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Chaos in Healthcare System

   

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CHAOS IN THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM2Chaos in healthcare systemNursing profession is quite demanding and requires passion and determination. Asaccording to Jourdain and Chenevert (2010), many nurses have intentions to leave the professiondue to emotional exhaustion that is always contributed by the demands of their roles in the healthcare giving. During training in the nursing schools, research has indicated that the nursingstudents get bullied by qualified nurses. This reduces their self esteem which reflects on the poorservices they offer in the hospitals (Randle , 2003). Randled suggested that this behavior willchange when the nurses and educators transform their practice to avoid socializing the newnurses into negative practices that leads to compromised nursing care. The fragmentation of caremostly seen among physicians and health providers have highly contributed to high mortalityand development of related diseases in patients. Lack of care coordination that has beenassociated with poor payments of physicians, independent practices and lack of electronicinformation observed in the hospital set ups, are the frequently experienced challenges. Thehealthcare system is in chaos (Huston, 2008). Lack of enough resources and enough training forthe care provider has led to low quality service and minimized leadership among the nurseleaders. Strikes due to low salaries, high cost of services offered to the patients, development andimplementation of policies that do not favour health practitioners and poor communicationamong health organizations are chaos that have affected the healthcare system. Therefore, it isimportant that a skill set for nurse leaders is identified and ensured that is in place by thecontemporary nurses and healthcare leaders to eradicate this chaos. Healthcare reforms is vitalfor policy makers, health professionals and the public for effective providence of quality,affordable and reliable services (Ash, Miller and Zaccagnini, 2010).

CHAOS IN THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM3Skills for effective nursing leadershipAs stated by Houston (2008), for 2020, the competence for nurse leaders position willrequire new skills that will facilitate smooth working environment and reduce chaos in thehealthcare system. The contemporary nursing and healthcare leaders need to ensure that anursing leader acquires all the skills during his professional training. The nurse leader shoulddemonstrate the following qualitiesLeadership skillsMany organizations including hospitals are over managed than led (Sossik and Godshalk,2000). Lack of good leadership skills has led to demotivation of the workers which is reflected inthe quality of the work they do. A nurse leader should have skills such as motivating skills,creativity, vision oriented as well as training skills. A leader who is unapproachable by the otherstaffs make it hard for the workers to consult or enquire about a situation.As stated byVesterinen,Suhonene, Isola and Paasiyaara (2012), when a nurse manager analyses his behavior and knowthe impact it has on his employ, can be in a position to adapt good leadership style. The leadershould have good communication skills. In the nursing field, the nurse spends most of the timewith the patients. The nurse act as an intermediary between the physician and the patient or therelatives to the patient. Therefore, a nurse leader should be in a position to convey the rightinformation to the relevant person (Russell and Scoble,2003). During crisis in the hospitalbetween the physician and the nurses the nurse leader should be the person to solve this problem.Lack of problem solving skills among many nurse leaders has prolonged unsolved disputes that

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