DEVELOPING A SHRED VISION
Developing a Shared Vision
December 15, 2014
Developing a Shared Vision
The purpose of this proposal is to address the issues of staff shortages and poor job satisfaction rates resulting in turnover that our organization is facing at this time. We will discuss the impacts that these issues have within our department. And then, we will share and discuss ways that we as a team, can make an improvement on these issues in order to enable us to continue to provide quality health care for the patients we service daily.
Impact
The impact that staff shortages can have is tremendous not only to the nursing staff, our patients, but also to our organization as a whole. Having a shortage of our nursing staff in our department can reduce the efficiency and effectiveness of care that we give to our patients due to the ratio of nurse to patient. This can include delay for any patient testing and or surgery, delay in a patient being discharged, which then promotes to bed shortages and patient complaints on the care they are receiving. In addition, it also hinders the early detection of patient complications, the safety of our patients and most importantly patient error due to lack of proper communication (American Association of Colleges of Nursing/Impact of the Nursing Shortage on Patient Care, n.d).
The shortage of nursing staff then promotes to the issue of poor job satisfaction rates that then result in turnover among staff members. This occurs due to the added stress of caring for too many patients at one time and not having the time that it takes to communicate effectively among staff members for the well-being of the patient.
Improvements
In order to attempt to resolve the issues I propose that we as a team improve our communication, collaboration, and our teamwork. We must as a team improve cultural communication between patient and care givers so that patients know the exact options they have regarding their health care
December 15, 2014
Developing a Shared Vision
The purpose of this proposal is to address the issues of staff shortages and poor job satisfaction rates resulting in turnover that our organization is facing at this time. We will discuss the impacts that these issues have within our department. And then, we will share and discuss ways that we as a team, can make an improvement on these issues in order to enable us to continue to provide quality health care for the patients we service daily.
Impact
The impact that staff shortages can have is tremendous not only to the nursing staff, our patients, but also to our organization as a whole. Having a shortage of our nursing staff in our department can reduce the efficiency and effectiveness of care that we give to our patients due to the ratio of nurse to patient. This can include delay for any patient testing and or surgery, delay in a patient being discharged, which then promotes to bed shortages and patient complaints on the care they are receiving. In addition, it also hinders the early detection of patient complications, the safety of our patients and most importantly patient error due to lack of proper communication (American Association of Colleges of Nursing/Impact of the Nursing Shortage on Patient Care, n.d).
The shortage of nursing staff then promotes to the issue of poor job satisfaction rates that then result in turnover among staff members. This occurs due to the added stress of caring for too many patients at one time and not having the time that it takes to communicate effectively among staff members for the well-being of the patient.
Improvements
In order to attempt to resolve the issues I propose that we as a team improve our communication, collaboration, and our teamwork. We must as a team improve cultural communication between patient and care givers so that patients know the exact options they have regarding their health care
References: American Association of Colleges of Nursing | Impact of the Nursing Shortage on Patient Care. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.aacn.nche.edu/media-relations/nursing-shortage-resources/impact Bhutani J, Bhutani S, Kumar J. Achieving patient centered care: Communication and cultural competence. Indian Journal Of Endocrinology & Metabolism. January 2013;17(1):187-188. Weiss, D., Tillen, F. J., & Morgan, M. J. (2014). The interprofessional health care team: Leadership and development. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning