Howley Discussion Board: Mentor
This week 's discussion board will focus on the type of mentor I would like to work with at some future point. I would you like this mentor to possess qualities I find to be important like; sharing a vision, modeling the way, and becoming a transformational leader. I would like to work with a transformational leader. Transformational leaders, through the creation of an empowered workplace, encourage creativity and critical thinking (Gokenbach, 2014). I had the privilege of working with a mentor that most can only dream about happening. She framed me into the nurse I am today. I hope to surround myself with leaders like her in the future. It would be amazing if she were around to mentor me in how to make a transformational change in the leadership model I find myself in currently.
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I worked as a nursing student and then was hired at this hospital. I worked in medical, surgical telemetry and then in the Emergency Room. When I was staff on the floor, I practiced primary nursing as it is in the textbooks. I had one to two patients, followed them admission to discharge, planned discharged, got to know families, and corroborated with primary care. The hospital only hired nurses with a bachelor 's degree or higher. The increased accountability and higher level of education it demanded were linked to a decline in patient mortality and a lower turnover of nurse staff (Vitello, 2014). Nurses were assigned primary responsibility for four or five patients caring for each while on duty, being on call when off duty, and acting as an advocate and intermediary with each patient 's doctors (Vitello,2014). This model was changed in 1999 when a merger occurred; I left shortly after in 2001. I have been seeking another mentor since then that can live up to these
This week 's discussion board will focus on the type of mentor I would like to work with at some future point. I would you like this mentor to possess qualities I find to be important like; sharing a vision, modeling the way, and becoming a transformational leader. I would like to work with a transformational leader. Transformational leaders, through the creation of an empowered workplace, encourage creativity and critical thinking (Gokenbach, 2014). I had the privilege of working with a mentor that most can only dream about happening. She framed me into the nurse I am today. I hope to surround myself with leaders like her in the future. It would be amazing if she were around to mentor me in how to make a transformational change in the leadership model I find myself in currently.
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I worked as a nursing student and then was hired at this hospital. I worked in medical, surgical telemetry and then in the Emergency Room. When I was staff on the floor, I practiced primary nursing as it is in the textbooks. I had one to two patients, followed them admission to discharge, planned discharged, got to know families, and corroborated with primary care. The hospital only hired nurses with a bachelor 's degree or higher. The increased accountability and higher level of education it demanded were linked to a decline in patient mortality and a lower turnover of nurse staff (Vitello, 2014). Nurses were assigned primary responsibility for four or five patients caring for each while on duty, being on call when off duty, and acting as an advocate and intermediary with each patient 's doctors (Vitello,2014). This model was changed in 1999 when a merger occurred; I left shortly after in 2001. I have been seeking another mentor since then that can live up to these