The topic is about nursing assessment of the being an effective manager. Please see attached rubric for discussion response requirement. Please type discussion 1 and put your response under it as if you were replying to the writer. Be sure to include references of peer reviewed article used in the response. Each discussion should include 3 references. 400 words to each response.
Discussion 1: Alli
1. Effective management, in my opinion, is key to developing a work environment where not only the employees are happy, but the patients are also adequately cared for. Throughout my journey in the workforce, I have been able to experience exceptional managers that motivated me and helped relieve the pressures of the everyday grind. I have also, unfortunately, experienced management that heightened the stress of not only myself but those working by my side. I would like to focus on the good today.
According to recent research, the management style in the workplace directly impacts the overall wellbeing of employees. (Skakon et al., 2018) The trait that pops out the most to me is a manager that is hands on. I believe that by showing your employees that you are willing to get your hands dirty and do the same that you ask of them builds a mutual respect and lessens resentment. I also think it is important to have a highly competent management team with a large amount of experience in the field they oversee. I believe this is important because to help run an operation it is helpful to really grasp how it runs from the ground up and that is acquired through learned experience. These are just two examples, but the list is endless. We would all love to be managed by individuals who are kind, patient, understanding, and flexible to name a few more sought-after traits.
2. My current role as a case manager involves a large amount of teaching. Each patient is individualized, but in any given day I can teach medication compliance, overdose awareness, diabetic care, asthma management, COVID precautions, and many more topics. It is my job to engage in conversation with a patient and tailor the education provided to their needs. Due to the ever-changing face of healthcare, I have tried my best to seek out educational opportunities. I have attended many online seminars since the beginning of the pandemic. The zoom delivery platform has made it much easier to build them into my daily schedule. I am also studying and will sit for my CARN exam this winter to become specialized in addiction nursing.
In my experience, I have also had the opportunity to receive valuable feedback, and this has allowed me to grow even further. I am grateful that I am naturally open to constructive criticism and welcome change. There have been times where I have been coached to be more assertive and confident while teaching patients. I have also had times where I have given out information that wasn’t 100% accurate and I was able to educate myself further on a topic and correct what I had communicated. All these experiences made me a better nurse. Education is so valuable and I am always eager to add more to my plate. It is exciting to know that education can directly affect patient out comes(LaSala et al., 2017), and I have been a part of that.
Discusion 2: Karen
When thinking about what I believe are the key traits of an effective manager, a few traits stood out that are the most important to me. The traits in the instructional video that I have witnessed as key traits of those managers that have been in leadership during my years of employment are: empowering others, building trust, and being an effective communicator. When an employer/manager empowers his employees a sense of responsibility builds within the employee. They begin to have a sense of ownership of their role in the business. The Army conducted research on how shifting mindset can empower employees. “Contrary to a fixed mindset, a growth mindset is likely to encourage people to develop feelings of empowerment – people begin to see how they might take action to positively influence their community and their learning” (Otocki