b'| CAREER GUIDEIn the Eyeof the StormDefining Healthcare Leadership and Management In 2020By Ersilia Pompilio RN, MSN,PNP To be in charge is certainly not only to carry out the proper measures yourself but to seeGreat leadershelp people reach their goals, are that everyone else does so too. not afraid to hire people that might be better -Florence Nightingale than them, and take pride in the accomplish-ments of those they help along the way.W e are in the eye of the stormPer Florence Nightingales history, afterDIVERSIFIED SKILL SET IS KEY of 2020. The World Healththe Crimean war, she became a recluse, shut Organization has deemed this theherself in her room away from society andDepending on their skill set, many nurses Year of The Nurse And Midwife. Its also thebecame a writer. Technically, she left the bed- get promoted to management positions with 200th birthday of Florence Nightingale.side and healthcare all together! no prior education and/or training. A study Perhaps theres no better year than 2020Healthcare can sometimes seem as tumul- completed by McKay and McKinney 2016, to focus on the definition of Healthcaretuous as a pirate ship sailing through the highnoted that 86% of nurse manager respondents Leadership and Management. And per- seas in a storm. Its rough! More than ever,said they had no formal leadership develop-haps ask ourselves WWFD? What Wouldhealthcare leaders and managers have to bringment when they first became a nurse man-Florence Do if she still were alive today? Ortheir A game forward. Today, healthcare lead- ager. However, when nurse managers have the what would she think of the metamorphosisers and managers cant do what Flo did.right skills and competencies, they can play that healthcare is going through? They cant hide from the chaos of the storm.key roles in improving financial, clinical, and Unfortunately, they are in it.quality outcomes. WHO CAN NAVIGATE HEALTHCARES TUMULTUOUS WATERS? NAVIGATING POLITICS ANDHealthcare is in a state of chaos with manyWHAT MAKES LEADERS ANDBALANCING AUTHENTICITYchanges facing its nursing and healthcare MANAGERS GREAT? Politics in healthcare can hinder good leader-workforce. Technology, compassion fatigue,The definition of a great leader is someoneship and management. In todays healthcare burnout, workplace violence, nurse-to-patientwho can motivate a group of people intolandscape, a good leader must be able to be staffing ratios, nurses leaving the bedside,achieving a common goal. The manager isastute. Nurse leaders need to be able to iden-nurse successions, physician shortages, andresponsible for planning, directing and over- tify the finer details of relationships, commu-increase in nurse suicides are all critical issuesseeing a group of people. Agreat leaderpos- nication, and informal power structures at that healthcare leaders and managers face insesses a clear vision, is courageous, haswork. By accurately interpreting these differ-ISTOCKtodays healthcare climate.integrity, honesty, humility and clear focus.ent social situations they can act appropriately www.elitecme.com |2020| CAREER GUIDE 9'