Question

Discuss the application of Patricia Benner’s “From Novice to Expert” in nursing leadership.

Answer 1

Discussion:Aplication of Patricia Benner's 'From Novice to Expert" in nursing leadership.

Introduction:The nursing leadership is a transformational evolving process of the individual whereby he or she learns to influence his or her team and take apt decisions to give the best possible and highest quality health care effortlessly and continuously.

Understanding of the Patricia Benner's Novice to Expert model.

The different stages are described below:

THE NOVICE is the beginner nurse who has to be told what to do and taught a few general rules as to how to perform a task.

THE ADVANCED BEGINNER is able to provide reasonable nursing care based on the previous experiences of doing and the general rules being taught to her.

THE COMPETENT NURSE is the one who as been involved with the patient care for over 2-3 years and is able to use her analytical skills for long term goals and improving patient care.She gains experience in patient care and is efficient.

THE PROFICIENT NURSE is highly experienced,as seen a lot of medical situations and is able to perform the patient care with reasonable proficiency.She can plan the clinical situations in the best way possible..

THE EXPERT NURSE on account of rich experience of managing patients and clinical situations is capable of delivering the highest proficiency.

ABSTRACT PRINCIPLES ARE REPLACED BY EXPERIENCE AND PRACTICE IN THE EVOLUTION OF NOVICE TO EXPERT.

Understanding of nursing leadership:

THE NURSING LEADERSHIP can be defined as the power to influence others to create a best possible environment to provide the highest quality care.The nurse leader must keep her team motivated to provide best possible paitient care and integrate the medical care and the nursing care in all clinical scenarios.The nurse leader must be able to effect changes as and when the situation demands.and act in the patients interest.There must be strong analytical and problem solving skills and timely decision making with good communication skills.

The objective is to lead and influence high quality patient care.

Application of the novice to expert model to the nursing leadership:

A formal degree and education of the registered nurses is required for them to be the nurse leader;however it is with experience in clinical situations working with teams and multidisciplinary integration exposure over a period of time that they can master the skills of a proficient leader and hence it is imperative that they evolve through a series of changes before they become expert leaders.

This is in anology to the PATRICIA BENNET'S 'NOVICE TO EXPERT'MODEL.

References:

Relevant studies done on the topic are shared below;these studies applied the above model to the nursing leadership through various training programs.

REFERENCES2007..1.Shirey,M.R2007--An article in the journal of nursing administration based on her study of application of the model to nurse leaders.

2.Fennimore and wolf(2011) study of program for nurse leaders training in a hospital in Pittsburg based on the novice to expert model.

3.Titzer et al.(2014)study of novice to expert model as the framework for the development of competent and confident nursing leaders.

APPLICATION OF THE MODEL ON THE NURSE LEADERS.

Stage1: a new nurse leader-novice

Tis is the initial stage where abstract thinking and read matter predominates in the leadership role and it lacks experience of the actual clinical situations and the problems encountered in managing teams and multidisciplinary integration.it is often the individual first exposure to the clinical situation as an team leader and influencer.decision making is often difficult at this stage

stage 2.an advanced beginner stage nurse leader-- may need the help and guidance of a mentor and guide.

As the nurse leader acquires first hand experience and knowledge,he or she bregind to seek rules and guidelines needed to take decision.The role of a mentor has been stressed at this stage who can provide extensive discussions and suggestions on possible actions in the different clinical scenarios.With the mentor guidance and training a leader can mbecome more confident and deliver his or her best in patient care.Priority judgement and critical decisiond requiring independent judgement are met with struggle but often become easy eiwith a mentor.

stage3.:the competent nurse leader-able to analyse and plan for the long term goals.

The leader is experienced ,is able to organize data,formulate plans,set priorities and achieve higher levels of patient care due to his or her improving leadership skills .he or she can focus on problems and work on providing long term goals baes on their past experience.

stage 4.the proficient nurse leader-holistic understanding of the situation

The proficeint leader has a vast experience of andling situations behing him,is able ti multitask,take crucial decisions,negotiate effortlessly,communicate effectively and resolve the most complex situations with greater success.

stage 5.expert nurse leader-extensive experience and knowledge of the patient situations and confident decision making in complex situation.

The expert leader is the best infuencer and the highly proficient problem solver,an expert leader with the support of a dedicated team can boost and motivate nursing team to delive highest quality clinical care while ensuring greater satisfaction rates amongst nursing staff and higher retention rates of staff and bet clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction rates.

INFERENCES:POSITIVE IMPACT

The APPLICATION OF THE NOVICE TO EXPERT MODEL TO NURSING LEADERSHIP had a very positive impact on the leadership qualities and the capabilities of those trained empowering them with better analytical,problem solving skills and a positive influencer on teamwork and multidisciplinary integrator roles.

The experience of the leader through different stages over a period of time  always adds to the abstract concepts and improves delivery of quality care.

This model if applied in the training of nursing leaders promotes dynamic capable expert leaders who can take care of nursing teams and staff well,have less stress drop outs among staff and also provide high quality care in the clinical settings with better outcomes.

CONCLUSION AND SUMMARY:

THE APPLICATION OF THE PATRICIA BENNET'S NOVICE TO EXPERT MODEL IN THE TRAINING PROCESS IN NURSING LEADERSHIP HELPS TRANSFORM THE QUALITY AND COMPETENCY OF THE NURSING LEADERSHIP AND PRODUCES LEADERS PAR EXCELLENCE.IT CAN CAUSE A PARADIGM SHIFT IN THE STANDARDS OF NURSING AND CLINICAL CARE IN HOSPITAL SETTINGS UNDER CAPABLE LEADERSHIP.