The Nurse Manager Accelerator Transition from Bedside Nursing to Nurse Manager in 6 steps

By Martine Surratt

This Ebook cover the role of a nurse manager and how any nurse with hard work and dedication can follow the steps to transition to a nurse manager. The nurse manager role allow nurses financial freedom and a flexible schedule which means the ability to have the autonomy to make decision and essentially be the nurse boss you were always meant to be in the field of nurses. This Ebook detail the overall role of the nurse manager which help the individual get prepare to enter the role and be ready to perform the duties necessary as manager 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Martine Surratt
• Release date: Jul 9, 2022
• ISBN: 9798201482572

Book preview

CHAPTER ONE

THE NURSE MANAGER

A. Who Is a Nurse Manager?

Nurse Managers are nurses responsible for overseeing nursing staff in a hospital or clinical environment.

B. Job Description of Nurse Manager

Nurse Managers work at care facilities, clinics, or hospitals to develop long-term plans for professional development on their team and oversee patient care. The role of nurse managers is to preserve and organize nursing standards and implement them on their team to ensure that all staff implement the best methods when tracking the patient treatment and good methods of interacting with patients.

The Nurse Manager's tasks to the team supervise the number of patients and delegate tasks to team members so they can efficiently process the flow of patients through the intake, care, and discharge. They seek out training and growth opportunities, giving consistent feedback to their team.

Nurse Managers have a lot of responsibilities to follow, including supervising the schedule, budgeting resources for the department, fund tracking, and dealing with other issues. Nurse Managers also help foster care for patients; they enhance working conditions and assist their employees in getting the respect they deserve.

The Nurse Managers also perform direct patient care, administrative tasks, and executive duties. They allocate tasks to their nursing team, spend time evaluating their behavior and analyze their patient outcomes to identify accomplishments and areas for improvement. Nursing managers also address infection control, hygiene, and prescribing best practices. Nurse Managers spend time coaching Nurses individually and assigning goals for their career advancement. They promote communication between their team and other staff, such as Doctors, Administrators, and custodial staff. They also analyze financial data, compare the budget to expenses, and plan new initiatives.

The rooms of Nurse Managers cannot be overemphasized, as they have many responsibilities and needs to acknowledge, including those from the nurses they supervise and upper management.

The following are more of the job descriptions of a Nurse Manager:

Organizing the nursing roster and making sure the facility is always fully staffed

Dealing with and resolving disagreements on the hospital floor

Overseeing and reporting the department's allowance

Coordinating between upper administration and the nursing department

Compulsory Professional Experience

Managing and sustaining medical health histories

Supervising everyday unit operations

Nurse Managers have many duties and responsibilities based on their health care setting as part of their job description. The following are some of the major duties and responsibilities of a Nurse Manager;

Create goals and objectives for their department and make sure the staff addresses them

Communicate with staff and department directors

Organize and protect records of the particular facility

Recruit and instruct nurses and other health professionals

Develop work schedules for nurses

Ensure the facility they work in is obliging with current laws

Enhance the quality and efficiency of the level of care provided to patients

Unravel any dilemmas patients might have at the facility

C. Skills Needed

For a Bedside Nurse that wants to transition to a nurse, specific skills are needed before this can be done. Transitioning from bedside nurse to nurse manager requires years of hard work, an optimistic attitude, and reasonable career decisions. As a bedside nurse