Nursing Nurse leaders and managers are vital in every aspect of a healthcare organization with regards to their role in ensuring the provision of quality care services. Given their significance in a healthcare organization, nurse managers and leade Continue Reading...
Unionization of a Hospital Staff When union representatives come to a hospital and approach its employees -- in this case, nurses -- a decision has to be made by the nurses as to whether or not this is a good idea. But more than that, the hospital a Continue Reading...
Flick et al., 2010 To determine nurses awareness that activities can reduce daytime sleepiness for patients and increase the quality of sleep during the night in nursing homes and the consequences of this awareness Case-control study 32 nurses and ca Continue Reading...
739, p=0.009, e?=0.727). This study clearly highlighted that sleep shortage and work fatigue poses a threat to patient safety and that nurse self-care is warranted.[Dorrian et.al, (2006)] Nurse Support Services An earlier Australian study by Moore Continue Reading...
Reflection Paper: The Future of Nursing (and Me)The future of nursing is uncertain but the field undoubtedly holds exciting opportunities and challenges. With advancements in healthcare technology and evolving patient needs, nurses are expected to pl Continue Reading...
This Masters degree holder also has the advantage of seeking their career paths in different other branches of this field such as being a health policy expert, a nurse administrator or clinical nurse leader, nurse anesthetists and so on. They also h Continue Reading...
New Graduate Position Selection Criteria Demonstrated High Level Interpersonal, Verbal And Written Communication Skills When I worked at the Reader's Bookstore, I nurtured skills and applied them in the areas mentioned above. I dealt with customer Continue Reading...
Healthcare Manual Documentation System to a New Electronic Record System Purpose of needs assessment in selecting a HER product for health care workplace The success of the desired organizational change will depend largely on the needs assessment Continue Reading...
Leadership and Management of Nursing Nurse turnover refers to the rate at which nurses quit work in relation to the rate at which they are employed. Just like any other employees, nurses are affected by a number of issues that can either make them Continue Reading...
Self Scheduling PDSA Self-scheduling with hospital nurses: A literature review and proposal for change Recently, there has been a great deal of frustration amongst both nurses and patients about the strict, inflexible, and counterproductive sched Continue Reading...
nurses noted in this case study "only wanted to scare management." Indeed, they did that and then some because a union was formed in reaction to what those nurses ended up doing as a means to "scare" management. The basic background of the case is t Continue Reading...
Electronic Health Record System Technology holds a lot of great potential in hospital operations. Nurses have a chance to serve their patients better and carry out other special operations at the hospital by utilizing technology. Electronic Health R Continue Reading...
Pharmacology for Nurses Pharmacology, the study of drugs and their effects on the human body, is a critical component of nursing education and practice. Nurses must have a sound understanding of pharmacology to safely administer medications and mon Continue Reading...
Organizational Role Description Long Island Jewish Northwell Health is a healthcare network comprising 21 hospitals, which makes it the largest integrated healthcare system in New York State. This integrated healthcare system has a huge employee bas Continue Reading...
Critique of Research Studies: Quantitative Title: The Effect of Bullying on Burnout in Nurses: The Moderating Role of Psychological Detachment Abstract Horizontal violence, or workplace bullying of nurses, remains a serious problem for the nursing pr Continue Reading...
PODCAST: Customizing the Employee Orientation Process for Optimal Benefit Conducting employee orientations that are a good fit with the organization and with new hires is challenging. A home health agency in La Mesa, California was considering ways Continue Reading...
Quality Improvement There are several key quality improvement activities in which my hospital participates. The first is the use of bedside shift reports. One of the reasons this improves quality is that it means that the nurse coming into a shift r Continue Reading...
Violence in the Healthcare Workplace Today Today, professional nurses are on the frontlines of healthcare and, unfortunately, the war metaphor is all-too accurate in many cases. Indeed, hospitals can be dangerous places for all healthcare employees Continue Reading...
Health Care The overall health care industry has undergone fundamental change over the last decade. Most of the changes have occurred within the underlying business operation of the healthcare industry. These changes will ultimately effect nursing a Continue Reading...
