Question

The influence of leadership can be far-reaching in practice and improving patient outcomes even when not in a formal role. Describe advocacy strategies that you can use as a leader to create positive change in your current workplace. In response to peers, describe a time when you provided leadership and the outcome. Was there anything that you would do differently?

Answer 1

A leader can use some strategies such as

• analyzing the work capacity in the floor to keep the nurse-patient ratio within the safety range to prevent medical errors and patients care issues,
• empower nurses,being proactive leaders helping nurses who are overwhelmed for the assignment,
• ensure that nurses have the supplies to provide patient care
• communicate with doctors to ensure patients with change of condition are evaluate and treat before their condition gets worse.
• empower organizational values and beliefs to ensure patient safety and team work.

If am a clinical unit supervisor/incharge at the hospital where I work. I have the responsibility to ensure a smooth and safe work environment.

Being a leader involves the capacity to communicate openly and with respect, seeing everybody as equal, support nurses to be able to provide safe excellent care. Lead with optimism. Create a positive and healthy work environment. Be visible and available to others. Foster interpersonal and organizational trust.Cultivate relationships with others. Set goals and provide feedback when necessary. Produce meaningful work. Encourage autonomy and individual growth. Communicate and be transparent. Use powerful but simple strategies to keep others engaged.

looking at the problem from different angles, collecting data to support it, using latest technology to maximize resources, taking everyone’s opinion into consideration and working towards a solution that is acceptable and aims at achieving common goal.

A good leader /leadership give a sense of power and confidence to each member and tap the talent and innovation that is in each one of us.