Question

As a nurse leader, prioritize the strategies you would implement or suggest to administration to achieve financial success and increase the sense of ownership for all staff while maintaining safe, quality patient care.

Answer 1

Ans) As a nurse leader, to achieve financial success and increase sense of ownership for all staff in providing and maintaining safe, quality patient care, the nurse leader should:

• Evaluate the effectiveness of organization structure
• Determine the adequacy of resources and support
• Inspire the work group towards the team effort
• Embody the vision, mission, values of organization to the staffs
• Motivate them to strive for professional excellence
• Attach a sense of urgency
• Practice of policy and procedures with the partner of staffs for it's efficiency and consistency
• A Safe work place
• Continuous education and empowerment to staff to have collaborative work as a team
• Identify the problems & fix them as it hampers the delivery of care by staffs
• Evaluate staffing & scheduling practices
• Take feedback and work on ideas for improvement
• Promote innovation strategies
• Monitor the drawbacks & work for it to prevent the lackouts.
• Engage staff in recruitment and retention activities
• Monitor the quality indicators & develop quality improvement programs
• Reward the staffs to motivate them for providing & maintaining safe, quality patient care
• Work as a case manager
• Follow the system