...Running head: INTERVIEW OF HEALTH CARE LEADER Interview of Health Care Leader Jonell Benson University of Phoenix NURS/492 August 16, 2010 Charles Silveri Interview of Health Care Leader A leader is a person who has a vision (Owen, 2002). A leader has drive and is committed to achieving their goals and vision. Leaders focus their attention on problems that need to be fixed, and will tackle the situation at hand. Leaders are determined, motivated, careful planners and effective communicators. Leaders are positive and do not waste time and effort with negativity. Effective communication is more than just being able to speak and write. An effective leader's communication encourages people to work toward their goals. A leader is motivated and motivates everyone to contribute to the organization (Owen, 2002). All of these attributes are what I considered when choosing a Leader to interview. I have chosen to interview G.O. who currently works as a Director of Nursing, and has an extensive background in management. G.O. is someone I consider a strong Leader and mentor and is very positive and genuinely enjoys her job. G.O. has 13 years of nursing experience in Medical- Surgical Nursing, Psychiatric Nursing, Detoxification Nursing, Research Nursing, Project Management, as well as Public Health and Community Health Nursing. For the past four years G.O has served as Clinical Director, Director of Operations and Director of Nursing on both a local and national level. In these...
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...(RWJF) addressed many aspects in nursing. The impact of this report on nursing practice will be discussed below, with regard to nursing practice, nursing education, and a nurse’s role as a leader. Development in nursing recognizes the changing health care sector in the U.S. and tailors the future vision of health care and the role of nurses to fulfill that vision. The impact on nursing education: According to the IOM report, the format of nursing education must be changed. At present nursing education is very expensive and inaccessible. Funding from State and Federal Government agencies would provide support needed to generate more affordable nursing education. Lower education costs and increased availability of nursing seats in colleges will assist and encourage nurses with associate degrees to obtain their baccalaureate degree or higher in nursing. Colleges must continually review and remodel their curriculum to keep up with the advancements in the field of medicine. IOM reported that nurses’ knowledge and their potential are not utilized to its fullest. Nurses are still treated as just caretakers for patients and order-takers from doctors. Ultimately, following the suggested actions from the IOM report would increase the number of nurse practitioners and doctorate level nurses to deliver health care treatment to patients who are seeking medical help and are unable to find a health care provider willing to see them (Institute of Medicine, 2010, American...
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...Nurse Leader Interview Ariel Echevarria NUR/587 November 23, 2015 Professor Carla Hronek Leadership Interview Leadership can take on many forms and shapes. Each leadership style is unique and has a great impact on its team. Leadership is not about position, but more so about how a leader influences others to create a difference or change. The style of leadership that a leader portrays is often not chosen; it is more of a developed set of traits that come from the beliefs and values displayed on a daily basis. While it can be argued that leaders are born not created, leadership styles can be evolved based on experience and knowledge of how to motivate others. This paper will discuss points from an interview with a nursing leader. Included in the discussion will be the perspectives by the nurse leader in regards to leadership style, leadership role, challenges faced, and the effects of formal and informal power on an organization. Nurse Leader and Leadership Style Christine Roller RN (C.R.) has been a leader within her organization for the last ten years. Currently, she is the Nurse Manager of a busy observation unit and a 37-bed med-surg unit. She is a dedicated leader whose core values are strong and are the foundation of her confident leadership ability. As a leader, she is respected by her peers for displaying integrity, approachability, trust, and partnership; as evidenced by her annual peer reviews. C.R. describes her leadership style as charismatic. A charismatic...
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...want to take it. There are so many opportunities available to those who wish to take responsibility for their careers. The workplace is changing rapidly everyday and with it we must actively participate and voice our concerns to be heard. Becoming proactive in discovering and implementing new ideas whether it is at the management or organizational level, political level or at the patient’s bedside, we must unite and work as a team to excel to the next level. To promote change it takes a strong leader with creative ideas to make a difference. Anyone can be a leader but that does not mean people will follow. We must actively voice our concerns and opinions at meetings, advisory committees and to the boards where policy decisions are made. Nurses were not seen as leaders in the past but we must continue to change that. Creating new partnerships with physicians, clinicians, business owners, elected officials and the public will help them realize these improvements. Changing our roles as nurses has been an effective organizational tool to improve how we improve and place a greater emphasis on health care. According to the Institute of Medicine (IOM), they have demonstrated many changes that have impacted the medical profession. The Geisinger Health System which was...
