leadership and management

1. Prepared by: Ruth Christina

2. By the end of the session the learners will be able
to;
 Relate staff and scheduling to business skills of
the nurse manager
 Describe the components of the staffing process
(GROUP I)
 Do a work-sampling study covering a specific
period of time
 Recognize factors influencing planning for
staffing (GROUP II)
 Prepare a staffing plan for a nursing unit
(GROUP II,III)

3.  Determine the modified approaches to nurse
staffing and scheduling used by a healthcare
organization (GROUP IV)
 Describe the components of a patient
classification system (GROUP V)
 Use a patient classification system to classify
patients on a nursing unit (GROUP V)
 Define and recognize elements of a nursing
management information system(GROUP VI)

4.  Identify methods for improving productivity
in a health care system (Group VII)
 Measure the productivity of the nursing staff
on a nursing unit (Group VII)
 Summarization

5.  Staff :all the people employed by a particular
organization
 Staffing:
the process of assigning people to fill the roles
designed for an organizational structure through
recruitment, selection and placement.

7. The following three categories identify several
of the business skills that are essential for
nurse managers:
1. Financial Management
2. Human Resources
3. Strategic Management
The American Organization of Nurse Executives
(AONE,2004)

8. 1. Recruitment
2. Selection
3. Training

11.  Recruitment means inducing or attracting
more and more candidates to apply for vacant
job positions in the organization.
 There are two important sources of
recruitment:
I. Internal Source of Recruitment
ii. External Source of Recruitment

14.  Group Discussion

15.  Group Work Activity

16.  CATEGORY I. Self care/minimal care
Patients who require diagnostic studies, minimal
therapy, less frequent observations, and daily care for
minor conditions and who are awaiting elective
surgery.

17.  Patients require nursing supervision or some
assistance related to ambulating and caring
for their own hygiene.

18. Given to patients with who need close attention
throughout the shift, that is complete care for
patients who require nursing to initiate,
supervise and perform most of their
activities

19. Given to acutely ill patients who have a high
level of nurse dependency, including those
requiring intensive therapy and/or intensive
nursing care and whose unstable condition
requires frequent evaluation with adjustment
of therapy.

22.  Form a group of 6-7 students.
 Read assigned topic from given article.
 Be prepared to share with the class.

23. Roussel.L.,(2011) Management and Leadership
for Nurse Administrators Ch:10 Jones & Bartlett
Publishers