Discuss the strategies an organization can use to empower leaders and manager and guide him/her to be a transformational leader. Based on your research, courses discussions, experiences, what do you believe the most important leadership characteristic(s) might be?   Support your discussion and opinions with facts, relevant examples from personal nursing practice, and at least […]

Provide a brief summary of the delegation guidelines in your state. Describe at least three strategies nurse managers can use to reduce legal risks and overcome the barriers to delegation to strengthen the efficiency of the health care team.   Support your discussion and opinions with facts, relevant examples from personal nursing practice, and at […]

Evaluate the organizational climate and motivation of a unit where you currently or previously worked.  What are the top two actions found in the literature that leaders could employ to improve the management of workplace issues (motivation, conflict, scheduling or discrimination)?    Support your discussion and opinions with facts, relevant examples from personal nursing practice, […]

Please post a comment and state which topic you plan to discuss as soon as possible this week. Review the forum posts prior to selecting your topic so each topic is covered. If all of the topics have been selected upon review, then you may select the topic of your choice.   How do these […]

Describe an example when a leader or manager managed a challenge related to decision making, staffing, conflict or discrimination. Describe the factors that contributed to a positive or negative outcome.   Support your discussion and opinions with facts, relevant examples from personal nursing practice, and at least two citations from the reading or peer-reviewed professional […]

DQ1 Describe how your organization encourages input at all levels for the decision making process. Identify at least two best practices from the literature that could benefit your organization.   Support your discussion and opinions with facts, relevant examples from personal nursing practice, and at least two citations from the reading or peer-reviewed professional nursing […]

Explain the organizational structure of your healthcare organization to your peers/colleagues. Does one of the common management theories support this structure? If yes, which theory?  Where is the formal leadership?  Where is the informal leadership?  Describe how this structure impacts the process of change (positively or negatively).    Support your discussion and opinions with facts, […]

DQ1 Compare and contrast leader roles and management functions.  Apply one specific leadership style that a nurse can use to manage a workplace initiative that reflects a current healthcare priority.      Support your discussion and opinions with facts, relevant examples from personal nursing practice, and at least two citations from the reading or peer-reviewed […]

DQ1 Assessment of the patient is critical to providing safe, high quality nursing care. Yet, often we have so many procedures to perform, medications to administer and other tasks to complete that we do not stop to critically assess the patient. Consider the following in your discussion:   What assessment processes do you use in […]

Discuss one of the advocacy groups mentioned in the Unit IV Lesson. Describe your perception of the value this group brings to the policy-making table. Specify if you would or would not be motivated to join this group, and explain why.