Nurse Skill Improvement and Management

This assignment delves into the multifaceted role of a nurse within a healthcare setting, outlining their various responsibilities and emphasizing the importance of continuous skill development. It examines different approaches to performance management that empower nurses to excel in their roles. The document concludes by highlighting the significance of effective nursing practices for optimal patient care and institutional success.

SELF APPRAISAL
FORM

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1: SELF-APPRAISAL FORM.............................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Many entities use self appraisal-form in which an individual can easily improve their
performance in the entity. With the help of this form, an individual can easily find out its
responsibilities that must be full within the organisation. In order to this, worker get to know
about it performance, objective and can take necessary action towards the improvement. Present
report is based on NHS (National Health services) in which I am working as a nurse. An
employee having various roles and responsibilities that must be accomplish by them in effective
manner. In addition to this report, a nurse who is working in the NHS that develop her self-
appraisal form in which they concern with necessary improvements in their work life. (Self-
appraisal Examples to Use as Guidance or Inspiration. 2015 ).
TASK 1: SELF-APPRAISAL FORM
Name:
Job Title: Nurse
Organisation: National Health services
Date at work:
Table 1
Column A (1.1)
Key responsibilities and
performance objectives
at NHS
Column B (1.2)
Evaluate own
effectiveness against
my objectives
Column C (1.3)
Make
recommendations
for own
improvement
Column D (1.4)
Effective
Motivational
Techniques use at
workplace
Column E (2.2)
Communication skill
need at work
In NHS, working as a
nurse having various
responsibilities that must
be fulfilled. Below given
are roles and objectives
that I have to consider:
Safe and Quality
nursing care
I should focus on all that
For better evaluation
of my effectiveness
towards the work, I
will make use of 360
degree appraisal
(Zacher, 2014). I am
having capabilities
towards the
achievement of set
In these points
various improving
ways are listed below
that assist to remove
all my weaknesses.
Focus on
communicate skills:
As discussed in the
To focus on the above
recommendations
various motivational
techniques are listed
below that shows how
work will become
more effective in
health and social care
(Shirk, 2013).
Here various ways are
listed here that shows
how I am communicate
with the different people
that is listed as follows:
Service user: In NHS

patient in which I provide
them safe nursing
services and care
(Ahmed, Kuyper and
Minnaert, 2013). Better
working is also improtant
part in which I always
focus on the all rules and
regulations that is good
for service taker.
objectives that is
listed as below:
360 degree appraisal
Monitoring and
Observation: With
the help of monitoring
my own performance
I have observed that I
am having
capabilities that assist
me to achieve my
objectives (Brown,
2014). It was found
by me that I lack
knowledge towards
the understanding
level of patients
problem. This is a
type of problem for
patients because I am
not getting their
actual problem that
they are facing. With
this, I will become
able to monitor their
needs in more
effective manner.
above question, I am
having poor
interaction skill. For
solution of this I will
attend various
training skills in
which I attend
seminars and
workshop that assist
to develop my
communication skills
(Zacher, 2014).
Target list of goals:
With the help of list,
objective become
more easy towards the
achievement in which
prioritise of targets
assist to remind the set
aim. With the help of
this a motivation is
developed towards the
achievement.
different types of clients
come so that nurse must
have attitude with
effective communication
skills that assist to
manage with all of them.
In order to this, nurse
must have patients in
which they focus on the
customer needs that assist
to cop up with the all. If
in one of them having any
problem with disability so
that nurse must focus on
all that instruction that is
useful for them towards
the better care (Brown,
2014).
Record Management
As a nurse, it is my
responsibility that I must
make records that is
Providing
Medicines: As a
nurse I am having
responsibilities that
Positive Thinking: If
a patient see the nurse
face with full of joy
and positiveness so
Evaluate
performance level:
When target is already
set so that measurable
Colleagues: It is a young
age in which nurse can
use cell phones that is the
best way to communicate

