...Introduction The aim of this piece of work will be to describe, analyse and evaluate what role the staff nurse holds in the effective management of the care of the bereaved person. Throughout the author will relate this to the bereavement of a family following the death of a loved one in a care of the elderly setting. In relation to this assignment and because the focus of this assignment is on the staff nurse effectively managing the care of the bereaved person the author will focus on the issue of the importance of good leadership in supporting staff in what could be an emotionally challenging environment. In relation to supporting the staff nurse being able to provide effective care for the patient the author will also be considering the areas of teambuilding and staff development, training and support. It should be remembered that bereavement may occur not just after a death but after any form of loss. Loss is a normal part of everyday life, life involves change and changes often involve an element of loss, (Read, 2002). What is bereavement? Shakespeare once wrote “all that lives must die, passing through nature to eternity”. Death is one of the largest causes of bereavement, although not exclusively. Bereavement is the term used for the emotions and behaviours felt and displayed by a person who has suffered some form of loss, particularly the death of a person close to them or known to them, (Egan, 2003). Coping with bereavement Coping with the emotions...
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...Scholarship, Practice and Leadership Lisa Hoffman University Of Phoenix Scholarship, Practice and Leadership People have an ability to manage his or her span of information regarding his or her own health and the health of those they care for. With the increasing complexity of health information and health care settings, most people need additional information, skills, and supportive relationships. Societal expectations of health care professionals are rapidly changing and increasing. Society has high expectations of health professionals, expecting them to provide leadership roles in the community. In addition to societies’ expectations of leadership, universities expect faculty to demonstrate leadership in a scholarly manner. Scholarship is a fundamental expectation for anyone in an academic role. Scholarly leadership proceeds through the academic ranks of a university demonstrating evidence of effectiveness of teaching, research, professional activities, and community contributions. Boyer (1990) defines scholarship as “those actives that systematically advance the teaching and practice of nursing through rigorous inquiry that is significant to the profession is creative; can be documented; can be replicated or elaborated and can be peer-reviewed through various methods” (p. 129). Colleges and universities across the nation are striving to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing educational...
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...Application of Theory Neukenya Jokines Chamberlain College of Nursing Application of Theory The future of nursing is dependent upon nursing leadership that adheres to the professional standards in regards to education, research and practice. On a daily basis decisions are made by nurses that directly affect the lives of others. Nursing theory is a guide that has been set in place in order for nurses to look upon when it comes to daily healthcare decisions. It was stated by Cody (2003), that “one learns to practice nursing by studying nursing theories” (pg. 226). This statement can be applied to the problems of nursing leadership, problem solving and decision making. Cody (2003), also states that “nursing practice will be transformed to the betterment of humankind when all nursing practice is fully autonomous and guided predominantly by nursing theory” (pg. 230). For many years nursing practice has found its foundations from nursing theories. Understanding how nursing knowledge within healthcare organizations influence patient and organizational outcomes are discussed in the middle range theory of nursing intellectual capital (Covell, 2008). Intellectual capital is defined as the combination of collective knowledge of individuals and structures in an organization or society. The theory consists of two concepts of nursing which includes human capital and nursing structural capital. According to (Covell & Sidani, 2013) “Intellectual capital theory defines human capital...
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...hospital ethical climates on job satisfaction, stress, turnover intentions, and ethics. Thus, it seems imperative to come up with valid measures so as to raise the standards of the ethical climate in health care institutions. Ethical climate survey Various self-assessment questionnaires have been established to determine the ethical climate in hospitals and health care settings. The most extensively used assessments are the Hospital Ethical Climate Survey (HECS) prepared in the United States by Olson (Kent, 2002, p.78). HECS recognizes five subscales in the ethical climate of hospitals and has good psychometric properties. Different cultures and countries including Turkey, the United States, Jordan, South Korea and Sweden. The following essay will address the ethical climate of The Italian hospital. The Italian Healthcare Package has undertaken major reformations since new laws were approved in 1992 and 1993. These laws introduced a changeover from a primarily public system with funding isolated to the performance,...
