160 Search Results for Characteristics of an Effective Nurse Administrator
Introduction
A philosophy of caring and compassion is necessary but not sufficient for effective nurse administration. Nurse administrators assume additional duties and responsibilities when they manage health care facilities. In addition to underst Continue Reading...
Section 1. Introduction
Today, nurse administrators are playing an increasingly important role in a wide range of health care settings, and there has been a corresponding increase in interest in understanding the relevant competencies, scope and sta Continue Reading...
It is thus possible for the institution to retain nurses by strengthening the interpersonal leadership and management skills that lead to empowerment within the healthcare environment. This is especially supported by studies that found that despite Continue Reading...
This also, unfortunately, contributes substantially to the high attrition rate (attributable to failure to adapt to the professional environment) among foreign-educated nurses (Reid, 2009). Ultimately, the effective establishment of leadership cultu Continue Reading...
Nursing Culture: Overcoming Barriers to Change
Introduction and Theoretical Framework
This program of study continues personal research and professional practice in the field of nursing within the area of public and private health systems. In an er Continue Reading...
Nursing Shortage: Its Effect on Patient Outcome
In today's environment of rising costs in the health care industry, one of the first casualties in many hospitals is the level of RN staffing. In fact, across the country, hospital RNs are increasingly Continue Reading...
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Assists staff to effectively supervise and delegate to other team members;
Models coaching and mentoring;
Effectively builds an cohesive nursing team; and Assists staff in managing conflict. (2003)
In relation to 'Caring for Self, Staff and Pat Continue Reading...
Leadership for Advanced Practice Nursing
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Staffing is not the main issue in elevating or containing costs: the main issue is retention. High turnover rates in nursing can drive costs up, but proper staffing with an appropriate ratio of nurses to pat Continue Reading...
Introduction
Performance scorecards provide a straightforward means of integrating metrics into a healthcare organization’s strategic planning. Scorecards are most effective when they have a clear purpose, identifying specific patient populati Continue Reading...
Nursing Leadership
As nursing has moved toward professionalization, roles for nurses in leadership positions have been created. Historically, the roles of charge nurse, nurse manager, nurse educator, and nurse leader, have existed to coordinate and Continue Reading...
Technology-based teaching strategies can greatly accelerate the how both teaching and learning occur and therefore often reduce traditional issues and concerns faced by students and instructors. This approach changes the conventional way of thinking Continue Reading...
The inclusion of a database system in the workplace induces efficiency, in that it allows management and nurses to monitor daily tasks accomplished and services given to patients, not to mention enabling every member to be informed of the right cond Continue Reading...
Staffing shortages in nursing are a consequence of poor nurse retention and nurse satisfaction. Being a nurse requires a lot of dedication, patience, and ability to keep updated in a constantly evolving world. When hospitals and other medical facilit Continue Reading...
Advanced Practice Roles in Nursing
The starting point of all current-day nursing practices is a registered nurse. The current standards and policies with respect to education and legal regulations for attaining a basic first-level nursing standard w Continue Reading...
Leadership and Management
The issue at hand is nursing turnover and nursing shortage. There are many areas of the country where there are chronic nursing shortages. Using a situation like this can be an effective means of illustrating the differenc Continue Reading...
Horizontal Violence in Nursing
Nursing and the Prevalence of Horizontal Violence in the Workplace
The core of the nursing profession is undermined by Horizontal violence. Horizontal violence affects the quality of health care that is delivered in i Continue Reading...
nursing organizational chart obtained was from this website, http://Hospitals.unm.edu/nursing/.
UNM has a Nursing Division meant to solve and identify the most significant questions concerning human health within the community, through care, servic Continue Reading...
Each standardized nursing language is designed for use in a number of clinical settings, including home care, ambulatory care, and inpatient treatment, with certain languages providing decided advantages within particular circumstances. Although it Continue Reading...
