Nurse Manager Skills: Strengths, Leadership, and Goals
The focus of the article is an evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of nursing competencies based on the Nurse Manager Skills Inventory by the American Organization of Nurse Executives. The areas examined are personal and professional accountability, career planning, personal journey disciplines, and reflective practice reference behaviors/tenets. The other sections analyze how to advocate for change in the workplace based on current leadership sets and personal goal for leadership growth.
Nurse-Manager for a Hospital Floor and Focuses
This paper focuses on a need for change in a hospital, specifically the addition of a wound care nurse to one of the floors. The floor has a high number of severe wounds, which require specialized care. Hiring a dedicated wound care nurse to the floor would improve patient care, reduce the burden on the existing floor staff, and reduce the risk to the hospital.