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... PROPOSAL INTRODUCTION:- "Mentoring is an alliance that creates a space for dialogue that results in reflection, action and learning." Mentoring – developing insight to turn hindsight into foresight!” This essay aims to provide an overview of the submission report proposing the introduction of formal mentoring for my current workplace. In the first part of paper I gave overview about my organization. Then I add definitions of mentoring and formal mentoring and then I presented the literature review of formal mentoring. In the second part of this paper I explained the importance of mentoring and formal mentoring and I also shed the lights on models of mentoring. In last part of the essay I prepared the proposal for a pilot of mentoring scheme. ABOUT ORGANIZATION: - at present I am working in the Wahroonga Nursing Home, Wahroonga, it comes under the Thompson Health Care Organization. This facility is for forty two residents. My designation is there as an Assistant in Nursing and I am working there from last three years as a permanent part time employee. The total numbers of employees are sixty four. Out of them thirteen were registered nurses and twenty eight were registered nurses and rest of the staff belongs to other departments such as kitchen, laundry and cleaning. Thompson Health Care believes that all residents are entitled to the highest standards of professional care, a comfortable and secure environment, privacy, dignity...
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...Leadership SMART Goal Name of Student: Name of Institution: Date: Leadership SMART Goal Introduction In managing patient centered care, it is important to have set goals which direct the health care system in all its activities. Goals are important as they act as indicators to show the right progress of any organization ranging from leadership to production of products or services (MacLeod, 2012). In a patient centered care center too, it is important that the management embark on setting goals which will be used and adhered to by the doctors, nurses, stakeholders, and the health care system management (Hersh et al., 2012). Goals in the health care system also provide criteria for evaluating the patients’ progress. They also helps in keeping the nurses, doctor, and the management team active and geared to working hard in order to achieve them within the set time limits (MacLeod, 2012). This essay discusses on how to go about setting an important leadership SMART goal. Goal: To increase the capacity of Glory Hospital by adding 300 ward-beds by January 2017 through financial resources allocation in purchases department in order to enhance a room for 700 patients to receive treatment at the same time. Goal Setting Requirements In order to come up with a clear and workable goal, it is important to adhere to the requirements of goals setting such as the SMART method. Through this, one is able to set a clear and a precise goal based on what is to be achieved. As part of the...
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...FOUNDATION DEGREE IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE MANAGEMENTETHICS, LEADERSHIP AND INTERPROFESSIONAL WORKING IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CAREHS4501-40Describe The Importance Of Quality Leadership And The Difference Between Leadership And Management Within A Health And Social Care Environment, And Explain The Ethical Value Framework Leaders Of Services Should Adhere To STUDENT ID: 213599 06/05/2011 WORD COUNT 3,606 | | Describe The Importance Of Quality Leadership And The Difference Between Leadership And Management Within A Health And Social Care Environment, And Explain The Ethical Value Framework Leaders Of Services Should Adhere To | | This essay will discuss the importance of quality leadership, the diversities between leadership and management within health and social care and explain the ethical frame work leaders of services should adhere to. Every organization strives to be successful regardless of the type of business it conducts; no organization can be fully successful and productive without good quality leadership. Haris and Ogbonna (2000) discovered that although leadership may not completely affect the organisations achievement, the quality of leadership does affect the workers of the organisation who in turn have a substantial affect on the organiation. (cited in Haracre, et al 2011) If workers are contented and without stress in their work they will be more likely to be enthuiastic...
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...**Capital Purchase Js HCS/571 April 07, 2013 R g Capital Purchase A capital expenditure is a pledge of funds that is anticipated to grant benefits during a practically extended, usually a minimum two years, sometimes longer (Cleverley & Cameron, 2007). Client Health and Rehabilitation Center a skilled nursing facility in Anywhere, NY has determined that a capital expenditure of an installation of electronic medical records (EMR) will help their facility compete with surrounding facilities. The cost will be roughly $50,000, and will consist of the hardware, labor, software, service, and education for facility staff. This paper will confer that attainment of electronic medical record hardware and software will facilitate organizational and management with facility goals based on the necessity of the facility to compete with other facilities in the area that are technically advanced. In the long run the facility will reap the rewards of the installation of this new technology. Management Goals Productivity The chief goals of the administration group at Client Health and Rehabilitation Center is that of productivity. With the organization becoming further advanced technologically owing to the use of the EMR system, responsibilities that consist of procuring doctors orders for updating, filing, and charting additional redundancies, and use many paper charts will not be necessary, thereby doing away this outdated...
