Once the nurse fully understands and comprehends the entire situation, ethical decision making should be clearer based on the biblical principles he has established for himself. I use to think that a nurse leader was only someone who was the smartest and fastest when caring for a patient. Bed Number Ten has made me realized that a nurse leader is one who has characteristics such as environmental awareness, patience, and compassion. As I result, I aim to include these characteristics into my nursing care.
“A leader is the person who influences and guides direction, opinion, and course of action. Leaders are in the front, moving forward, taking risks, and challenging the status quo (Marquis & Huston, 2012).” I had the pleasure of observing and interviewing Sheila Barcimo, who is a charge nurse on the DOU unit at Beverly Hospital in Montebello, CA. Background Sheila Barcimo had a passion for nursing ever since she can remember.
VA nurses assess, provides nursing diagnoses, plans, implements, and evaluates (ADPIE) care based on maturational focused components. Undertakes accountability for the management of care concentrated on the patient’s process through the range of care, patient and family education, patient self-management, and accompanying circumstances that influence the patient’s satisfaction. The VA nurse considers all attributes of the individual, including age and stages of life, presence of health, race and culture, values, and prior experiences. Administers medications and procedures per policies and procedures. The VA nurse effects patient care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team.
Practice Dimension/ Ethics/ Resource Utilization: Ms. Cabral applies the nursing process to systems or processes at the unit/team/work group level to improve care. She is the primary nurse for five of our chronic dialysis patients promoting safe high quality care. She involves the patient and their families in monthly interdisciplinary care plan meetings to promote self-efficacy and quality of life. She continually evaluates the patient 's health status. The effectiveness of her patient 's plan of care is reevaluated on a regular basis and changes are made for continuous improvements.
Transition to Leadership Scholarly Paper: Transformational leadership Leadership demonstrated by nurses has been identified as an essential aspect of efficient functioning within a unit as well as, it is a pillar of high quality nursing care (Ajanaku & Lubbe, 2021). The state of healthcare is constantly evolving and changing and throughout this nurse leaders have played a part in helping transition to new best practices. Kouzes and Posner have developed a leadership mode centred on different leadership practices that when used helps develop effective nurse leaders. This model includes 5 areas of practice which includes: model the way, inspire a shared vision, challenge the process, enable others to act, and encourage the heart. For a nurse
Currently, in California NPs practice autonomously, and under Prescriptive Authority or Independent prescribing whereas no physician is required as a supervisor. Therefore, identified in this plan is the ability for obtaining, DEA number for prescriptive authority, processes for obtaining an NPI number, processes for acquiring certification, the importance of professional and liability insurance, and a lifelong learning and professional development strategy to help further the nursing discipline as an doctor nurse practice
(2008). I would like to challenges Chief Nurse Executives (CNEs) to lead the journey and highlights how patients, their families, and health care organizations would benefit immeasurably if CNEs stepped forward and accepted this leadership role, then and only then can the best practice changes begin to improve what we as nurses already know. The processes of leading are intended to enable more people to develop into leaders and more people to share the roles of leading, to enhance the quality and safety of patient care (Stone P. Hughes R, Dailey M.
Leadership is the ability to guide or influence others with an objective of achieving a desired outcome. It involves influencing beliefs, opinions, values, perceptions, or behaviors of an individual or a group, and it is an amalgamation of inherent personality traits, learned skills, and it is a response to situational stimuli. I believe that, at any particular moment, where two or more individuals are interacting, one of them will emerge as the leader the other(s). To me, this means leadership role is fluid, and it changes as situational stimuli changes. For instance, during interpersonal interaction involving two individual, the leadership role has potential to shift from one individual to the other, as the situational stimuli changes.
Clinical Leadership Paper Position and Role of Leader Joni Dekok is the chief nursing officer of Sanford Sheldon Medical Center. She is the leader of two nurse managers as well as the entire staff of nurses. She is an important member of the nursing team within the hospital and is also a vital member to the executive team at the hospital. She works with the hospital’s administration team, financial team, and CEO to make decisions regarding how the hospital is run. She helps make important decisions and uses her unique view as a nurse leader to help guide other managers and leaders at the hospital.
Clinical Nurse Leaders are part of an interdisciplinary team members working together to plan and implement most effective patient care. There are differences in terms of leadership. Family Nurse Practitioners act as a leader related to patient care in terms of patient diagnosis, treatment modalities for the wellbeing of the patient and community. Registered Nurses with their work experiences can work as clinical nurse leaders and monitor the care provided by the nurses on the unit. They participate in other nursing organizations or committees and provide suggestions to improve health care system.
The Transformational Leadership theory states that this process is by which a person interacts with others and can create a solid relationship that results in a high percentage of trust, that will later result in an increase of motivation, both intrinsic and extrinsic, in both leaders and follower. Rules and regulations are flexible, guided by group norms. These attributes provide a sense of belonging for the followers as they can easily identify with the leader and its purpose. There are certain skills a leader must acquire to lead and delegate properly. Respect is one thing that must be displayed, just because one is a leader it does not mean they have all the power and authority over any individual.
The Leader selected for the interview was the chief nursing officer at the Seton Medical Center Austin. The chief nursing officer at the facility is tasked with overseeing the general management of the nursing department. The chief nursing officer is tasked with ensuring that strategic plans and strategies in the hospital are implemented and that activities run smoothly and as required in the organization. Apart from these core tasks, the chief nursing officer also ensures the following; Collaboration with the medical staff and the facilities management to develop programs that are patient-centered and to come up with regulations and procedures that guide the newly established programs.
Leadership has many definitions. Chin, Desormeaux, and Sawyer (2016) define leadership as a relationship between followers and a leader with the intent to promote change through a mutual vision. Therefore, leaders are active influences in the outcome of organizations, through their decision-making, strategies, and influence on followers (Dinh et al., 2014). Additionally, in the nursing context, it has been documented that a leader 's style plays a factor in patient outcomes (Fischer, 2016). Indeed, in an ever-changing, complex health care environment, nursing leadership has become a crucial factor in managing challenges and maintaining patient safety (Fischer, 2016).
Reflection Qualities that make an effective nursing leader are the same qualities that many other nursing staff and general public possess. Such as, the ability to support and empower their team members, be well organized, remain consistent with their expectations, and be able to communicate with their team. Support and empower the team members An example of this quality is a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) on one of the units at Wascana Rehabilitation Center (WRC), where I had one of my clinical rotations. This nurse would ask each staff member if they had any concerns during their daily huddles.
(Nursing Times). Nursing is gaining influence in all aspect of healthcare practice, therefore it is important for nurses to develop good leadership skills at the early stage of their practice which is the key to all nursing career and nurse managers can become good leaders with effective training and enhancement of their skills in leadership. Most nursing managers are tossed around by their leaders when they themselves are leaders in their capacities. A nursing manager aspiring to become a leader must be committed to excellence and passion for patient’s advocacy, employee’s protection and be a role model, living by example.
