Charge Nurse's Perspective

My goal for this week was to learn about leadership and management from the charge nurse’s perspective. I wanted to know what leadership skills she felt were important and its impact on the unit. My goal was achieved by having a conversation with the charge nurse on the unit about leadership. She was very informative and answered all my questions.
Summary of Clinical Activities We started our day in the hospital lobby promptly at 0630, the professor started off by explaining where on the unit each of us would be, as she usually does. I was placed in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) along with one other student. This week was different than previously, there were more infants and nurses and also Intermediate Care Unit (IMCU) was in a different room. Because NICU was full with nurses and infants. I started off in IMCU, where I met this wonderful nurse who I connected with and stayed the whole day talking to her, when I wasn’t checking on the other student. The nurse allowed me to shadow her with the three infants she was assigned to. At each station the
I was in another room with the other students answering questions about their upcoming exam. I reminded the students to breathe in and out before starting the exam. I also shared with them my before exam routine. Also to make sure to get enough sleep. I feel as if the students are comfortable with me. After the professor was done with midterm evaluations the students were dismissed. The professor and I went over next week’s presentation on the video “No Mas Bebes”. The video tells the story of a little-known but landmark event in reproductive justice, when a small group of Mexican immigrant women sued county doctors, the state, and the U.S. government after they were sterilized while giving birth at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center during the late 1960s and early 1970s. I look forward to presenting it next