FUNDA LEC WEEK 5 (PART3) Flashcards
(41 cards)
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) agree that
without exceptional nursing care and leadership,
readily available high-quality care cannot be attained.
true
have the central role in ensuring high
quality, person-centered, safe and effective care.
charge nurses
• In most cases, people
will perform at about
60% of their potential
with no leadership at
all
• Thus, an additional
40% can be realized if
effective leadership is
available
true
defined as “the
process of influencing the activities of an
organized group in its efforts toward goal setting
and goal achievement.”
Stogdill (1982)
It is a process whereby a nurse influences two or more
persons to achieve specific goal in the provision of
nursing care for one or more clients.
true
• Gardner (1986) believes that 90% of leadership can be
taught.
• When nurses graduate they are not ready to assume a
leadership role. They require opportunities for self-
discovery to understand their strengths for skill
building.
true
Formula for a successful
nurse leader performance
SKILLS: Technical, behavioral, conceptual
+
VARIABLES: Motivational, Abilities, Role Clarity
=
SUCCESSFUL NURSE MANAGER
If anything goes really good then ‘you’ did it”.
bear bryan
6 impact of nursing leadership style
employee attrition
high turn over
morale
patient care
poor feedback
less productivity
models to help to guide
senior nurses in leading other staff. The two most
common are :
transactional models and transformational
10 Roles of nurse manager
- Creation of vision
- Implementation of the vision
- Facilitation of changes
- Mentoring
- Information collection
- Evaluation of information
- Communication
- Decision making
- Relationship development
10.Control work environment
• Visionary leaders lead organizations towards
success cause they have clear of organization’s
missions.
• Helping the associates also to focus on the same.
creation of vision
• A nurse manger breaks down the mission into
specific & attainable goals.
• Manager helps the associates to recognize that how
the work done by them influences the mission of the
organization
implementation of vision
• Dynamic organizations are always changing & the
mangers help to bring changes through their role of
change agents.
• They bring changes according to the specific
situational needs or an up gradation in facilities.
• They do this with full understanding of the concept
behind & also convey the rational behind to the
associates.
facilitation of changes
• Dynamic organizations are always changing & the
mangers help to bring changes through their role of
change agents.
• They bring changes according to the specific
situational needs or an up gradation in facilities.
• They do this with full understanding of the concept
behind & also convey the rational behind to the
associates.
facilitation of changes
• Manager recognize the talent of the employee & &
groom him for the up coming responsibilities.
• Managers with great visionary leadership motivate &
mentor their associates.
• Managers contribute to the professional development of
their employees by conducting performance appraisals,
encouraging personal growth, & increase productivity.
mentoring
• New trends that might be needful to be implemented in
future are gathered by the manager.
• Maintain an ‘open door’ policy with their employees to
keep updated knowledge with issues that might be
causing dissatisfaction & discomfort among associates.
information collection
• Received information must be evaluated in order to
determine who should receive the information & mode
of communication.
• Relevancy of the information to be passed on must be
checked by the manager.
• Data necessary to be shared with associates must only
be shared.
evaluation of information
• Precision of time, place & person is must when the
process of communication runs.
• Use of appropriate method of communication, be it
face to face or in written form or be it through
electronic technical mode.
communication
• Decision making at all levels is necessary for a
manager.
• Matters with little concern or with grave impact must
be dealt with fine precision by a manager.
decision making
• A healthy environment is necessary in an organizations.
• A manager helps in construction of desired climate that
must prevail in an organization.
• Manager’s healthy interpersonal relationship with his
subordinates & superior, brings him ease with getting
tasks done by his subordinates & get directed by his
superiors.
relationship development
• Manager must provide a nourishing & positive
environment to his associates.
• Work place with more supportive & collaborative
environment brings promotional vibe & satisfaction to
the employees.
• Negative environment brings down an organization.
control work environment
5 qualities of nurse manager
CLINICAL EXPERTISE
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
FLEXIBILITY
MANAGING PEOPLE
OTHER SKILLS
3 steps on how to be assertive
- be confident, not pushy
- listen, don’t pretend to hear
- be clear, not confused
