Leadership Exam 3 Study

In order to ensure validity and reliability, it is the best to use team approach in interviews

It requires extensive team communication between license & unlicensed personnel and allows contribution of own expertise

Authority is the official power to act and direct others of work

Change should always be gradual (adaptation)

When the economy improves, nursing shortage is occur, and When the economy declines nursing vacancy rates do as well

Role models are experienced, competent employees, whose relationship can be passive or nonexistent

Refreezing the change agent assist in stabilizing the system change, so it becomes integrated into the status quo

Socialization is the learning of behaviors that accompany each role by instruction, observation, and trial and error

A Few managers at the top of the hierarchy, make the most decisions (daily chart audits)

Organizational climate is how employees receive an organization, and it may be accurate or inaccurate

The functional method of nursing was developed in World War II and divides caring to task rather than patient

Modification of bureaucratic structure. Use temporary to facilitate project completion with formal line organization

Strengths include providing organization, wide view of staff needs more cost-effective,

This is Known as the butterfly effect, which involves small change that can drastically ultra long-term behavior

Diffused throughout the organization and problems are solved by the lowest practical managerial level

Empowerment is transferring authority, responsibility, and freedom to act & inspiration of self-confidence

What are some of the forces driving change in the 21st-century of healthcare organizations?

Queen bee syndrome is a woman who a struggle to become successful, and refuses to help other women reach same success

Formal organization, structure’s place emphasis on organizational positions in formal power

Planned change, or change by drift results from a well thought out and deliver effort to make something happen

Power is the sword in the ability to get things accomplished

Informal, organizational structures, place emphasis on employees, their relationships. Communication channel (grapevine)

What is the driving a force?

Unit manager is often responsible for covering all scheduled, staff absences, and reducing stuff during decreaes census

Coaching is women person helps another in order to achieve an optimal level of performance and is used to

What are the most important ways in which we can increase the power of nursing profession is to focus on

Responsibility is a duty or an assignment, and must be accompanied by enough authority to accomplish the assign task

Chunking refers to presenting two independent items of information, and grouping them together into one unit

Span of control refers to the number of people directly reporting to any one manager and interactions expected of him

Change by drift is not planned change

Education is more formal and broader in scope then training

Disease management programs gives a pathway guidance to follow

Mentors offer, in-depth, supportive, nurturing relationship between expert in a novice that often last 2-5 years

What is the direction of change

Is based on fear and punishment

Restraining force is barriers- forces that pull the system away from change ( fear, and unwillingness to take risk)

Strengths of decentralize staffing are

Learns from interactions with others and social context/ direct experience an observation

Retention is the key to adequate staffing, long-term in occurs when the organization is able to create a healthy work

Is the oldest mode of organizing patient care. Nurse assumes total responsibility for meeting needs of pts while on duty

Unity of command is described as employees have one manager to whom they report and they are responsible.

Resocialization occurs when individuals are forced to learn new values, skills, attitudes, and social roles

Disadvantages of the total patient care model

One of the best ways to maintain adequate employee pool is Word by mouth

Staffing decisions are made by personal in a central office or staffing center

Primary relationship based nursing brings nurse back to bedside from a mission to discharge and job satisfaction is high

Maintain a small authority, power gap. Empower subordinates when possible.

Is developed through ones position

Movement- the change agent identifies plants and implement appropriate strategies( develop a plan)

Unfreezing is the need for change and where are you gather data diagnose the problem and decide if changes needed

Limitations to centralize staffing are

Referral power is developed through ones association with others

Formula for calculating nursing patient care hours

Suggest that the relationship between element and agents within the system is nonlinear & these elements are key players

Finding the underlying order, and apparently random data, it’s challenging, and the order is constantly changing

A line structure is one line of management in one line of staff

May be defined as an organized method of ensuring people have knowledge and skills for specific purpose and duties

Preceptors experience, nurses who provide emotional support, and the relationship is active and purposeful

Design to focus on both product in the function. Has formal vertical & horizontal chain of command and fewer rules

Authority power gap is The right to commanders not sure that employees will follow orders.

Moral responsibility similar to responsibility, but is internalized. The moral responsibility accompanies a position.

Obstacles to learning

Using some large institutions and sometimes called care, centered organizations

Refers to presenting to independent items of information and grouping them together into one unit

Effects of decreas, patient care hours demonstrate