Although the plight has left them short-handed, it was in the best interest of the nursing home to terminate these individuals. According to Zimlich (2017), healthcare leaders must be able to provide a strategic vision that will be beneficial for their organization (p. 10). One quality leadership skill that the administrator ought to demonstrate its commitment. They are responsible for committing to provide a safe environment for the employees as well as the residents. Showing that there will be a zero tolerance for misconduct is committing to only acceptable conduct at all times.…
During my time with the Excell Education Pre-Physician Assistant Clerkship, I was able to serve the geriatric population by assessing their quality of life at the nursing home. After rounding on the residents, I spent my free time exchanging stories with the residents. One resident, in particular, Ann Marie, always enjoyed talking about her family and her life as a nurse; through our shared interest in health care, we became close. One day, Ann Marie…
As I am still fairly new to this post I want to learn everything I can about this job and everything around this. This can not only benefit me but my staff, customers and the business. Keep up to date with the ongoing training. Book my staff any additional/relevant training courses as and when they require them.…
The activity was part of the NOD Continuity Binder –an effort by Ms. Smith and myself to improve the efficiency of the nursing supervisors at the facility. During todays practicum I grasped the importance of remaining flexible. Hospital administrators and even governing agencies can change regulations or expectations suddenly. As nurse managers we must be willing to adapt to change and to do so swiftly so that our units stay up to date with mandates. Ms. Smith’s flexibility and willingness to adapt were exemplary of the kind of nurse administrator I wish to become.…
Since the beginning of her career, The First Lady Michelle Obama has show impeccable respect to herself as a woman, wife, mother and leader, but also has demonstrate respect to others, despite their political differences (Forbes, 2012). A good leader has to uphold respect for others and recognize the opinion of others regardless of differences. Nurse leaders need to implement the same type of leadership skill in their organization. In order to maintain good relations and most importantly collaboration from the staff, the nurse leader needs to acknowledge every member needs and ideas keeping the respect that everyone in the organization deserves.…
I participated in a discussion just a few days ago with a fellow nurse and a nurse anesthetist regarding respecting staff and ensuring patient safety. We were able to come up with an approach to heighten patient safety and recognize the value of everyone’s role in patient care. Another colleague asked for my assistance in developing a tool to aid nurses in planning for staffing. The tool we created will provide the documentation necessary for increased staffing on days when patient acuity is higher than normal.…
UNIT TITLE: MY ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES AS A TRAINEE CARE MANAGER The role of a Care Manager is one of great responsibility, not only do they need to care for the residents, within their care, they also have a responsibility to take care of all employees, visitors, whether relatives or other professionals entering the work place. As a, very recently, promoted Trainee Care Manager I am yet to understand the full workings of the role, however with the assistance of fulfilling this qualification, I hope it will give me a better understanding of what is expected of me, as well as, my limitations within the role will be. Documented within my job description, my role is to ensure the highest possible standards of care and service are delivered to our residents,…
In the ICU, I have the pleasure of working for a great manager. She has been an asset to the ICU for many years. When I started working in the ICU, she was my charge nurse and did an amazing job in her role. Two years ago, she was promoted to manager. As the manager, I would have to say that the theory she follows is transformational.…
I chose to interview Dawn Buchanan, RN, BSN for this Management-Leader Interview Write-up. She is currently my direct supervisor in the MDS department. Her management experience includes three years as MDS supervisor and twenty plus years as a director of nursing at Francis Marion Manor Health & Rehabilitation. Seventeen years ago, Dawn was also my Certified Nursing Assistant instructor whom vastly influenced my own nursing career. I consider her my nursing mentor and role model in this dynamic nursing profession.…
On August 28, 2016, I interviewed Mindy Saalfeld. This interview was done via email. Mindy graduated from Kearney State College in 1983 with a Bachelor of Science in Social Work and minor in Sociology. She was then required to take a Merit Test within 180 days of graduation. In order to obtain certification, you had to do so by becoming an accepted member of the NSWA.…
Healthcare Administrator Interview I was really excited to interview a nursing home administrator. Nursing home administration seemed to appeal to me more as the baby-boomer population is going to be living longer and growing. When I was interviewing the nursing home administrator I learned a lot from the experience. The first thing I learned was that it was a very challenging environment.…
Look Up for Yes is a memoir about a woman named Julie Tavalaro, who against all odds fought throughout her whole life to survive. She went from being a beautiful thriving wife and mother, to a vegetable contained to a bed with only her thoughts. Julie was in a coma for a year before she woke not knowing where she was or why she was there. It took six years for someone to finally drop their ignorance to realize this woman was fully aware of her surroundings and everything that is happening to her body. It took time and a lot of effort but Julie Tavalaro was finally able to have some say over her care and her voice was being heard loud and clear throughout the country.…
As an occupational therapy graduate student, I had already decided, working with seniors was not for me. I wanted to work with exciting clients, in an exhilarating envrioment; not in a nursing facility. However, as I had just learned, I would I would be stuck there for the next six weeks observing and assisting an occupational therapist. On my first day, I slowly pulled into the parking lot. “Well here I am,” I thought as I got out of the car, “it’s only six weeks, I can do this.”…
I was excited to see the extraordinary opportunity on LinkedIn for the position of Senior Wellness Strategy Manager. As a skilled and experienced MPH with a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) credential, I would like to leverage those qualifications to grow and support Interactive Health. As an MPH, As a previously self-employed health care provider, I managed a productive, passionate and effective staff of 11 employees. I built strong relationships with my employees, who an average were retained, for 12 years.…
Observations and Reflections The nurse leader I worked with that I will described was a manager who was brought into our staffing office to insure our in-house agency was correctly maintaining our staff records and to teach the staff the correct way to do this. DS was a BSN trained nurse with 20 years of nursing experience with the majority of this time in the ER as staff nurse. DS had been a manager for AAS a staffing agency that was very large and assisted in staffing in the Houston Texas area as well as providing staff to different areas of the country in times of disasters, making sure the staff had the correct credentials and training to do this. Her director allowed her to assume most of the directional management of the entire office…