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...estimated that somewhere between 30 to 50 percent represents waste." (Erisman, 2011) This essay is a reflection of the Virginia Mason Medical Center article written by Richard Bohmer. Gary Kaplan Dr. Gary Kaplan assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer of Virginia Mason Medical Center (VMMC) in 2000. The center, that consisted of 336 inpatient beds, 5000 employees and 9 locations, was hemorrhaging millions of dollars in 1998-2000. Dr. Kaplan realized that the center needed to "change or die" (Bohmer, 2010) and a new strategic plan needed to be drafted that focused on the customer (patients) and emphasize quality and safety. I believe that Dr. Kaplan was trying to achieve a paradigm shift in the way healthcare was managed and led. His vision of a re-focus on the patient, implement tools and strategies to eliminate waste, improve quality and safety. Toyota Production System The essence of this system was exactly what Gary Kaplan and the VMMC strategic plan was trying to achieve. The Toyota Production System, a system that was proven to reduce cost by eliminating waste of time, material, space, excess movement and inventory. The tools of this system had applicability into the healthcare setting; "jidoka" (Bohmer, 2010) which refers to abnormalities in processes that can equate to quality control and risk management. The tools of innovation that emphasize a frontline workers (doctors, nurses and technicians) to solve problems directly leading to employee buy-in and morale....
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...organization created by the government to give free or low cost good healthcare to all legal residents of United Kingdom launched in July 1948, a principle that remains at its core. The aim of this essay is to examine the objectives of NHS, how it carries out its services and its external factors. The National Health Services is divided into four geographical regions, which are: * NHS England * NHS Wales * NHS Scotland and * NHS North Ireland. In this essay, my key focus is NHS England. It is a self-governing organization, with close contact to the government. Its main responsibility is to prioritize and set direction of the NHS to improve health care services for people of England. The NHS establishes enabling environment for health care services and staff to ensure highest quality of care through effective utilization of available resources with best outcomes for individuals within communities and society for now and future generations. NHS is structured into different sections to make-work more identifiable to whom to go to when need arises. There is the secretary of state for services (SSS) and the department of health (DH). The SSS is generally responsible of all the work while the DH is in charge of all the social and health care funding of England and the tactical leadership. The mission of NHS is good healthcare should be available to all, regardless of the wealth. With the expectation prescriptions, dental and optical services which are charged at low cost...
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...Discuss the role of leaders and leadership in serving as effective change agents. Abstract Change has an important place in the study of organizational life. Whether a corporate giant or a small start-up, every organization today faces the challenge to change and adapt, either as a response to the external environment or simply a deliberate internal procedure to re-look at business operations to maintain its viability. Generally, people are usually inclined to defend the status-quo and resist change for a multitude of reasons ranging from a straightforward intellectual disagreement to deep-seated psychological factors. The degree of skepticism and resistance to change from employees make implementation difficult and their counter-productive behaviors tend to jeopardise the success of the change process and thus the intended objectives. Successfully reducing resistance and motivating employees through the transition is vital in organizational change efforts. Salient factors from literature reviews in enabling organizational change are presented and the need of leadership and role of leaders as effective change agents is discussed in this essay. Successful organisational change is about the interplay of all organizational elements such as human resources, systems and technologies. Good leaders and leadership skills have been identified as pivotal to garnering support of people in championing change initiatives that steer organisations...