..). Because of these problems, employees working under these conditions also suffer from more vehicle related accidents. In particular, individuals working evening and night shifts are more likely to fall asleep on their way home after work. Statist Continue Reading...
Collaborative Nursing The two SMART goals chosen for this assignment are Ethical Leadership in nursing and Nurse Mentoring. These SMART goals are both vitally important to the nurse in any context, because healthcare situations demand ethical approa Continue Reading...
Nursing Leadership The task that awaits a newly hired nurse unit manager in this particular care facility is going to be challenging. With nurses complaining out loud about assignments, and with nurses calling in sick, being late to work and not bei Continue Reading...
Nursing Organization Plan Nursing Org Plan The author of this report is asked to lay out a master plan for a nursing/medical organization spoken and enumerated from the standpoint of a new nursing executive. The plan given in this report will have Continue Reading...
Nursing Administration Specialist Dr. M's dilemma Strengths The hospital has a very strong reputation within the community and an over hundred-year history. The hospital has just been purchased by a university hospital system with an equally stal Continue Reading...
Nursing Administration-Staffing A strategy for recruiting nurses for the acute care units The effect of the nursing shortage crisis combined with higher patient acuity has become a crucial concern for the nursing management team. This relates large Continue Reading...
Nursing Leadership With the increasing complexity of medical technology and the healthcare system as well as the ebb and flow of nursing needs in national medical centers, more than ever nurses with strong leadership skills are required at the patie Continue Reading...
Advanced Practice Nursing Admission Summarize your nursing-related educational and professional activities. Explain your rationale for seeking a graduate nursing degree. Articulate the personal challenges and approaches to managing graduate school, Continue Reading...
When there is a conflict between any employees within the organization, the employees can go to HR for advice on how to proceed, either through company-based mediation or to seek other legal channels of redress if necessary. HR staff must be well-ve Continue Reading...
Acquiring Leadership Skills The multicratic, or participative, leadership style takes into consideration the opinions and thoughts of others (Five Styles of Leadership: Participative Leadership, 2013). This helps in utilizing team talent in collecti Continue Reading...
The status quo, which is predicted to (or already does), produced an undesirable future state. The actual path of change initiated by timely directors of the manager is the course of achieving the current state. In change management initiatives t Continue Reading...
(Feldman & Greenberg, 2005, p. 67) Staffing coordinators, often nurse leaders must seek to give priority to educational needs as a reason for adjusting and/or making schedules for staff, including offering incentives to staff not currently seeki Continue Reading...
Planning and Implementing Change Pressure ulcers are one of the most serious concerns facing hospitals and nursing homes today. This is particularly the case with older people and those with serious disabilities that keep them bed-bound for an exten Continue Reading...
Because this is true, it is critically clear that the nursing leadership manager's role is one of a vital nature and that support for nurses in their role is the primary component that must necessarily be integral to leadership in nursing in dialysi Continue Reading...
Effective Approaches in Leadership and Management Nursing turnover is one of the most important issues facing the health care industry today. Turnover rates increase costs for health care facilities and decrease the quality of care for patients, as n Continue Reading...
Nursing management is a vital part of an effective healthcare system. It is a partner in professional satisfaction for nurses and a partner in achieving good health for individuals and societies alike (Oulton, 2006). Being a nurse manager is a very Continue Reading...
Nursing Leadership: Two Paradigms In its earliest incarnation as a profession, nurses were often conceptualized as attendants and helpers to physicians and patients, not as leaders. However, nurses over the years have attempted to eke out a unique s Continue Reading...
Nursing leadership can have a significant impact upon retention, satisfaction, and even nurses' perception of their exhaustion. The study "Leadership styles of nurse managers in a multinational environment" attempted to understand what leadership st Continue Reading...
Nursing Management and Change Theory In preparation for the upcoming inspection, several factors need to be considered and weighed by the nursing manager before actions are implemented. It is understood that when any large national health care corpo Continue Reading...
Nursing Professional Boundaries There are boundary issues in every aspect of nursing practice. Some of the issues range from stopping to purchase some groceries for a home-bound client, accepting gifts from clients, having friendship with clients an Continue Reading...
