Narrative Summary : Nurses Nurse Manager

Nurse Manager Alicia Hubbard, RN, MSN, NE-BC, is the Nurse Manager at Texas Health Plano, Neurology/Telemetry unit. She started her nursing career in 2003 as a LPN. She achieved her BSN and MSN from Arkansas State University. She holds a nurse executive certification (NE-BC), which is designed for current BSN or higher degree, currently holds a mid-level or higher for at least 2 years in the last 5 years (ANCC: American Nurses Credentialing Center, n.d.). She has applied to the DNP program at University of Houston to further her education. Alicia has been has a manager for total of 11 years at several different hospitals with the last three and a half at Texas Health Plano.

The making of a nurse leader takes education, training, and experience. Whatever the personality trait of a professional nurse, this self-discovery will only be a means to aim in becoming a nurse leader. A professional nurse in leadership is one that is transformational, involved in a professional organization, a change agent, and has a high Emotional Intelligence to be able to manage a team. She is aware and knowledgeable of the inevitable changes occurring in the nursing field. She is highly capable in setting up strategies for conflict resolution and culturally competent with such capacity in achieving high performance in a diverse healthcare team. Most importantly, her leadership promotes

Slide 2: A Nurse Executive is a master’s educated individual who is knowledgeable and has developed strong interpersonal relationships with the interdisciplinary team. This individual is accountable and compassionate, showing respect and excellence in their practice. The nurse leader is able to adapt to change especially in regards to technological advances and innovative methods of caring for patients. A driven leader empowers their staff to create an environment that is inclusive and ultimately productive using the team-nursing concept. Individual weaknesses are noted and built upon using team training and consistent educational in-services. This

I am starting the Family Nurse Practitioner program this fall in order to further advance my career as a nurse while pursuing my passion. I have been a medical-surgical and intermediate care nurse for the past four years. Along my journey as a nurse I have experienced many different roles from floor nurse, preceptor, to supervisor. My favorite role I had as a nurse was on the glycemic unit which I had the privilege to help get up and running.

Within NHS Scotland, the Nurse Manager role is afforded an array of designations such as Clinical Nurse Manager, Head of Nursing, Lead Nurse, and Service Manager. The role is routinely referred to as a leadership and management role and is cited as within the echelons of middle management (NES 2014; The Scottish Government Workforce Directorate 2009). A concept analysis of the Nurse Manager role identified a significant absence of Scottish based literature. This leaves one to conjecture that the role has emerged within NHS Scotland in an ad hoc manner, being highly dependent on locality drivers, and with no formally agreed definition of role.

Does the Big Nurse, despite Chief’s perception of her, have the patients’ best interests and well being in mind? Why or why not?

he Board of Nursing in Alabama requires a Nurse Practitioner to hold an active Alabama registered nurse (RN) license. Additionally, the Board requires the practitioner to meet all the requirements of graduation of a program of study beyond the minimal educational preparation of a RN. The candidate should also attain clinical experience beyond that required of a RN. These requirements prepare the nurse practitioner to perform the duties of this title. The additional education and clinical experience must be completed in an organization that is recognized by the Board of Nursing.

Leadership is an important part of almost all profession. It is no surprise that the role of nursing profession evolving, with that evolution, leadership is becoming more and more important. Leadership establishes an environment that foster personal and professional growth. Nursing is a profession that put huge emphasis on leadership skills. Leadership is such an essential part of our health care system, which can greatly impact the quality, accessibility and affordability of health care. Leadership establishes an environment that foster personal and professional growth. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the leadership skills in the nursing field exemplified through Mr. FG, a nurse manager in one of the best south

Highly organized, self-motivated baccalaureate prepared Registered Nurse with a strong science background driven towards Advance Practice in the Role of a Family Nurse Practitioner.

In both case studies, I think you have done an excellent job identifying the patients’ risk factors. As a Clinical Nurse Leader it is important to educate patients on both modifiable risk factors and non-modifiable risk factors. You identified modifiable risk factors like obesity, physical activity and tobacco use. You also identified a non-modifiable risk factor: family history. Some other non-modifiable risk factors are: age, gender, and ethnicity.

I am applying for the Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) track. I want to be academically prepared in this track because I want to care for patients of all ages (birth to death) and have flexibility in my work setting. I want to have the skills to treat patients from onset of illness to recovery and be able to promote preventative care as well as treatment of acute and chronic conditions in the framework of the family unit.

The leadership issue that I would love to discus in an upcoming research is the ophthalmic wards management. Every healthcare unit has an outpatient and inpatient section (Department of Health and Children, 2008). In patients live in wards and their welfare depends on the hands of ophthalmic nurses and practitioners. Therefore, the manners in which the wards are managed reflect directly on the healing and response to treatment of patients in the wards. The issue of choice in this report regarding leadership within the ophthalmology area of practice is ward management. This is because, in ophthalmology, there is the aspect of handling the patients, which requires planning, guiding, directing and control of events. This is necessary in both the handling of patients prior and post treatment. It also tackles the handling of resources and personnel in the field (du Toit, Hughes, Mason & Tousignant, 2011). Every effort of leadership should be positively directed towards making the patient as comfortable as possible. When leadership lacks, patients' confidence drains and they no longer have the faith in services offered to them. Leadership, therefore, is a fundamental issue in ensuring that patients receive the best care possible, with as much comfort as they can receive (BHALERAO, & SINGH, 2011).

Nurses play a critical role in the healthcare sector. From helping patients with basic hygiene tasks to assisting theatre rooms, nurses are trained and educated to help patients to the best of their ability. The author has noted currently there is an optimal setting for nurse practitioners not only to be responsible for inpatient healthcare team but also be accountable to improve their outcomes which discussed by Kapu, Klienpell and Pilon (2014). Furthermore, the author has noted with such kind of responsibility put it will translate to increase in nurse education and training so that they can adequately perform in the inpatient setting and in a smooth way transition away from their norm predominantly in primary care. Having a policy in place that not only checks the health of the patients but also gauges the performance of the nurses will ensure there is a higher standard set by the healthcare system nurses will have to prove what they worked.

Diane, as Assistant Nurse Manager, do you have responsibilities associated with staffing? If you are involved in staffing your unit, managing overtime, and assuring your unit meets specific staff-to-patient ratios, you possess financial management responsibilities, even if those duties are not directly related to budget planning, controlling, organizing and directing. Moreover, a unit’s budgeted productivity (nursing care hours per patient) is directly linked to staffing (Klaus, Dunton, Gajewski, & Potter, 2013). Additionally, given the current financial issues facing most hospitals restructuring to reduce costs frequently targets nurse staffing as payroll is one of the largest budgetary expenditures for

Nursing has always been focused on providing care to all patients using the Nursing Process. The organizational analysis focuses on Nurse Leaders concerning their characteristics, leadership style, responsibilities and communications with others.