Leadership Skills and Management
This a Continued Education Course for Medical Professionals.
The nature of the professional nurse is built on leadership. Throughout healthcare, regardless of a nurse’s role or practice setting, nurses are looked to as leaders (Williamson, 2017). In the healthcare team, nurses lead ancillary groups, oversee care teams, and are accountable for patient care outcomes (Williamson, 2017). What is management? What makes it differ from leadership? Management can exists without the presence of leadership, but a manager that possesses both leadership and management skills is a more effective leader. Though leadership and management seem interchangeable, anyone can be a manager or a leader, but not everyone can be effective without leadership skills and qualities. This course will discuss the roles and attributes that are necessary for effective nursing leaders.
Purpose of this Course
The purpose of this course is to discuss the differences between nursing leadership and management. This course will help nurses see the values and importance of leadership and management in their area of nursing and their organizations.
Objectives
- Describe the differences between leadership and management
- Identify different leadership styles
- Explain the challenges facing the modern nursing leader
- Understand the importance of emotional intelligence
Course Features
- Lectures 10
- Quizzes 1
- Duration 2.0 Hours
- Skill level All level
- Language English
- Certificate Yes
- Assessments Yes
Nursing Management
The role of a manager is usually driven by the organization. The goals of the role are established by other people and are carried out by the manager to be accountable for (Strategies for Nurse Managers, 2017). Managers are driven by tasks and they do whatever is necessary to get the job done without taking on too much risk or moving forward (Strategies for Nurse Managers, 2017). The day to day work of a manager is focused on the people that are assigned to them, like personnel issues, process management and evaluation of budget and unit operations. They work to develop the people that work for them by promoting them or helping them advance their careers.
Being a manager of a nursing unit, department or service line, a nurse manager’s primary role is to ensure their assigned area functions like a well-oiled machine (Williamson, 2017). The daily tasks for a nurse manager include but are not limited to:
- Patient care planning
- Quality improvement
- Goal setting
- Budgeting
- Staff schedules
- Staffing assignments
- Staff performance
- Staff professional growth and development educational and career enhancement opportunities
- Holding staff accountable
As you may have observed that the majority of the nurse manager’s roles are related to personnel development and performance, but there are expectations that are they must meet for their staff as an effective manager. All staff members under the supervision of a manager (Nurses, CNAs, techs, etc.) have the following expectation of their nurse managers (Williamson, 2017):
- To provide clear communication, direction and support in fulfilling their roles and responsibilities
- To be available, open and honest- open door policy
- To be a source of information, advice and guidance
- To provide encouragement, clear expectations and directions
- To provide teaching and coaching
- To make decisions that are best for the department and organization
- To recognize the contributions of staff to help them feel they are considered an important member of the team.
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Lessons
- Lecture 1.1 Nursing Management Preview
- Lecture 1.2 Nursing Leadership Locked
- Lecture 1.3 Role of Executive Leaders Locked
- Lecture 1.4 The Blending of Managers and Leaders Locked
- Lecture 1.5 Emotional Intelligence Locked
- Lecture 1.6 Motivation Locked
- Lecture 1.7 Empathy Locked
- Lecture 1.8 Social Skills Locked
- Lecture 1.9 Conclusion Preview
- Lecture 1.10 References Locked
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Quiz-Leadership Skills and Management
- Quiz 2.1 Quiz-Leadership Skills and Management Locked