Huston_Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing,

Unit V Roles and Functions in Staffing

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Leadership Roles 1. Clarifies unit norms and values to all new employees 2. Infuses a team spirit among employees 3. Serves as a role model to all employees and a mentor to select employees 4. Encourages mentorship between all levels of staff 5. Observes carefully for signs of knowledge or skill deficit in new employees and intervenes appropriately 6. Assists employees in developing personal strategies to cope with role transition 7. Applies adult learning principles when helping employees learn new skills or information 8. Coaches employees spontaneously regarding knowledge and skill deficits 9. Is sensitive to the unique socialization and education needs of a culturally and ethnically diverse staff 10. Continually promotes aspects of the learning organization to employees 11. Assists nursing staff in overcoming organization barriers to effective evidence-based practice 12. Encourages and supports workers as they pursue lifelong learning individually and collectively Management Functions 1. Is aware of and clarifies organizational and unit goals for all employees 2. Clarifies role expectations for all employees 3. Uses positive and negative sanctions appropriately to socialize new employees 4. Carefully selects preceptors and encourages positive role modeling by experienced staff 5. Provides methods of meeting the special orientation needs of new graduates, international nurses, and experienced nurses changing roles 6. Works with the education department to delineate shared and individual responsibility for staff development 7. Ensures that there are adequate resources for staff development and makes appropriate decisions regarding resource allocation during periods of fiscal restraint 8. Assumes responsibility for quality and fiscal control of staff development activities 9. Ensures that all staff are competent for roles assigned 10. Provides input in formulating staff development policies 11. Ensures that the organization provides resources to promote evidence-based nursing practice DISPLAY 16.1 L EADERSHIP ROLES AND MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH EDUCATION AND SOCIALIZING STAFF IN A LEARNING ORGANIZATION