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...people in the entire Company and plans for future ventures and objectives involving people in the Company. (Handy, 1999) Research has shown that the human aspect of resources within an organisation contributes approximately eighty percent of the organisation’s value. This implies that if people are not managed properly, the organisation faces a serious chance of falling apart. The Human Resource Department’s main objective is to bring out the best in their employees and thus contribute to the success of the Company. These roles come with certain positive and negative aspects. However, the negative aspects can be minimised by improvements to their roles and functions. These issues shall be examined in detail in the subsequent sections of the essay with reference to case examples of businesses in current operation. Positive aspects of Roles and Functions of the Human Resource Department Recruitment of Employees This is one of the most fundamental roles of the HR department. This is because this function ensures that the Company under consideration selects the most skillful and competent person from a sea of applicants at that time. This function involves evaluation of ability and competency of potential employees in relation to what the Company needs. This role falls under the Staffing role of management. If this...
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...CROSSROADS When I read the first draft of this manuscript it provided a genuine " aha" experience. I felt that "tempered radicalism" was a concept that had been waiting to be invented. Meyerson and Scully, in my view, have grasped an important idea and have written about it in a careful and an illuminating way. It's one of those papers, I suspect; that some people will react to by thinking: "I wish I had written that!" Further, I can see others I know well in the field as fitting'the description of the tempered radical, at least in some circumstances and at different times. The reviewers, while suggesting changes, as reviewers do, were also very taken with the paper. It is intellectually interesting, and evocative. It provides us with a perspective on organizational issues that is typically glossed. It opens an arena for organizational analysis that is missed in r most theoretical frameworks. Tempered radicals, Meyerson and Scully argue, are individuals who identify with and are committed to their organizations and also to a cause, community or ideology that is fundamentally different from, and possibly at odds with, the dominant culture of their organization. Their radicalism stimulates them to challenge the status quo. Their temperedness reflects the way they have been toughened by challenges, angered by what they see as injustices or ineffectiveness, and inclined to seek moderation in their interactions with members closer to the centre of organizational values and orientations...
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...A Stakeholder Model of Organizational Leadership Author(s): Marguerite Schneider Source: Organization Science, Vol. 13, No. 2 (Mar. - Apr., 2002), pp. 209-220 Published by: INFORMS Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3085994 Accessed: 30/07/2010 02:12 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use, available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use provides, in part, that unless you have obtained prior permission, you may not download an entire issue of a journal or multiple copies of articles, and you may use content in the JSTOR archive only for your personal, non-commercial use. Please contact the publisher regarding any further use of this work. Publisher contact information may be obtained at http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublisher?publisherCode=informs. Each copy of any part of a JSTOR transmission must contain the same copyright notice that appears on the screen or printed page of such transmission. JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org. INFORMS is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Organization Science. http://www.jstor.org A ...
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...GET THAT MONEY HONEY! TOP 101 SCHOLARSHIPS AND INTERNSHIPS FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS AND OTHER MINORITY STUDENTS (More Than $50 Million Dollars in Financial Aid Available!) Published by Urban Ebooks/ Dante Lee Publishing www.urbanebooks.com This ebook is the personal copy of Corketa Martin (CorkeLou@aol.com) SCHOLARSHIPS WITH JANUARY DEADLINES #1 - Ron Brown Scholar Program for African Americans: The Ron Brown Scholar Program provides scholarship awards to African-American high school seniors who are excelling in their academics, exhibiting exceptional leadership potential, and actively serving in community service activities. For more details, visit www.ronbrown.org #2 - Gates Millennium Scholars Program For Minority Students: The Gates Millennium Scholars Program (also known as the Bill Gates Scholarship) awards scholarships each year to African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian Pacific Islander American or Hispanic American students who plan to enroll full-time in a two-year or four-year college or university program. For more details, visit www.gmsp.org Copyright © 2016 All Rights Reserved. This ebook is the personal copy of Corketa Martin (CorkeLou@aol.com) #3 - Tom Joyner Foundation "Full Ride" Scholarship: The Tom Joyner Foundation "Full Ride" Scholarship awards a full scholarship to one student to attend a Historically Black College and University (HBCU). The scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors with high academic records...
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