1. What has been your experience with nurses and nursing? (200 words or less) (Required) I had my first interaction with nursing at a young age and although it was disappointing and unpleasant‚ it helped create a strong desire in me to help others. After being told that my sister had suffered a grand mal seizure‚ I insisted on going to the hospital to be with her. It was devastating to watch she was not receiving the best care. I vowed on that day to be by her side and dedicate my life to help
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There is a growing body of evidence in nursing education on the importance of leadership skills for positively impacting employee retention‚ staff satisfaction‚ improved organizational performance‚ and more satisfactory patient outcomes (Sherman & Pross‚ 2010). In order to provide the necessary guidance for an optimum work environment‚ strong nurse leaders are required at all levels of a healthcare organization. When there is failure in the creation of cultures of engagement‚ nurses may feel they
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communication conflicts lead to resentment and an unwillingness to follow leadership. It is especially important for leadership to communicate changes immediately. Korth (2016) recommends that nurse leaders make more time to mentor their staff and engage in unit conversations often‚ especially when changes are imminent. The ability to foster confidence and safety through leadership communication is a vital component in advanced practice nursing and helps ease transitions which can involve all the aspects of
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The nursing and healthcare professions are unique in that they are responsible for caring for others. Nurses‚ in particular‚ are especially important because they have the greatest amount of contact with people during some of the most vulnerable moments of their lives. Nurses are taught early on about the holistic nature of health and wellness‚ the need to understand each patient’s perception of illness‚ and the importance of establishing therapeutic relationships with patients and their caregivers
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There are many skills that nurses will need to be a great leader. Within this essay‚ the reader will learn different leadership theories‚ systems and complexity theories‚ advanced communication‚ and building consensus. In my current facility‚ we practice primary nursing. Primary nursing is having one nurse provide direct care for a small group of patients. The setting is an inpatient youth psychiatric unit with the nurse to patients ratio is 1 to 7. The children’s age ranges from 6 to 21 years old
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Participative leadership fosters comradery between employees and allows for the formation of friendships between coworkers. This is very important‚ especially in nursing since so many nurses participate in a “mobbing” mentality where often more experienced and qualified nurses seem to display more aggressive behavior towards their peers. ( Bortoluzzi‚G.‚Caporale‚L. & Palese A.‚ 2014) Employees that want to work with one another everyday will be more motivated to complete tasks and work as a team
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Cultural Competency in Nursing NSG-2262 March 3rd‚ 2014 As nurses‚ we not only need to understand cultural competence‚ but we also have to be sure not to generalize groups of people. Each client is an individual‚ and it is important to form a therapeutic relationship so we can care for each specific client. Each client has his/her own needs; just because two people are of the same culture‚ it doesn’t mean that he/she believes in the same thing. In turn‚ nurses need to understand their
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LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES FOR SUCCESSFUL CHANGE MANAGEMENT A Preliminary Study Report Prepared by: Milan Pagon‚ Emanuel Banutai‚ Uroš Bizjak University of Maribor‚ Slovenia 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Competencies in General A competence in general can be understood as the ability of an individual to activate‚ use and connect the acquired knowledge in the complex‚ diverse and unpredictable situations (Perrenoud‚ 1997‚ in Svetlik‚ 2005). Gruban (2003) defines competencies as the ability to use knowledge
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Using Cultural Competency in Practice Cultural competencies is a term that has long saturated the healthcare world‚ especially nursing. The United States has become a melting pot of culture and ethnicity and to practice in the hospital setting it is essential to know the backgrounds of your patients and their families. Different cultures have different perceptions on health and illness. Providing culturally competent care includes knowledge about subcultures‚ attitudes‚ and skills that’s supports
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Competency & Servant Leadership The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast Servant Leadership against Competency Based Leadership. I will be discussing both styles of leadership and their strengths and weaknesses and at the end of this comparison I will be drawing a conclusion to determine whether or not a Competency-based leader can include Servant leadership on his daily direction strategies of his employees. From the research that I have done so far I consider that Servant Leadership
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