important for patient's
treatment. In which I also
focus on confidentiality
in which individual
record is safe and secure
and is not shared with
anyone without their
permission (Rui and
Stefanone, 2013).
all such guidelines
and prescriptions
must be fulfilled that
was suggested by the
doctor. In this, I am
having capabilities to
take care of my
services takers (Berry,
Hong and Amtmann,
2014).
that this will also
positively impacted
on their health. I
always tries to solve
all the problem with
positive manner, no
matter how big and
hard a problem to
solve.
of performance
become more easy. In
which performance is
compare with the set
objectives so that it
assist to know where
the problem is
occurring that create
barrier (Boud, 2013).
with the colleagues.
Another method in this is
face to face
communication in which
they can express their
problem in more friendly
way. Moreover with the
colleagues, it is a best
way to intact with them.
Collaboration and team
workI always collaborate
with my team member
and also my patients so
that they will be helpful
for better interaction
among us. This will assist
me to understand patients
in more effective way. I
need to have proper
interaction with my team
member as it enables me
to assist me for better
understanding level in the
workplace.
Maintaining of
Records: In this a
nurse should maintain
all that records and I
always focus on all
that test that was
conducted by doctor's
end's. In this I also
concern with their
daily test in which
sugar and blood
pressure of client is
measurable by me. If
I will focus on these
problems so that I
become able to
develop a harmonious
relation with the
services taker (Shirk,
2013).
Track customer
daily routine: With
the help of tracking
service taker daily
routine, I assist to
provide medicine to
my client as per the
prescription. With the
help of this I will
become able to look
after the patient.
Develop a purpose
on the mind: If a
nurse of NHS not
having any purpose
behind their daily
work so it become
hard to manage the
work-life balance. If
visionary is clear in
the mind so that
individual become
more effective to full
fill his job. In this, I
design a vision in my
mind that is
satisfaction of
customer with my
service (Ahmed,
Kuyper and Minnaert,
2013).
Manager: Nurse must use
different way of
communication with the
people. In order to that, if
I will try to communicate
with the manager so that a
professional way is best
thing that must be
maintaining by the nurse.
For this mail and
professional talks are the
best way to communicate
with the manager (14
Highly Effective Ways to
Motivate Employees .
2016).

SMART performance
objective
Specific: I should focus
on all my targets and for
this I developed a set of
goals. This will also assist
me for better performance
because I will try to prove
myself with hard and
effective work (Pilling-
Cormick and Garrison,
2013).
Measurable: Only hard
work is never worth when
its improvement is not
seen by every one. In
order to that, I measure
my performance in which
I ask all that patients
about my services so that
this will assist me to
know how I want take
action towards the action.
Achievable: In order to
achieve goals I have
developed my own skills
that assist me to achieve
the objectives in easy
way. I focus on my
decisions making skills
towards my patients. As
Better relationship:
It is a crucial point for
a nurse that must
better interacting with
their clients so that
one can identify their
feeling. I have issue
with my interaction
skill in which i
hesitate to talk with
client (Boud, 2013).
Set self-imposed
deadlines: For
maintaining records
in a systematic way I
focus on the daily
time management in
my work. In which I
will try to update all
the patients records in
daily basis so that this
will leads to the less
burden on me.
To achieve reward
and incentives: This
is also one of the best
techniques that assist
to manage the work in
effective manner.
Some time a worker
set their mind, in
which they perform
better with their
service taker because
of achieving set
rewards.

these skills helps me to
develop a better
workplace relation.
Relevant: I focus on the
review all that efforts and
compare with my goals so
that this will be beneficial
for me towards the
achievement of goals.
Time-Bound: As per my
targets I set time bound to
achieve it so that I
accomplish my all set
goals (Bernardin and
Wiatrowski, 2013). In
this I set 4 month target to
improve my all skills that
must for my job.
CONCLUSION
After summing up this report, it can be concluded that various roles and responsibilities a
nurse having when she work in the healthcare institute. There are many ways in which they can
manage their work in more effective manner so that they can perform in their institute in a better
way.

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