SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Team Motivation - ✔✔Motivate your team through engagement
✔✔Performance Assessment - ✔✔Assess situations and seek to know/understand why
staff is not performing to expectations
✔✔Chain of Command - ✔✔Utilize the proper chain of command
✔✔Time Management Issues - ✔✔If you are struggling with time management or
personnel issues speak to your supervisor
✔✔Resident Family Concerns - ✔✔If you are dealing with a resident family or concern,
get specific information and if you can't solve the issue, pass it on to the manager or
social worker
✔✔Delegation - 5 Rights - ✔✔Right task: You cannot ask someone under you (LNA) to
do something out of their scope of practice (push meds)
✔✔Delegation - Right Circumstance - ✔✔If a patient is critical and you need to take
vitals, that is not the time to delegate vital signs to an LNA
✔✔Delegation - Right Person - ✔✔If you need to delegate giving meds and you have
access to an LPN and LNA, choose the LPN they are the correct person
✔✔Delegation - Right Directions and Communications - ✔✔Make sure to communicate
clearly exactly what you need, do not expect that whoever you're communicating with
knows what they're doing
✔✔Delegation - Right Supervision and Evaluation - ✔✔It is not enough to just give
direction at the beginning of shift and then not circle back and evaluate that these tasks
were completed successfully
✔✔Innovative Adopter - ✔✔Flexible and willing to accept/integrate changes
✔✔Early Majority - ✔✔Willing to adopt changes but focus on the practicality of waiting
while others work out the flaws
✔✔Late Majority - ✔✔Wait for change to be firmly established before they adopt it
✔✔Laggards - ✔✔Change only due to necessity
, ✔✔Victims - ✔✔15-20% of workforce 'Why is this happening to me, I don't want to
change to EHR before retiring'
✔✔Survivors - ✔✔60-70% of workforce 'Lets just get this over with, do my job, I will
survive'
✔✔Navigators - ✔✔15-20% of workforce 'How can I Navigate this change and make it
happen'
✔✔Benefits of Nursing Organizations - ✔✔Expanding your knowledge through
educational opportunities and networking
✔✔Staying Current - ✔✔Stay up to date on current changes in the field
✔✔Nursing Voice - ✔✔Professional organizations can give nurses a voice
✔✔Resume Benefits - ✔✔Being a member looks good on your resume
✔✔Financial Savings - ✔✔Being a member can save you money (ANA has discounts
on certain hotels & insurance)
✔✔Nurses in Politics - ✔✔All nurses and patients are affected by public policy
✔✔Advocacy for Change - ✔✔Understanding how nursing practice and patient care are
affected by both internal and external pressures will lead to effective advocacy for
change
✔✔Nurses as Advocates - ✔✔Nurses are trusted professionals that can use their voice
to advocate for persons who have little or no voice
✔✔Nurses as Leaders - ✔✔Nurses are excellent leaders and communicators that can
help elected leaders to understand the impact of policy on the health system
✔✔Democracy and Engagement - ✔✔Most of all - Democracy requires engagement
and participation of every citizen to function
✔✔Nursing Involvement - ✔✔Participate in state and national nursing organizations
✔✔Legislative Participation - ✔✔Attend legislative sessions and build relationships with
state law makers
✔✔Board Participation - ✔✔Participate on state and national boards
✔✔Lobbying Collaboration - ✔✔Collaborate with lobbyists