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...Leadership Commentary Introduction Leadership is an important quality in all nurses. It is relevant to all levels of nursing and increases the quality of care we are able to give to our patients (James P. Smith, 2006). Leadership in nursing is not necessarily about being in charge but more about being able to make confident and competent decisions and influence the behaviour of others to ensure the best patient care is delivered. Throughout a community placement I endeavoured to improve my leadership skills and made use of an action plan to do this. I will make use of Gibbs (1988) reflective cycle to evaluate and reflect on this process. Gibbs is a simple and effective method of reflection and will allow a focus on the event and give a clear structure to the commentary and will also allow an action plan to be formulated to ensure the process is ongoing. Description During a placement with the district nursing team I identified leadership skills which I felt I needed to improve, which were achievable and relevant to nursing practice. I also took into consideration the leadership qualities framework from the NHS institute of innovation and improvement ( NHS institute for innovation and improvement,2005) this highlights a number a important aspects of leadership such as empowering others, collaborating with others and leading change through people. I felt that these were important and the skills which I would develop should be based around these concepts. The skills...
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...Professional Development of Nursing Professionals Health care is advancing and changing every single day, every hour, and every minute. Nurses are caring for more critical patients, which require expert knowledge and skill. In order to deliver safe quality care change is needed. According to the IOM, nurses must be prepared to meet the diverse patients’ needs by practicing to the full range of their education, function as leaders, and improve the education system so that it promotes a smooth academic progression (Institute of Medicine [IOM], 2010). The IOM desires to transform nursing education. The IOM states, “Nurses should achieve higher levels of education and training through an improved education system” (Institute of Medicine [IOM], 2010, p. 163). In the past an associate’s degree (ADN) nurse has been the most common type of nurse, now a baccalaureate degree (BSN) is the preferred nurse. The BSN nurse typically has two more years of education than the ADN nurse. This typically means the BSN nurse will end up paying more for their education but the cost is definitely worth it. The BSN nurse is preferred because of their enhanced critical thinking skills, strong education foundation, and their ability to easily adapt to evolving models of health care. It is predicted that the number of nurses with baccalaureate degrees will increase from 50% to 80% by 2020 (American Association of Colleges of Nursing [AACN], 2010). Traditional nursing competencies will move...
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...Did you know that 60 percent of all nurses are graduates from an associate’s degree program? (Aiken, 2011) The Institute of Medicine (IOM) was founded in 1970 to help the government and non-government establishments make decisions in health care by evidence base practices. In 2010 The Institute of Medicine, sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and AARP, conducted a study on the future of nursing. The study was involved and asked the questions of “who,” “what,” “where,” “when,” “why,” and “how” of nursing to produce better quality patient care. The IOM instituted initiatives or a project plan to reform nursing care. Lets touch base on how the IOM initiatives made in impact on nursing education, nursing care, and nursing leadership roles. Education Education is a very important part of a nursing career, with advancing technology, the nurse has to stay informed and up to date. Education can be acquired by certifications and advancing in higher education. The IOM initiative has increased the awareness of the need of higher educated nurses. Nursing is broad and is advancing to public health care, preventative care, and chronic care, not just acute care. (Aiken, 2011) The IOM initiative drives the education system to help nurses pursue higher education without difficulties, like in the past. There is more programs designed to help the nurse work and go to school at the same time. The initiative implemented the idea for more funding for applicants, as well as, for the...
