In all my years of as advisor to our NSBE chapter, some individuals stand out for their great qualities and Susan is one them. She is a natural born leader who is driven and dedicated to everything she does. Since attaining the position of membership chair last spring she has done everything…
On September 1, 2017, I interviewed Natalie Bak, a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) at a nursing home in Millsboro, DE. She obtained her associate’s degree from Delaware Technical in Georgetown, DE. She has been working as an LPN for 13 years. Once she graduated college, she began to work in her field. We discussed many things about nursing, but, most importantly, about her job, including communication, innovations, personality traits a nurse should possess, education requirements, and retirement…
All types of organizations have social structures, pecking orders, and patterns of behavior, including habits governing dress, language, food and things alike. Important dimensions include the reward system, organizational clarity, standards of performance, warmth and support, and leadership practices. An evaluation of these and other dimensions of organizational climate can be used to determine whether that organization is exploitive, impoverished, supportive, or enlightened.…
But that is the dance of the birds, that is not how we should be.…
I just want to send a special thank you to all who submitted posters for the 2017 Shared Governance Day Event. This is one of the forum used to share best practices and celebrate the contribution of nurses in supporting the organization’s Mission, Vision, and Values. CCF is extremely proud of your dedication and hard work that you and your staff are doing to improve patient care. I hope to see this display of support at the 2018 Shared Governance Day Event.…
I chose to interview Mrs. T. the administrator of a critical care nursing facility. Who undoubtedly, embodies the essence of an effective leader. She understands the way a} health facility works. First as being a nurse an educational leader and consultant. She started her nursing career in public health where she worked for seven years. She has spent 17 years in home health concentrating on geriatric care Along with being a nurse educator. Mrs. Thebaud continues to be the current administrator in this critical care facility in the past 8 years. She is known for…
Clearly leadership skills are required and are important because the leader is the one who has the most responsibility, he is the one who gives the tasks out to his fellow team members and should help them if they struggle in a task. A person who has a good leadership is the one who can get tasks done in different ways, he is one who can change rules in order to do better, and another sign of a good leadership can also get his fellow team members to complete their objectives in new and innovative ways, and another sign of good leadership is that the leader can inspire and motivate others to work hard and do new things in different.…
There is talk that the nursing shortage is over, but the facts show that there is a substantial nursing shortage which is projected to intensify over the next several years. This fact alone will increase the demand on the remaining nurses leading to nurse burn out and increased turnover rates. Nurses are the largest group of health care professionals in America, but the majority of the nurses are close to retirement age (Institute of Medicine [IOM], 2010). This paper will address the issue of nursing shortage, nurse turnover and how nurse leaders and managers are approaching these issues, along with the personal and professional philosophy of nursing of the author of this paper.…
Describe the factors that will influence the choice of leadership styles or behaviours in workplace situations…
The future of the industry is so unclear and always improving. Therefore, we, as graduate level nurses, always have to allow ourselves to grow and develop with the profession. Lastly, and her favorite attribute of leadership is exhibiting the passion for nursing and inspiring her passion in others. The writer most certainly demonstrates her passion and love for the field. How could one not love nursing when they are continuously making a difference in people’s lives. The writer knows that others see her passion as well by the positive comments she so often receives from her patients and their families. This makes the thirteen hours of work away from her own family totally worth every…
Positive feedback is a mechanism by which an output is enhanced, such as protein levels. However, in order to avoid any fluctuation in the protein level, the mechanism is inhibited stochastically (I), therefore when the concentration of the activated protein (A) is past the threshold ([I]), the loop mechanism is activated and the concentration of A increases exponentially if d[A]=k [A]…
Note: Learners must satisfy all the assessment criteria by achieving at least 50% of the marks available for each criterion.…
It's true that people don't come with instruction manuals, but don't fret. Human behavior, albeit unpredictable, is a process like any other part of an operation and can be managed as such. Gaining an understanding of this process will help produce a stress-free and profitable working atmosphere. If an employee is engaging in behavior to achieve something (positive reinforcement), he or she will constantly try to improve in order to attain more of it. But if an employee is trying to avoid a penalty, he or she will only work hard enough to avoid the consequence, essentially producing only the bare minimum.…
Connected leadership is an emerging view of leadership as an inclusive and collective networked activity occurring throughout organizations. Out of this project grew the Changing Nature of Leadership (CNL) research. Its focus: to explore the current field of leadership and forecast future trends. CNL relied on several interdependent streams of research, including academic literature, surveys, benchmarking and classroom research. More than 500 respondents completed one or more aspects of the research. Of these respondents, 84 percent believe that the definition of effective leadership has changed in the last five years – indicating some interesting trends in leadership. But the question remains: How has leadership changed and will it look different in the future? The results across our numerous data points to one conclusion: Leadership is changing and approaches focusing on flexibility, collaboration, crossing boundaries and collective leadership are expected to become a high priority.…
Hello my name is Jessica and I am looking forward to learning all there is to know about performance appraisal and feedback. I am interested in acquiring knowledge on how to build a relationship with others to be able to be effective when I perform this task with them. It can be challenging to tell someone their strengths and weaknesses without damaging the relationship. I believe communication is key to be able to succeed in helping others improve their abilities. I have been in the Mental Health field for over 10 years and I have experienced this with my supervisors. Some of them were sensitive while others were simply rude. Indeed, their opinion and assessment had an effect on my work. I want to learn to be effective.…