Question

Jonathan Kirkpatrick recently was hired as a nursing manager in an acute care hospital for orthopedics, neurology, and two medical surgical units for a for-profit corporation. Nurse Kirkpatrick is responsible for the quality, cost, and morale for the units that he manages. As part of his employment package, he is rewarded with a bonus based on the amount of money that he is able to save the hospital.

1. What is the key challenge Nurse Kirkpatrick faces in most aspects of this new position?

Answer 1

The key challenges which nurse Kirkpatrick may face in most aspect of this new position are

• To ensure the unit is adequately staffed with nurses ,so that there is no shortage and a good quality care is delivered
• Ensure thra all the nurses possess adequate knowledge and skills in handling the patient and training them accordingly through training program
• As hospitals can be with diverse patient the nurses should be culturally competent and the nurse manger should train them accordingly
• They should ensure the nurses are retained with the organization for a longer period ,This can minimise unnecessary expenditure to an organisation in recruiting new staffs and thus time saving
• Conducting Staff developmental program regularly can be one of the challenge in the initial period.