NR 531 Week 5 Discussion: Management of Influence, Power, Conflict, and
Decision Making
Professor Fillmore and classmates,
Communication between all members of the nursing team is very important and can be very
difficult at times. There are many times when a manager is unable to meet with all the staff at the
same time due to scheduling conflicts and meetings are a way that the nurse manager conveys
important information to the staff. There are many different approaches that can be initiated to
ensure that all employees are able to attend or receive the information from the meeting. There
can be multiple times that a meeting can be conducted, zoom or Microsoft teams can be offered
for them to dial into.
To effectively communicate with employee’s honesty needs to be a priority and in order for the
staff to feel that they can come to their manager they need to feel that there is a trust between
them. There are many different ways that nursing executives can enhance their communication
with their nursing staff: always have an open door policy so that they can feel they can approach
you with concerns and suggestions, town hall meetings are a way to offer an opportunity to bring
ideas to the manager, daily shift team huddles, team building activities, recognition when a job is
well done[ CITATION Bre20 \l 1033 ]. Encouraging your nurses to be engaged in organizational
ideas helps to make them feel they are part of the daily decisions that occur on their unit. It is
important that the nursing staff is included in some of the day-to-day hustle since they are the
ones having to deal with the chaos of the unit. Making sure that they see you coming onto their
unit can ensure they know that as the nurse executive you are there for them also include the
night shift because they can tend to feel left out of these important opportunities due to their
shifts that they work. When the nurse leader is not available it comes across that the nursing staff
is not very important.
Kesha Clark
References
Brewer , B., Quinn, M., & Bethel, C. (2020). What makes a medical-surgical unit excellent.
MEDSURG Nursing, 29(3), 145-157.
Professor Fillmore,
I believe that when you encourage your staff to be engaged in some of the important unit
decisions it makes them feel as though they are truly part of the unit and not just another staff
member. To them it can mean that their thoughts and ideas matter with any changes that may be
occurring, it also gives them the opportunity to express why they feel the changes may be
positive or negative for the unit. Engaging with the nurses on the unit can also help with
retention because when they are being included, they can feel more like part of the team and less
of an outsider, this may make them feel important to the organization and they are less likely to
leave and go to another organization.
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Decision Making
Professor Fillmore and classmates,
Communication between all members of the nursing team is very important and can be very
difficult at times. There are many times when a manager is unable to meet with all the staff at the
same time due to scheduling conflicts and meetings are a way that the nurse manager conveys
important information to the staff. There are many different approaches that can be initiated to
ensure that all employees are able to attend or receive the information from the meeting. There
can be multiple times that a meeting can be conducted, zoom or Microsoft teams can be offered
for them to dial into.
To effectively communicate with employee’s honesty needs to be a priority and in order for the
staff to feel that they can come to their manager they need to feel that there is a trust between
them. There are many different ways that nursing executives can enhance their communication
with their nursing staff: always have an open door policy so that they can feel they can approach
you with concerns and suggestions, town hall meetings are a way to offer an opportunity to bring
ideas to the manager, daily shift team huddles, team building activities, recognition when a job is
well done[ CITATION Bre20 \l 1033 ]. Encouraging your nurses to be engaged in organizational
ideas helps to make them feel they are part of the daily decisions that occur on their unit. It is
important that the nursing staff is included in some of the day-to-day hustle since they are the
ones having to deal with the chaos of the unit. Making sure that they see you coming onto their
unit can ensure they know that as the nurse executive you are there for them also include the
night shift because they can tend to feel left out of these important opportunities due to their
shifts that they work. When the nurse leader is not available it comes across that the nursing staff
is not very important.
Kesha Clark
References
Brewer , B., Quinn, M., & Bethel, C. (2020). What makes a medical-surgical unit excellent.
MEDSURG Nursing, 29(3), 145-157.
Professor Fillmore,
I believe that when you encourage your staff to be engaged in some of the important unit
decisions it makes them feel as though they are truly part of the unit and not just another staff
member. To them it can mean that their thoughts and ideas matter with any changes that may be
occurring, it also gives them the opportunity to express why they feel the changes may be
positive or negative for the unit. Engaging with the nurses on the unit can also help with
retention because when they are being included, they can feel more like part of the team and less
of an outsider, this may make them feel important to the organization and they are less likely to
leave and go to another organization.
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