Nurse Managers have a lot of responsibilities that call for management skills, leadership, dedication, and knowledge. They are accountable for achieving goals for the hospital and coordinating and organizing resources. “They must be directed toward balancing the needs of patients, the health care organization, employees, physicians, and self” (Sullivan, 2012, p. 41). The Pediatrics and Medical/Surgical Units at Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital are under the direction of Pam Bourassa. Pam is a risk-taker, great communicator, and helps promote learning and growing in her staff.
Nurse Manager Pam Bourassa is currently the Director of the Medical/Surgical and Pediatrics unit at Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital. Pam has her Masters of …show more content…
“Since 1967, the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) has provided leadership, professional development, advocacy and research to advance nursing practice and patient care, promote nursing leadership excellence and shape public policy for health care nationwide” (Celebrating 50 Years of Inspiring Nurse Leaders, 2015, p.1). Pam obtains continuing education credits through online classes, attending nursing conferences, and webinars. Pam reads professional journals that include Journal of Professional Nursing and Nurse Leader, which is the official journal of the AONE.
Nurse Leader Pam Bourassa mentioned that her leadership style is that of a servant leader. According to Spears (as cited in Trastek, Hamilton, & Niles, 2014) servant leadership characteristics and qualities are “listening, empathy, healing, awareness, persuasion, conceptualization, foresight, stewardship, commitment to the growth of people, and building community” (p. 379). Since nurses value the philosophy of caring and the promotion of healing, they tend to prefer a servant leadership. Pam encourages her staff to be empathetic, to be a leader in all that you do, and to put the needs of others before themselves. Pam is very supportive of her staff and encourages them to submit ideas for improvement in all areas on the floor. She also wants everyone to feel like they are a family and promotes family …show more content…
Pam Bourassa is an effective leader by motivating her staff. Pam sends weekly emails to all the staff to let them know how important we all are to the team and also lets us all know how much she appreciates all our hard work. She also brings candy and other treats for us to eat and leaves a note nearby thanking us for our dedication to the team. Pam also shows her leadership skills by promoting learning opportunities for the staff. Pam encourages the nurses to get certified and sends us quarterly updates on education
Nurse Manager Pam Bourassa is currently the Director of the Medical/Surgical and Pediatrics unit at Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital. Pam has her Masters of …show more content…
“Since 1967, the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) has provided leadership, professional development, advocacy and research to advance nursing practice and patient care, promote nursing leadership excellence and shape public policy for health care nationwide” (Celebrating 50 Years of Inspiring Nurse Leaders, 2015, p.1). Pam obtains continuing education credits through online classes, attending nursing conferences, and webinars. Pam reads professional journals that include Journal of Professional Nursing and Nurse Leader, which is the official journal of the AONE.
Nurse Leader Pam Bourassa mentioned that her leadership style is that of a servant leader. According to Spears (as cited in Trastek, Hamilton, & Niles, 2014) servant leadership characteristics and qualities are “listening, empathy, healing, awareness, persuasion, conceptualization, foresight, stewardship, commitment to the growth of people, and building community” (p. 379). Since nurses value the philosophy of caring and the promotion of healing, they tend to prefer a servant leadership. Pam encourages her staff to be empathetic, to be a leader in all that you do, and to put the needs of others before themselves. Pam is very supportive of her staff and encourages them to submit ideas for improvement in all areas on the floor. She also wants everyone to feel like they are a family and promotes family …show more content…
Pam Bourassa is an effective leader by motivating her staff. Pam sends weekly emails to all the staff to let them know how important we all are to the team and also lets us all know how much she appreciates all our hard work. She also brings candy and other treats for us to eat and leaves a note nearby thanking us for our dedication to the team. Pam also shows her leadership skills by promoting learning opportunities for the staff. Pam encourages the nurses to get certified and sends us quarterly updates on education