Discussion Board 5 Preceptors orienting new nurses must have elements of appropriate teaching techniques. Included are knowledge, patience, perseverance, and the ability to provide constructive feedback in an encouraging manner. As noted by (Barry, Murcko, & Brubaker, 2002) “errors are prevented by having the right equipment, the right infrastructure, trained personnel, and work tasks that lend themselves to being done correctly” (p. 16). Having the proper tools to teach new nurses can assist
A treatise on leadership within healthcare has many dimensions. A comprehensive review of the following realms can help illustrate the functional domains of nursing leadership: Innovation, Change Management and Systems Thinking, Communication and Emotional Intelligence; Conflict Resolution; Policy and Advocacy; Decision Making; Organizational Climate and Culture; Influence Vs Power & Leadership and Management; Fiscal Responsibility; Retention and Succession Planning; Quality and Safety; Professional
Importance of Nursing Informatics Nursing informatics is a specialty field of nursing that merges the science of healthcare with information management. This field takes medical decision making to a whole new level by not only supporting nurses but the entire healthcare team to help achieve the best outcome for the patient (Mitchell, 2011). The process of nursing informatics is accomplished by the use of information structures and technology. As the technology advances it provides better ways
The importance of team collaboration and Communication In the ever-changing healthcare field it is believed that all hospital employees are part of the healthcare interdisciplinary team, from the attending physician to the chef in the kitchen as part of quality patient care. When it comes to caring for patients in a hospital setting, in many cases there is increasing complexity in pre-existing morbidities. Patient care is now from combined from physicians of different specialties, nursing and many
provided. By addressing issues tackled by standard development programmes, we as nurses can radically improve patient outcomes (HIQA, 2012). A central component of quality improvement is the undertaking of clinical audits. Audits at all levels of our healthcare system are vital to guarantee the service is co-ordinated, fit for purpose and that staff are adhering to professional standards. In 1989, the company Xerox developed the concept of benchmarking (Patel, 2010). In this context, it is referred to
Attributes of Transformational Leadership Transformational leadership is in its optimal aspect able to produce valuable and positive change within the nurses which is important in transforming them into future nurse leaders. As aforementioned, transformational leadership when embedded within a leader helps in enhancing the performance, motivation, and morale of the subordinates using different techniques. Due to the challenging and rapidly-changing nursing work environment, nurses require motivation
Teaching those who want to pursue a profession in nursing is a complicated process since the anatomy and the physiology of the human body can be very complex. Also, pressure has increased on nursing education programs to increase the knowledge and critical thinking of their nursing students which should then decrease patient mortality in the future. Over the years a variety of strategies have been generated to assist with teaching undergraduate nursing students, but a technique that has impacted the process
understanding of the nursing role on the medical field. By being able to look back to a variety of prior papers created as part of the program, the understanding of the intention of those projects become clearer as development of researching, analyzing, critical thinking and understanding of evidence base practice. The rationalization of looking at evidence base practice as an important tool at the time of approaching any particular situation seems now as the best rational way, when I have to face a conflict
defined as the study of the principles underlying conduct, thought, and the nature of the universe (Black, 2014, p. 261). Philosophies of nursing are statements of beliefs about nursing and expressions of morals in nursing that are used as roots for thinking and acting. Most nursing philosophies are built on a base of beliefs about individuals, environment, well-being, and nursing (Black, 2014, p. 262). Nursing is more than treating an illness; rather it is focused on delivering quality patient care
more interpersonal the relationship between a nurse and patient is, the more effective the healing process and overall care will be for the patient. According to Nelson (2011), a caring physician makes the patient feel valued. Being present in the healthcare setting also helps the patient feel less secluded, while the nurse is there as both a companion and provider. What makes this relationship of trustworthiness so unique and different