The Nurse Leader as Knowledge Worker

The Nurse Leader as Knowledge Worker
CONCEPT OF KNOWLEDGE
WORKER
• As stated by Patalas-Maliszewska (2013), knowledge workers are
defined as high-level workers who integrate theoretical and
analytical knowledge in order to foster service development
• The concept of knowledge worker was propounded by Peter
Drucker and finds its first use in his book ‘The Landmarks of
Tomorrow 1959’
• Ducker identified knowledge workers as the most valuable asset
of the 21st century.
NURSING INFORMATICS
• Nursing informatics can be defined as the speciality domain within
the nursing profession that deals with the nursing science to
manage multiple information and apply analytical sciences so as
to recognize, define, communicate and manage important data
and knowledge that are essential for Nursing practice (McCormick
& Saba, 2015).
• The branch of Nursing Informatics makes use of information
structures, information processes and information technology in
order to store and manage important data.
ROLE OF A NURSE LEADER
 Effectively motivate and manage human resource
 Maintain customer focus
 Appropriately manage finances
 Ensure quality in terms of service provision
 Align resources and workforce interests with organizational vision
ROLE OF NURSE LEADER
AS A KNOWLEDGE
WORKER
• Nurse Leaders support care professionals, patients, service users,
multidisciplinary team of professionals and other stakeholders
with their knowledge and expertise in the decision making
process across different roles and settings to acquire desired
outcome (McGonigle et al., 2014).
• As stated by Nurse Leaders assist care professionals with a clinical
supervision tool that helps in rendering holistic care services and
at the same time helps in improving the quality of the services
provided.
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EVALUATION OF
HYPOTHETICAL SCENARIO
The hypothetical scenario has been chosen as the increased prevalence of Catheter
Acquired Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) among the hospitalized patients. In order to
determine the incidence of the infection rate, a quantitative data collection method
could be used. Observation and documentation of patients with catheter placement
and indication of catheter placement could be documented for reference. The nursing
professionals must determine the length of catheter placement and communicate it to
the physician and the multidisciplinary team of professionals. The catheters must be
placed as per the CDC guidelines and care professionals must comply with the
infection control protocol that comprise of hand hygiene, knowledge about catheter
placement using the aseptic technique, ensure maintenance of unobstructed urine
flow and collect urine sample for culture. The culture analysis would help in
determining the potential risk of CAUTI in patients. I had successfully been able to
implement my proposed plan in my previous placement and the six month data
suggests no incidence of CAUTI within the acute and critical care unit.
PEER POST AND FEEDBACK
REFERENCES:
McCormick, K., & Saba, V. (2015).
Essentials of nursing informatics. McGraw-Hill
Education. Retrieved from: https://lib.hpu.edu.vn/handle/123456789/32430
McGonigle, D., Hunter, K., Sipes, C., & Hebda, T. (2014). Why nurses need to
understand nursing informatics.
AORN journal,
100(3), 324-327. Retrieved
from: https://books.google.co.in/books?
hl=en&lr=&id=I4GHCgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR1&dq=nursing+informatics&
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=nursing%20informatics&f=false
Patalas-Maliszewska, J. (2013). Managing Knowledge Workers.
Value
Assessment, Methods, and Application Tools. Retrieved from:
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-642-36600-0
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Peer Post: How would you monitor and evaluate
compliance with CDC guidelines?
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Regular workshops could be conducted to impart
education and disseminate awareness in relation to
infection control guidelines recommended by CDC. Nurse
Leaders could monitor the quality of service delivery by
the care professionals and encourage reporting from
fellow colleagues in case of non-compliance. In case of
non-compliance, identified professional could be penalised
in terms of salary/leave balance deduction depending
upon the frequency of non-compliance. This would ensure
stringent compliance with the CDC guidelines on infection
control.