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...RKOT Task 1 Student 281761 A. Certificate of Completion: IHI Open School Basic Certificate of Completion has been submitted with this paper. B. Leadership Strategies The most important thing that a nurse can do on an interdisciplinary team to exert leadership without occupying a formal leadership position is to adopt a leadership stance. Leadership is a characteristic not inherently possessed by everyone who is in a formal leadership position. This is a skill that can be developed by anyone. By using techniques adopted from successful leaders, each member of the healthcare team can made a difference in patient care, quality outcomes, and safety. One fundamental leadership technique discussed in the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Leadership 101 course is “to form a clearer picture of the real situation by gathering data, not just listening to opinions.” (IHI Open School for Health Professions, n.d.). A successful leader analytically reviews objective data surrounding the current situation, and then uses that data to form his or her opinion of the problem. A leader does not use the subjective data obtained from others as a basis of his or her opinion. Objective data is indisputable and can be continually measured and repeated during a change process to definitively decide if the change has been successful (Objective v. Subjective, n.d.). Subjective reasoning can be flawed for many reasons. One that is frequently present in healthcare is emotions. In the...
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...ADN and BSN Prepared Nurses Linda Jewell Grand Canyon University Competency Differences between ADN and BSN Prepared Nurses Merriam-Webster defines nurse as: “a person who cares for the sick or infirm; specifically: a licensed health-care professional who practices independently or is supervised by a physician, surgeon, or dentist and who is skilled in promoting and maintaining health”. This definition gives no differentiation between the nurse educated at the Bachelor of Science in nursing (BSN) level and the nurse educated at the Associate degree of nursing (ADN) level. Many do not realize there is difference between the two. Both nurses subscribe to the same nursing philosophies and teachings but the baccalaureate nurse expands upon those philosophies and teachings to provide a higher standard of care. On a day to day basis, nurses are asked to draw on their training, experiences and education to make decisions about the care of their patients. Many times it is the nurses that suggest treatments and medications to the physicians since they have more one-on-one time with the patients. A BSN educated nurse may think of a treatment or medication based on her course work or even experience on the job that an ADN nurse would not. In many long-term care facilities, the method of treatment of wounds is often left up to the nurse to decide and get approved by the physician. Every nurse has different experiences with what has worked in the past for different wounds...
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...Nursing Leadership and Education Saturday, December 23, 2006 ADN vs. BSN Education Nursing education is bound by its contract with society to prepare nurses with the knowledge; skills and values that enable them to provide quality care within the contemporary health care system. Implicit in this process is that a layperson will be transformed into a competent professional (Lindeman, 2000). When addressed to nurses, the question of educational preparation into professional nursing practice has long been a source of frustration. This is not limited to educators; it is pervasive among all settings and at all levels of nursing practice. Societal changes, increased technology, the shortage of registered nurses (RN’s), and most notably, the increasing shift of health care from acute to community-based settings, has led nursing leaders to raise questions about past and future trends in nursing education (Speziale & Jacobson, 2003). Although associate degree nursing (ADN) education remains a viable choice for those wanting to enter the nursing profession, the ability of these programs to appropriately prepare students for the level of practice diversity that is inherent in the current system must be assessed, and their role defined with regard to the future. In thinking about this question about entry into practice, I had to do some reflection. As I come from an AD program, I have to say that for the time (graduated 1986), and for the expectations of entry-level...
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...This transformation requires reconsidering of many roles, including nurses. This transformation in nursing particularly focuses on three aspects; practice, education and leadership. By changing this, nurses are more focused on primary as opposed to specialty care. The healthcare system is advancing every day and this requires nurses to advance in their education too. Particular focus should be given to how to improve quality in healthcare, organization level management and nurses should be educated with the physicians and other healthcare professionals. Strong leadership is critical in transforming healthcare system as well and this should begin from bedside and to boardroom. By transforming these, we will be able to provide high quality, more reasonable and safer care to our patients. . Impact of the IOM report on practice Nursing is one of the most adaptable profession in the healthcare industry and because of this versatility new career pathways have opened for nurses. Nurses have been an enabling force for change in health care along many dimensions (Aiken et al., 2009).Nursing has become increasingly integral part of the healthcare services, so in the future without having large number of nurses healthcare industry is impossible to function. The transformation particularly focuses on primary care, and today nurse practitioners along with the physicians and physicians assistants...
