The Pros And Cons Of Clinical Nurses

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IT SHOULD come as no surprise to most nurses that the best and most experienced clinical members of wards or unit teams do not necessarily make the most effective managers.
Yet employers persist in appointing senior clinical staff into ward or unit managerial posts, or worse, encourage clinical staff to take up managerial posts and then burden them further by asking them to retain clinica! responsibilities (Stanley 2006a, 2006b}.
Some modern matrons and consultant nurses have taken up these positions, as have many ward managers, senior ward leaders and ward sisters (Stanley
2006a, 2006b).
The result can be conflict, confusion, challenges to the clinicians' values and beliefs, or ineffective leadership and management, leading to diminished clinical