Leading, Managing, Delegating Flashcards
Qualities of a leader
SELF-DIRECTED
FLEXIBLE
KNOWLEDGEABLE
POLITICALLY AWARE
Leadership types
1.Explicit: leadership based off position
2. Implied: leadership based off personality
Just culture
MAG Status: THEY HAVE FOCUS ON PATIENT SAFETY AND POSITIVE PATIENT OUTCOMES
ENCOURAGED TO REPORT CLINICAL AND POTENTIAL ERRORS WITHOUT THE FEAR OF PUNITIVE ACTIONS
EVERYONE LEARNS FROM EVERYBODY’S MISTAKES
CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT
MANAGEMENT Roles
- planning: pt problems
- organizing: get resources/ skills days,
3.directing: policies in place, - staffing
- Directing
- Controlling
Centralized v Decentralized
- Central: authoritarian style, decisions made w/ little input from others
2.DECENTRALIZED:decisions made by those most knowledgeable about issue being decided
5 Resistance to change
- THREAT TO SELF
- LACK OF UNDERSTANDING:
- LIMITED TOLERANCE FOR CHANGE: some ppl say no
- DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF CHANGE
- FEAR OF INCREASED RESPONSIBILITY
8 ways to overcome resistance to change
- EXPLAIN PROPOSED CHANGE TO ALL AFFECTED: give time lines
- LISTING THE ADVANTAGES
- RELATE THE CHANGE TO THE PERSON’S EXISTING BELIEFS AND VALUES
- PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OPEN
- COMMUNICATION AND FEEDBACK
- INDICATE HOW THE CHANGE WILL BE EVALUATED
- INTRODUCE CHANGE GRADUALLY
- PROVIDE INCENTIVES FOR COMMITMENT TO CHANGE
8 Considerations when delegating
- Pt condition
- Complexitiy of task
- potential for harm
- predicted outcome
- context of other pt needs
- degree of problem solving
- capabilites of UAP
- amount of interaction/staffing
Delegation
- Basic care tasks can be delegated
- Only nurses can assess, plan, educate, interpret data, adminster meds
Phases of therapeutic relationship
- Orientation: introduction, get to know pt
- Working: providing care, solving problems, interventions
- Termination: End relationship w/ pt: review, summarize, memories
Therapeutic communication skills
- competent, honest, skilled
- control tone
- knowledge on topic
- be flexible
- clear and concise
6 Interviewing techniques
- Open-ended questions without leading
- Closed questions
- Clarifying questions
- Reflective questions: can reflect on why there, and determine what is causing emotions, etc
- Sequencing questions : pt telling events leading up to care
- Directing questions: circling back to get more information on topic mentioned earlier
Barriers to communication
Cultural considerations
- Linguistic competence - Ability of caregivers (nurses) and organizations to understand and effectively respond
- learn things about culture
Communicating with clients that have special needs
- Visual Impair: address yourself, clean glasses, orient
- Hearing: speak facing, don’t chew gum/cover mouth, use gestures
- Unconicous: be mindful, let them know before you touch them
Clinical judgment
-outcome of critical thinking and decision making
-Involves concepts of critical thinking, clinical reasoning