- The safety of her staff with the duty to care for patients.
- The hospital's profits with patient care.
- Her personal life with her professional life.
- The media's demands with patient privacy.
Category: BS Nursing
- "To improve patient satisfaction."
- "To reduce medication errors on the medical ward by 25% within six months."
- "To make the nurses happier."
- "To provide better care to all patients."
- Acts as a formal supervisor and evaluator.
- Provides guidance, advice, and support to a less experienced colleague (the mentee).
- Delegates all of their most difficult tasks to the mentee.
- Competes with the mentee for promotions.
- Focus only on the negative aspects of the nurse's performance.
- Compare the nurse to her colleagues.
- Use objective criteria and provide specific examples of both strengths and areas for improvement.
- Conduct the appraisal in the middle of a busy hallway.
- A lack of clinical knowledge.
- Hierarchies, interpersonal conflicts, and a lack of structured communication tools.
- Having too many staff members.
- The use of electronic health records.
- The legal system and courts.
- The fair allocation of resources and treatment among all patients.
- The patient's right to make their own decisions.
- The duty to do good.
- Only the Head Nurse makes decisions.
- Decisions are made at the staff level, closer to the point of care.
- No decisions are ever made.
- The hospital CEO makes all decisions for every unit.
- Adding another line to her CV.
- Contributing to the advancement of the nursing profession.
- Getting time off from work.
- Following orders from her manager.
- Approving all leave requests regardless of unit needs.
- Creating a positive work environment with opportunities for professional growth and recognition.
- Offering the highest salary in the city.
- Implementing a strict, punitive policy for all minor errors.
- Send the patient home and hope the son figures it out.
- Provide a clearly written schedule and use the "teach-back" method, asking the son to explain the schedule back to her.
- Tell the son he needs to pay better attention.
- Call the doctor to simplify the medication schedule without assessing the son's understanding.
- Groupthink
- Psychological safety
- An autocratic environment
- Inefficiency
- Staff, Workload, Opportunities, Threats.
- Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats.
- Strategy, Workforce, Outcomes, Timeframe.
- Supervision, Work, Organization, Teamwork.
- Transformational
- Democratic
- Laissez-faire
- Transactional
- Being responsible for one's own actions and professional practice.
- The ability to count supplies accurately.
- Having a large bank account.
- Blaming others for your mistakes.
- Decide who won and who lost.
- Evaluate the outcome to see if the solution has resolved the conflict.
- Transfer one of the conflicting parties to another unit.
- Never speak of the issue again.
- Create more work for nurses.
- Ensure continuity of care and communication among the healthcare team.
- Protect the doctor from lawsuits.
- Provide a daily diary for the patient.
- Maintaining the status quo.
- Focusing on tasks and rewards.
- Inspiring and motivating followers to a higher level of performance and shared vision.
- Avoiding all decision-making.
- Bureaucrat
- Change agent
- Disciplinarian
- Follower
- Using disposable equipment multiple times to save money.
- Innovative problem-solving to provide safe care with the materials available, while advocating for more resources.
- Refusing to treat patients if ideal supplies are not available.
- Complaining constantly about the lack of supplies.
