Leadership

EATING

Category 1- feeds self or needs little food

Category 2- needs some help in prepare food tray and meal planning

Category 3- Can't feed self but able to chew and swallow

Category 4- can't feed self and may have difficult swallowing - Category 4: Enteral feeding when mouth is not available


GROOMING

Category 1- self sufficient

Category 2- need some help in hygiene

Category 3- unable to do much for self

Category 4- completely dependent - Category 4:  patient in ICU


EXCRETION

Category 1 - almost alone

Category 2 - assist the patient in walking in rising up in going in and out of bed, opening the door of the comfort room

Category 3 - complete bed rest, offer urinal, bed pan - Category 3: Complete bed rest then offer urinal or bed pan

Category 4 - patient is having catheter, attached adult diaper in client, changing diaper is yours, stroke, unconscious, icu cva


COMFORT

Category 1 - self sufficient - move about, change position according to what he likes

Category 2 - need some help in adjusting positions in bed - persons who are too weak to have the appropriate position in bed, problems in proprioception, nahulog na wala kabalo na nahulog na ang tiil, place the leg back to the bed

Category 3 - cant turn without help, get drink, adjust positions of extremities and mobility - dili pwede makakuha sa dispenser

Category 4 - completely dependent - everything will be urs


TREATMENTS

Category 1 - simple-supervised ambulation simple dressing vital sign per shift - patient out of bed ex. dialysis,

Category 2 - any category 1 treatment more once per shift foley cath, I&O - the one found in cat 1 + patient having catheter and I and O measurement - all in category 1+ catheter+ intake and output measurement

Category 3 - any treatment more than twice per shift IV meds, complicated dressing, tracheostomy

Category 4 - any complex procedure requiring 2 nurses, vital functions


Distribution of nurses per shift

Why there has to be higher percentage in morning shift?

  • Doctor’s round, there are orders that must be carried out and given to the client

  • most of the orders and medications must be started given in the morning

  • many of the treatments, laboratory examinations are done, almost all examinations are done

  • Surgeries


Afternoon

Why?

  • Most of the orders have been carried out

  • Only few doctors makes their round


Night

Why?

  • monitoring of patient with high acuity, preparing the patient for surgery in the following day morning, there are also patient does not need close monitoring, ngt for infant and proper alignment when positioning patient with skeletal traction because u can't order that to nursing attendant


Nursing Attendant

  • changing the linen

  • making an occupied bed

  • not all are given by NA, nurses should do it specially on patient with spine problems to keep alignment

  • Not allowed to fed neonate


Work hour for the week - 80 hours


Variables affecting staffing

types of patient - categorize the patient, self care, intermediate etc.

fluctuations in admission - there are ups and down and are seen through the bed capacity in relation to occupancy

length and stay of the patient -  how much monetary consideration are to be charge to the patient, compute how many days will the patient will stay

complexity of care - what treatments are carried out, how serious the patient is, is the patient having complications

personnel policy - it is not appropriate that all personnel must go on leave

Absenteeism -

Competitive market - Salary, madona one sack of rice, free meal while on duty, good benefits


Assignment System for Staffing

a. Case method or Total Patient Care - each patient is assigned to a nurse for total patient care while the nurse is on duty

EX. - all yours from the start of the duty until the last hour

  • endorsed patient after your shift you ARE NOT bothered anymore

  • Not necessary that you will have the same patient the following day

b. Functional nursing also called Task Nursing

  • most commonly in army station hospital

  • Nurse A will be in charge of all oral, Nurse B IV, etc.

  • Only focused on the assign task

  • it is task nursing

  • fragmented

  • does not encourage patient and nurse satisfaction

  • results to dissatisfaction


Advantages of functional

  • Skilled in giving IV, IM and any form of parenteral


Team Nursing

  • a group of nursing personnel provides total patient care to a group of patients. - example: You are only a student, allow the RN to do IVTT instead of doing it all yourself

  • Students are part of this, you are not the primary responsibility of the patient


Primary Nursing

  • features a RN who gives total patient care to 4-6 patients on duty and remains responsible of those patients 24 hrs in a day

  • associate nurses cares for the patient while the RN is on off duty

  • it is designed to place the RN back at the patients bedside

  • Decentralized decision-making by the staff nurses is the core principle of this method, with authority, responsibility and accountability (ARA) for nusring care allocated to staff nurses at the table

Advantages:

  • the nurse sees the client and family as one system and ARA is increased

  • the nurses a wide range of skills, knowledge and expertise and develops creativity

  • increase trust and satisfaction by the clients

  • excellent communication between the primary nurse and associate nurses

  • primary nurses are able to hold associate nurses accountable for implementing the nursing care as prescribed

Disadvantage

  • Because of transfer to different units, critically ill patients may have several primary nurses disrupting the continuity of care inherent in this model


5.) Case Management Method

care is directed by a case manager focused on achievement of outcome and appropriate time frame and resources

  • the nurse focuses on an entire episode of illness and the method is therefore episode-based rather than unit based

  • is used to organize patient care according to diagnosis

  • manager does not provide direct patient care but rather supervises the care provided by the RNs and non RNs

*Patient cooperation is vital to the success of this method


Employee Discipline

  • the process of generating employee compliance to institutional rules and regulations

  • Must be properly communicated

  • Be done privately, promptly and consistently progressive in nature

  • Should be preceded by counseling

  • Disciplinary procedures should be instituted with extreme caution

Steps to addressing disciplinary problems

  • coaching

  • confrontation

  • disciplinary conference

Measures

  • counseling

  • verbal reprimand

  • written reprimand

  • short suspension

  • longer suspension

  • discharge/dismissals


Generation Work Groups

Generation Year of Birth

Silent generation or veteran generation 1925-1942

Baby boomer 1943-early 1960

Generation X early 1960-early 1980

Generation Y early 1980-mid 1990

Generation Z 1996-2015


Staff Development

Activities Normally carried out for the following reasons

  • to establish competence

  • to meet new learning needs

  • to satisfy interests the staff may have in learning in specific areas

Evaluation of Staff Development Activities

  • Learner’s reaction

  • Behavior Change

  • Organizational impact

  • Cost-effectiveness


Justification for Career Development

  • Reduced employee attrition

  • Equal employment opportunity

  • Increased opportunities for employment growth

  • Improved quality of work life

  • Improved competitiveness of the organization

  • Obsolescence can be avoided and new skills acquired

  • Evidenced-base practice promoted



Training vs. Education

Training - is an organized method of ensuring that people have knowledge and skills for a specific purpose

  • assist employees with their training needs, the manager must first determine what those needs are

  • Is a leadership role

Education - more formal and broader scope than training

  • recognition of educational needs and encouraging educational pursuit are roles and responsibilities of the leader and manager