Organizational Behavior in the Nursing Settings

Background: Leadership in Nursing, Its Challenges, and Opportunities

While the overview of the case to be described above is not expected to deliver any groundbreaking outcomes, it is believed to serve as the foundation for proving the significance of a properly chosen leadership strategy in the realm of a nursing facility. To be more accurate, the significance of designing a set of values and principles based on which communication between a nurse and a patient takes place in the context of a healthcare organization is crucial to the further enhancement of the treatment process and the positive outcome. Furthermore, the effects of the analysis may include examples of how and why an impeccable leadership framework is possible in the realm of contemporary nursing. To be more specific, opportunities for further learning will open, and the strategies for engaging nurses in the unceasing process of personal and professional growth will be open.

The rationale for the Choice: Learning from Both Strengths and Weaknesses

To showcase the importance of a stellar leadership framework, the example of Mrs. S, a Nurse Administrator in the facility where I used to work as a Nurse Assistant, will have to be considered. Although in retrospect, I will have to admit that Mrs. S had her flaws, she, nonetheless, was a very strong leader that managed to promote the active change in the environment of the facility by focusing on the importance of education among nurses and patients alike, as well as the engagement in a multicultural dialogue with the target population.

Furthermore, the example under analysis will allow exploring the issue of multidisciplinary cooperation and the efficient management of conflicts in the workplace. While the importance of providing an opportunity for nurses from different areas to share knowledge and develop new skills is currently viewed as a priority, the importance of using conflicts as a starting point for developing the skills such as the ability to negotiate, compromise, and learn in the nursing setting seems to be understudied at present (Vainieri, Smaldone, Rosa, & Carroll, 2017). Therefore, the case to be explored will ostensibly shed a lot of light on the issue of enabling nurses to use a combination of newly acquired knowledge and their healthcare experience to address multicultural issues and manage the needs of diverse patients with an increasingly high efficacy rate. As a result, the premises for reducing the instances of recidivism, as well as the lack of awareness concerning a serious health issue among patients will be avoided successfully.

Leadership Domains to Explore: The Areas Where the Talent Shines Through

When considering the effects that the leadership domain of Mrs. S chose, one must admit that it extended beyond the scope of her work, thus, allowing her to introduce a system of values based on which crucial nursing services were provided. Although Mrs. S did not address the needs of patients directly, she created the setting in which the principles of multiculturalism and a patient-centered approach, as well as the focus on the multidisciplinary cooperation, became a possibility. As a result, the premise for the consistent enhancement of the service quality was created. Mrs. S. works in several domains, including the clinical, professional, systems leadership, and health policy leadership domains. Mrs. S. arranges the work of nurses and gives them general directions, as well as ensures that their services meet the required quality level. Furthermore, Mrs. S. has also contributed to shaping the principles of the facility’s healthcare policies by promoting patient-oriented values in the organization.

Clinical Leadership: Multidisciplinary Care in the ICU Environment

According to the existing definition, the concept of clinical leadership can be explained as “ensuring a high-quality health care system that consistently provides safe and efficient care” (Daly, Jackson, Mannix, Davidson, & Hutchinson, 2014, p. 75). Viewing nursing from the specified perspective, one must admit that Mrs. S ensured a consistent process of patient and nurse education, thus, reducing the number of negative patient outcomes, as well as the instances of recidivism, to a considerable extent. The use of the multidisciplinary approach mentioned above led to a rapid rise in the quality of nursing services, including the management of patients’ needs in the intensive care unit (ICU) setting. Particularly, the emphasis on the learning process among nurses caused a massive reduction in the incidences of nosocomial infections in the identified environment (Faraji et al., 2016). The introduction of a set of rigid quality guidelines and the supervision of nurses in the ICU setting to ensure that the provided services meet the req