Nurse Management and Leadership Case Study

Nurse Management and Leadership Case Study
Introduction
Good leadership is necessary in every business organization. When it comes to nursing, every health center must have a good leadership that supports the nurses so that they can maximize their performance. However, for leadership to be of good quality there needs to be a good working environment in all aspects (Pinelli et al., 2004). The following is a case study illustrating an ideal working environment that supports good nurse leadership in health institutions.
Type of Organization The organization that I would like to work in is a medium sized health care center. The facility is equipped with all the necessary gear needed to deliver quality healthcare services. There are over fifty doctors and seventy qualified nurses in the organization. The healthcare center serves over five hundred outpatient patients daily. It has enough facilities to cater for approximately 250 in-patients at any particular point. This health facility has taken into consideration the guidelines that make it professionally fit for an advanced nursing role. The development and implementation of good governance in this facility has been taken seriously in order to promote the nursing role. The following are some of the principles that have been implemented in order to promote good governance in this health facility. The organization looks at all the aspects of service delivery to promote good decision making. All the services that are provided are assessed by both local and outsider drivers to make certain that they are of the best quality. Educational needs of all the workforces are also assessed to make sure that their service delivery is of the highest quality possible. Research and development are also key components that are used to maintain a good working environment for the nurses. Every person in the facility has adequate access to important research information that may be useful in facilitate good governance. Every person is involved in the research practices to make sure the information collected is as accurate as possible. After every research has been conducted, the information collected is applied in the implementation of organization policies and guidelines. There are also conference presentations and publications of the important researches conducted to make it easier for all people to access the important information.
Decision making in this health facility is done through critical analysis of every person’s opinion and also critical thinking. There is high level communication skills in the organization that allows all people to have the chance to air their opinion to facilitate the decision making process. Public and patient involvement is also applied in the decision making process to make sure their preferences are also taken into consideration when coming up with new policies. Advanced clinical practice is also promoted because of the building of the confidence among the nurses through good governance. When the nurses are able to feel appreciated in the organization it is easier for them to provide good services for the benefit of the patients. Learning and development are also promoted in the organization through the frequent educational seminars and workshops that help to update the nurses and other employees to be up to date with all information that would enhance their service delivery. The facility has also partnered with other professional medical groups that help to facilitate service delivery and making the health care services provided at the facility to be of high quality. From the above information it is clear that this is truly a good organization to practice good nurse leadership skills.

Implementation of the Nursing Role After the assessment of the organization and its working environment, this is how the nursing role will be implemented. As an Advanced practice and a leader who values employee communication, this is a perfect organization to work in because the decision making process will be easier (Brykczynski, 2005). As a graduate nurse leader, the responsibility will mainly be focused on mobilizing the other nurses to make sure they have delivered good quality services so as to promote patient outcomes. Communication on all levels will be important and therefore there must be frequent meetings to discuss issues that affect the nurses and the facility in general. Every nurse, regardless of their level of work, will be given an opportunity to air their views during these meetings and their opinions will be used in the decision making process. The communication process is also facilitated through in-organization research where the satisfaction level of all employees is measured. Nurses may sometimes be asked to answer some questionnaires that will be used to assess their attitudes towards the facility and what can be altered to make the workplace more comfortable for them. Research will also be taken seriously in practice to make sure everything is done accurately for the benefit of all the stakeholders of the facility.
The Ohio Board of Nursing- Nurse Practice Act Performance as a graduate nurse must be in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Ohio board of nursing (Pinelli et al., 2004). The nurses must all be assesses and licensed by this board to make sure that they are qualified for the roles they play in the facility. The board is in full support of the facility and its method of governance because it promotes professionalism among the nurses. It provides the facility with all information that may be considered relevant by the facility to facilitate the provision of quality medical services. Therefore, this is a perfect medical facility that will support my role in nursing.

References
Pinelli, J., DiCenso, A., Browne, G., &Bryant‐Lukosius, D., (2004). Advanced practice nursing roles: development, implementation and evaluation. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 48(5), 519-529.
Brykczynski, K. A. (2005). Role development of the advanced practice nurse. Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach. 3rd ed. St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier Saunders, 109-139.