Nurisng Management Report

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A Written Report on

NURSING MANAGEMENT

In Partial Fulfillment of the Course

Requirement in NCM107A

Submitted to:

Sheva Suam, RN

Clinical Instructor

Submitted by:

Judeah G. Salangsang

BSN 4I

June 19, 2012


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Objectives:

Within the 40-minute report, the students will be able to:

a. Define nursing management;

b. Define nursing administration;

c. Differentiate nursing management and nursing administration;

d. Enumerate the different levels of management in nursing;

e. Give the meaning of each level of management in nursing;

f. Cite the functions of each level of management in nursing; and

g. Answer the quiz with no difficulty


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common goal. A primary nurse working with several clients must prioritize care, with

the goal of assisting them to improved health, healing, or sometimes, a peaceful death.

Nursing administration

Nursing administration refers to the management and direction of nurses or a

nursing department. The supervisor in charge of these duties is a type of registered

nurse (RN) called a nursing administrator. In some instances, alternate terms such as

head nurse, nursing manager and health services manager are used. (Chiedozie, A.,

2011)

According to Dr. Mary Ferguson-Pare, nurse administrators must have corporate

savvy and excellent communication and organizational skills. They must understand

and inhabit organizational structures, roles and cultures with ease. Their effectiveness

depends on their comfort with power, paradox and organizational politics. Nurse

administrators require strong management skills: major foci of nursing administration

include thorough assessments and analyses of context and systems issues, as well as

the development of strategies, goals, objectives and plans, including budgets, human

resource plans and interventions for the management of change. Leaders in nursing

administration are also experts in leading the practice of nursing within the workenvironment.

Management levels of nursing

There are three management levels of nursing. These are:

First level management

Also known as a first-line manager. In the hospital setting, the first-level

manager is usually the head nurse, nurse manager, or an assistant. In other settings,

such as an ambulatory care clinic or a home health care agency, a first level manager


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may be referred to as a coordinator. The first-level manager represents staff to upper

administration, and vice versa.

First level managers functions include:

supervising the work of non-managerial personnel and the day-to-day activities of

a specific work unit or units.

responsible for clinical nursing practice, patient care delivery, use of human,

fiscal, and other resources, personnel development; compliance with regulatory

and professional standards; fostering interdisciplinary, collaborative relationships,

and strategic planning (AONE, 1992).

motivating the staff to achieve the organization's goals

Nurse managers have 24-hour accountability for the management of a unit's or

area's within a health care organization.

Middle level management

Middle level managers are those who act as liaison between upper management

and first level managers. Middle managers are also called as a supervisor, director, or

assistant or associate director of nursing. A graduate education is often required for thisposition.

Middle managers functions include:

Supervising a number of first-level managers usually within related specialties or

in a given geographic area;

Act as liaison between upper management and first level managers

Monitor and become responsible for the people and activities within departments

they supervise; and

24-hour responsibility for their defined area.

They also train new nurse recruits on how to handle patients and administer

medication.


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Upper level management

Also known as executive-level managements, refers to top executives

(administrators) such as vice president for nursing or chief nurse executive, to whom

middle managers report.

Executive-level managers functions include:

Establishing organizational goals and strategic plans for the entire division of

nursing

Integrating work units to achieve the organization mission

Buffering the effects of external environment on nurses within the organization

Assuming system wide administrative roles as directors of education, informatics,

and quality.

References

Swonsburg, Russel and Swonsburg. (1999). Introductory Management andLeadership for Nurses. Jones and Bartlett Publisher. Boston, USA.

Tomey, A.M. (2000). Guide to Nursing Management and Leadership. 6th

edition. Mosby, Inc. St. Louis

Nursing management. Retrieved from http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-nursing-

management.htm. Retrieved on June 2012.

Nursing manager. Retrieved from http://www.ok.gov/opm/ifd/y-specs/y13.htm.

Retrieved on June 2012.

Ferguson-Pare, M. (2011). Nursing Leadersip. Retrieved from

http://www.longwoods.com/content/16240 . Retrieved on June 2012.

Chiedozie, A. (2011). Nursing Administration Information. Retrieved from

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