Leadership Management in Nursing Notes
Leadership Management in Nursing Notes
Leadership Management in Nursing Notes
NURSING LEADERSHIP
- Process whereby a nurse influences one or more persons to achieve specific goals in providing
nursing care for one or more patients.
NURSING MANAGEMENT
- Process of working through the nursing staff personnel or members to provide care, cure, and
comfort to the patient
POWER As long as the 67890 followers Have power and authority to enforce
are willing to follow a decision
5 TYPES OF POWER
1. Legitimate Power-
obtained through
demonstrating you have
the skills required for the
role
2. Reward power- means
having the capacity to
offer rewards or benefits in
exchange for carrying out
a task or achieving a result
3. Expert power- comes from
having both deep technical
knowledge and extensive
experience in your field of
expertise
4. Referent power- through
qualities that inspire trust
and respect in their
colleagues- honesty and
integrity; has excellent
interpersonal skills
5. Coercive power - using
threats to force people to
do your will
SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT
● FREDERICK W. TAYLOR
- Proposed set of techniques to increase the efficiency and productivity of each worker
- Meaning nurses needs machines to become efficient
BEHAVIORAL SCHOOL
● ELTON MAYO- “Hawthorne Effect- individual reacts differently when being observed”
MOTIVATIONAL THEORY
● DOUGLAS McGREGOR- Developed the theory X (inherently lazy) and theory Y (loves to work)
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- Theory X: to exercise strict control over his subordinate to ensure that the work is carried
out properly; management: be strict
- Theory Y- to provide opportunities for the subordinates to be creative and productive and
to encourage growth and provide guidance; management: give opportunities
LEADERSHIP THEORIES
I. The Great Man Theory- leaders are born not made
II. Trait Theory- born with a leader's characteristic; by nature
III. Situational Theory- leader depends on the situation
IV. Contingency Theory- depends on three things: task structure, position power, relationship
- Task structure (leader that acts based on their ability; kung saan marunong sya→ will
become successful)
- Position power- ability to control because of one’s position
- Relationship- a leader with charisma; people person
V. Path-Goal Theory- focus is on the achievement of the goals; dedicated to finishing the work only
A. PLANNING- forecasting of events, making decisions, setting goals, setting of priorities, developing
policies and setting standard
> TYPES OF PLANNING
1. Strategic planning- long-range goals or long-term goals
2. Operational planning- deals with day-to-day maintenance of activity
OBJECTIVE-
> goals- what you want to achieve
- larger time framed
- may not be measured
> objectives- how are you going to achieve the goal
- short time framed
- measurable; specific
TYPES OF BUDGET
1. Direct cost: directly related to patient care within a manager's unit (example: salary, supplies)
2. Indirect cost: not explicitly related but is necessary to support care (example: water, electricity,
maintenance)
3. Fixed Expenses- don’t vary in volume (rent, monthly salary)
4. Variable expenses- increase or decrease depending on the number of patients (example: cost of
supplies used in the OR; patient meals; laundry of linens)
5. Controllable cost- controlled and varied by managers (example: staffing pattern and mix- means
RN: non RNs)
6. Uncontrolled cost- equipment depreciation (example: staff overtime in response to an emergency)
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INFORMAL FORMAL
VERTICAL CHART/ TALL STRUCTURE- a type of organizational chart that defines the relationship
between among the different level in the organization
HORIZONTAL/ FLAT CHART- Depcits the manager at the top with a wide span of control
- communication in this structure is direct simple and fast with minimal
distortions of the message since the distance between the top and lower level is shorter
PRINCIPLES OF ORGANIZATION
1. Communication- top to bottom
> 4 Levels of communication
a. Downward communication- superior to subordinates (example: memorandum)
b. Upward communication- (example: incident report, resignation letter)
c. Diagonal communication- to other offices
d. Horizontal communication- same level
2. Unity of command
3. Span of control- ratio distribution
- above supervisory position 1:6; below supervisory like the head nurse 1:8
4. Specialization
C. STAFFING- process of determining and providing the acceptable number and mix of nursing personnel
to produce a desired level of care and to meet the patients demand
> Process:
1. Recruitment- enlisting of personnel
2. Selection- evaluation of job candidates
3. Indoctrination- orientation
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TEAM NURSING Team effort; frees patient care Time needed to coordinate
- nurses are divided into groups coordinator to manage the unit; delegate work;
nursing care plan example: different wings in the
ward
PRIMARY NURSING RNs give total patient care; Confines nurse’s talents to a
- Like nurses in the ICU primary nurs has 24 hr limited number of patients;
responsibility; accountability in associate nurse may change
place care plan without discussing
with primary nurse
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DISTRIBUTION OF SHIFTS
- MORNING: 45% (assign more personnel because of task demands in the morning)
- AFTERNOON: 37%
- NIGHT: 18%
WORKING HOURS
- Total working hours per year for nurses working 40 hrs per week= 1,704
- Total working hours per year for nurses working 48 hours per week = 2120
- RA 5901- hospital with a bed capacity of more than 100- RNs will work 40 hrs a week (5 days)
- below than 100-bed capacity- RNs will work 48hrs a week (6 days)
COMMON ERRORS
1. Halo error- one trait to influence the evaluation of one trait
2. Horns error- the evaluator is a perfectionist
LEADERSHIP STYLES
1. Authoritarian or autocratic- high concerns for task accomplishment but low concern for those who
perform these tasks
2. Democratic- people-oriented focuses on human aspects and builds effective teamwork
3. Permissive or Laizzez- faire- leaders appointed as manager; leaves workers without direction
supervision or coordination