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... The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health to understand how the 2010 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report impacts nursing we must first understand what it is. The IOM report is the result of a two-year project that was launched by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) along with the Institute of Medicine. The report presents recommendations for an action plan for the future of nursing (Institute of Medicine, 2010 p.119). The report titled the “Future of Nursing” contained research that supported a formation for the envision on the way nursing will become. The central idea was to make sure the public would receive quality, affordable care where they would feel protected. The report was designed for nurses, policy makers, government officials, insurance companies and the public, all of which have a vested interested to ensure quality, safe, cost effective health care (Holzemer, 2010 p.119). The recommended changes in these areas of nursing serve as a fundamental part of attaining the goals set forth by the Affordable Care Act(2010). The four dominant message points of the report centered on nursing practices, education, leadership and workforce data collection. The initial key is to enhance existing nursing practices in healthcare. http://iom.nationalacademies.org/Reports/(2010 p.85). Nursing and all other professional health care personnel are experiencing a changing healthcare landscape and a...
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...the list; c. or, new characteristics added to reflect a more accurate illustration of professional nursing leadership skills necessary to provide safe, effective nursing care in today’s healthcare environment. Please provide examples or rationales to support your analysis. NAME: COURSE-SECTION: DATE: Leadership Characteristics | Definition (in your own words) | Analysis | Empowerment | Empowerment is helping to enable and motivate others by allowing them to have some autonomy and responsibility over their choices. | Empowerment is an appropriate leadership characteristic for nurses. Being a nurse has several different roles and obligations. As a nurse, you work to empower your patients and help them to make the best choices for their particular situation and you also work to empower your fellow nurses and co-workers. By providing information and resources, you help others to feel part of the group and improve outcomes. Empowerment can also help others to feel as though they can make a difference and can provide hope. | Intuition | Intuition is sometimes described as a gut feeling. It can be a feeling or a thought that you may have and do not exactly know why. It can also be described as a hunch you just seem to know something without fully understanding the reason or having definitive proof. | Intuition is an appropriate leadership characteristic for...
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... The IOM report according to the American Nurses Association, “calls on nurses to take a greater role in America’s increasingly complex health care system.” The report has triggered a domino effect on the impact for the nursing field in correlation to nurse’s education, practice, and their role as a leader. The Impact of the IOM Report The impact of the IOM report on nursing education: The IOM committee asserts that nurses must achieve higher levels of education to include being taught in new ways so that every nurse may rise to the challenge of an everchanging patient climate. The first and second points set forth by the Institute of Medicine address nurses and their practice in regards to training and education. These two points have pushed employers to encourage nurses to further their education and most are offering financial assistance to nurses to ensure this opportunity is taken advantage of and achieved. Many employers that offered financial assistance in the past have increased their yearly maximum allowance in tuition for nurses to ensure this educational achievement can be met by the year 2020. There has been a large migration by nurses across the country to further their associate degree level of education to a bachelor degree. Many diploma nurses are also enrolled in school to achieve this level of higher learning. Several institutions of education have started online programs to meet the needs of nurses attempting to obtain higher educational goals...
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...Professional nursing practice models enable nurses to control the delivery of care and the environments in which that care occurs. Nurses have input into decision making and can design innovations specific to a particular care setting. (Professional Nursing, 2011) Today the nursing profession is increasingly in complexity and versatility. The current healthcare reform is adding a broader scope of practice for nurses. The current standards of practice continue to evolve allowing nurse to practice at higher functioning than what was previously expected. This has caused a shift to a higher complexity and more advanced level to the profession. Advancement in science and technology has added to the complexity in the nursing practice during the past 20 years. Technology savvy nurses are required to meet the standard of practice as we continue to advance into a paperless world. These issues are raising the bar on the practice of medical care for all healthcare workers across the board. There is a wide spectrum of nursing expertise, education, and credentialing that is now necessary for the ever changing profession. Differentiated models of practice are supported by a clinical "ladder" or defined steps for advancement within the organization based on experience in nursing, additional education, specialty certification, or other indicators of professional excellence. (Erickson, 1998) Much higher expectations are placed on registered nurse new graduate. Just a few decades ago clinical...
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