Week 7 – Assignment 1
Discussion
Discussion Question
1: Nurse Leader and Organizational Culture of Caring
Caring is the primary reason nurses enter the field of
nursing, and the concept of caring is often thought of as the essence of
nursing. Not only do nurses care for patients but they also have to care for
each other. Sometimes, nurses tend to focus so much on patients and their
families that they forget to care for themselves and one another. This is a
major source of compassion fatigue causing nurses to leave the healthcare
organization or, worse yet, to totally leave the nursing profession.
Compassion fatigue is the cumulative impact of physical,
emotional, and psychological exposure to trauma, stressful events, and the care
for patients or nursing colleagues who face many challenges. Compassion fatigue
can sabotage nurses in healthcare organizations as it is challenging, and
nurses may be harmed by the very work to which they are so devoted. Nurses must
be aware of what it means to create a community within the workplace and to
offer support and resources to retain nurses the organization has worked so
diligently to recruit.
Using the readings for the week, the South University Online
Library, and the Internet, respond to the following:
Describe the role of the nursing leader in building a
community and creating joy in the workplace.
How does an effective leader create an organizational
culture of caring, respect, and dignity for all? Identify one strategy you
would use in your own healthcare organization.
Describe two negative outcomes on recruitment and retention
of nurses when a culture of community does not exist in the healthcare
workplace.
Comment on the postings of at least two peers.
Evaluation Criteria:
Described the role of the nursing leader in building a
community and creating joy in the workplace.
Explained how an effective leader creates an organizational
culture of caring, respect, and dignity for all, and identified one strategy
you would use in your own healthcare organization.
Described two negative outcomes on recruitment and retention
of nurses when a culture of community does not exist in the healthcare
workplace.
Justified your answers with appropriate research and
reasoning.
Commented on the postings of at least two peers.
DQ2
Discussion Question
2: Performance Appraisals and the Nursing Leader
Performance appraisal is a mechanism or strategy for sharing
performance feedback with all employees based on a defined set of performance
criteria. Nurses need feedback to flourish and grow as well as develop career
goals and a career trajectory. Typically, there are organizational policies
guiding time for and methods of performance appraisal. Performance appraisals
must be conducted on a regular basis applying the organizational policy and
performance appraisal guidelines. They should not be conducted as a punitive
process but as a formative process to assist employees in learning and growing
to become even more valuable to the healthcare organization. There are a
variety of formal and informal processes for performance appraisal. The key
purpose of a performance appraisal is to support and assist in professional
growth.
Using the readings for the week, the South University Online
Library, and the Internet, respond to the following:
Describe the role of the nursing leader related to coaching
and guiding of staff during a performance appraisal.
Describe the role of the nursing leader in determining
performance appraisal criteria.
Examine the need of the nursing leader to be a role model in
giving performance improvement data for novice and experienced nurses.
Comment on the postings of at least two peers.
Evaluation Criteria:
Described the role of the nursing leader related to coaching
and guiding of staff during a performance appraisal.
Described the role of the nursing leader in determining
performance appraisal criteria.
Examined the need of the nursing leader to be a role model
in giving performance improvement data for novice and experienced nurses.
Justified your answers with appropriate research and
reasoning.
Commented on the postings of at least two peers.
