the nurse evaluates the effectiveness of health care initiatives in the population through analysis of available data. The nurse need to ensure that the interventions are patient-centered, culturally sound and that they are effective in health promotion and disease prevention in the population at hand (AACN, 2013).…
Recently I read a Facebook post, written by an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), she went into great detail describing what role she performed, going on to highlight the benefits of care rendered by APRN as member of the health care team . However, she spent the first two paragraphs defending the role of the APRN in a somewhat abrasive manner stating that while not stupid, some are ignorant of the ways of the world and things they had not learned about.…