1). This is a problem that needs to be addressed by adding more training to the budget. The problem is, most hospitals' budgets are already spread too thin. Therefore, hospital administrators need to work harder to find sources to help fund their ac Continue Reading...
Remote Nursing Review
The Roles of Registered Nursing in Shaping and Providing Care in Rural and Remote Locations: A Literature Review
The roles and perspectives of nursing have undergone major changes in the past several decades, continuing the ra Continue Reading...
Introduction
Although senior management and public policy are also integral to the creation and maintenance of a culture of safety in healthcare organizations, nursing leadership is the most critical component in promoting desired patient outcomes. T Continue Reading...
(Cole; Ramirez; Luna-Gonzales, 1999)
The Nurse Practitioner -- NP is a registered nurse -- RN having additional education in health assessment, diagnosis and management of illnesses and injuries, inclusive of ordering tests and prescribing drugs. N Continue Reading...
(Nursing profession studied) This is clearly not very high, and there does not seem to be a high impact of the change in technology on nurses and their employment.
This leads to a dichotomy in the view about nurses - they are viewed as targets of c Continue Reading...
Advanced Practice Nursing Framework
Following its introduction during the 1960s, the role of the advanced practice nurse (hereinafter alternatively "APN") has expanded greatly into a number of specialty areas (Nwosuocha, 1999). Consequently, the de Continue Reading...
The patients selected had to meet certain criteria. They had to have access to a telephone a home or at work, they had to have the ability to keep an Oxford knee score sheet and relay the information coherently over the phone, and they had to speak Continue Reading...
Nursing Tasks, Methods, And Expectations
State of the Industry
The Art and Science of Nursing
Relative Pay Scales
Male Nursing Roles
Sex Stereotypes
The Influence of the Nationalized Healthcare Debate
Proposed Methods toward Recruiting Nurses
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Transformational Leadership
LeAnn Nitz, RN
According to Strength Finder 2.0, my personal leadership strengths are the following: harmony, restorative, competition, focus, and woo. The strengths will be discussed in detail and the way they pertain s Continue Reading...
Most conclusions on this approach were vague or indecisive in terms of social, psychological or mental significance (Rice, 1978, 1981; Graen et al., 1972; Ashour, 1973).
Furthermore, over the years, many scholars have come to the realization that l Continue Reading...
Introduction
Patient-centered care is the goal of many healthcare organizations, but the ability of an organization to deliver patient-centered care is influenced by a number of factors both internal and external. Business practices, regulatory requ Continue Reading...
Purpose and Overview
Nurse consultation involves the application of change management principles and visionary leadership to the improvement of healthcare organizations. Guided by evidence-based practice and ethical principles of the healthcare prof Continue Reading...
Nursing LeadershipIntroductionNursing leadership is a quality that is best illustrated by way of example. This paper looks at the life and career of Dr. Peter Buerhaus, a prominent nursing leader and healthcare economist, who is renowned for his infl Continue Reading...
Stress and Job Performance in the Nursing Profession
Sources and Consequences of Stress
Participants
Materials
Job Satisfaction and Feelings of Adequacy
Job Performance
Gender and Menopausal Status
Expected Results and Discussion
The relatio Continue Reading...
Amy attended the county's administrator forum, it became clear that the rumor mill about the "Good Ole' Boys" network was not exaggerated. Sitting across the table from fifteen district superintendents, not one in the bunch was a woman. There was on Continue Reading...
Figure 2: Comparing RFID Tags and their Use
It's important to note that the majority of RFID tags can be programmed by the user - a critical component in the development of patient-based strategies around RFID and the reason healthcare service pro Continue Reading...
Reports from medical center services and committees concerning patient incidents are used to develop appropriate interventions.
Trended data of patient incidents can point to shift and date where most incidents occur.
Desired Outcome
A 50% reduc Continue Reading...
Women in Film Noir
Teaching is in many ways a solitary profession: A teacher in his or her own classroom spends hours in contact with students but often relatively little time talking to other teachers and educators. Administrators are also in many Continue Reading...