Review of Current Healthcare Issues.

Review of Current Healthcare Issues.

 

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The discussion post explores the author’s perception on how leadership skills can be applied within the professional environment. The post presents two insights. Firstly, it identifies ethics and core values as important for successful leaders as they engender trust and confidence among subordinates and other stakeholders.Review of Current Healthcare Issues.

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Secondly, the author identifies quality leadership as a multimodal concept that includes the leadership style, emotional intelligence, competence, vision, advocacy, and messaging.Other than the two insights, the post argues that poor leadership is unfavorable since it causes burnout that is accompanied by turnover. Besides that, the author discusses openness and honesty as important leadership skills, and identifies the school principal as an ideal leader who applies these skills. The two insights identified in the post would be useful to any leader.Review of Current Healthcare Issues. This is especially the case for nurses who are regularly faced with issues concerning ethics and core values when making decision. Additionally, nurses have need for quality leadership to enable them leverage the strengths within the health care environment to provide the best possible care that guarantees the desired care outcomes (Persily, 2013). The two insights allow nurses to engage patients and other medical personnel in conversations and interactions that collect the right information and communicate intentions. Furthermore, the two identified skills (honesty and openness) are important for enabling authentic communication that presents comprehensive information allowing for better decisions (Snyder, 2013). Overall, the paper has been well presented to offer an analysis of leadership.Review of Current Healthcare Issues.

The discussion post offers an informative analysis on leadership as a concept. It acknowledges that the health care environment requires leadership to manage the complexity. The post identifies two key insights. Firstly, the author identifies the need to optimize social wellbeing and overall system performance in order to make better use of the human capital/personnel as failing to do so would result in high burnout and turnover. Secondly, the post identifies organizational trust as important for supporting human personnel in completing their professional responsibilities in a comfortable environment that engenders a sense of belonging and inclusion.Review of Current Healthcare Issues. In addition, the author explains that the contingency theory approach is ideal for addressing the concerns presented in the two insights since it applies multiple leadership styles that promote change. The post concludes by identifying the nurse manager as an ideal leader who leverages leadership capabilities to direct the nursing team in the psychiatric emergency department. The two key insights presented in the discussion are useful for improving leadership in the health care environment, especially in the face of nurse shortages where turnover is a concern. Applying the two insights helps in making personnel have a greater sense of belonging in the organization (Glazer & Fitzpatrick, 2013).Also, the recommendation to have a knowledgeable leader is important is such individuals are aware of the workplace responsibilities and can leverage the knowledge in their oversight roles (Marshall & Broome, 2017). Overall, the discussion post has been well presented with important insight into leadership as a concept.Review of Current Healthcare Issues.

The discussion post explores the author’s perception on how leadership skills can be applied within the professional environment. The post presents two insights. Firstly, it identifies ethics and core values as important for successful leaders as they engender trust and confidence among subordinates and other stakeholders. Secondly, the author identifies quality leadership as a multimodal concept that includes the leadership style, emotional intelligence, competence, vision, advocacy, and messaging.Other than the two insights, the post argues that poor leadership is unfavorable since it causes burnout that is accompanied by turnover. Besides that, the author discusses openness and honesty as important leadership skills, and identifies the school principal as an ideal leader who applies these skills. The two insights identified in the post would be useful to any leader. Review of Current Healthcare Issues.This is especially the case for nurses who are regularly faced with issues concerning ethics and core values when making decision. Additionally, nurses have need for quality leadership to enable them leverage the strengths within the health care environment to provide the best possible care that guarantees the desired care outcomes. The two insights allow nurses to engage patients and other medical personnel in conversations and interactions that collect the right information and communicate intentions. Furthermore, the two identified skills (honesty and openness) are important for enabling authentic communication that presents comprehensive information allowing for better decisions (Snyder, 2013). Overall, the paper has been well presented to offer an analysis of leadership.Review of Current Healthcare Issues.

The discussion post offers an informative analysis on leadership as a concept. It acknowledges that the health care environment requires leadership to manage the complexity. The post identifies two key insights. Firstly, the author identifies the need to optimize social wellbeing and overall system performance in order to make better use of the human capital/personnel as failing to do so would result in high burnout and turnover. Secondly, the post identifies organizational trust as important for supporting human personnel in completing their professional responsibilities in a comfortable environment that engenders a sense of belonging and inclusion.Review of Current Healthcare Issues. In addition, the author explains that the contingency theory approach is ideal for addressing the concerns presented in the two insights since it applies multiple leadership styles that promote change. The post concludes by identifying the nurse manager as an ideal leader who leverages leadership capabilities to direct the nursing team in the psychiatric emergency department. The two key insights presented in the discussion are useful for improving leadership in the health care environment, especially in the face of nurse shortages where turnover is a concern. Applying the two insights helps in making personnel have a greater sense of belonging in the organization. Also, the recommendation to have a knowledgeable leader is important is such individuals are aware of the workplace responsibilities and can leverage the knowledge in their oversight roles (Marshall & Broome, 2017). Overall, the discussion post has been well presented with important insight into leadership as a concept.Review of Current Healthcare Issues.

A national health care issue in the USA is the Covid-19 pandemic that has affected the whole country to include medical personnel, patients, and members of the public. Virtually every American has been affected by the virus. Data from as late as 28th August 2020 reveals that more than 5,930,200 cases of infection have been reported in the USA with at least 181,700 deaths from the virus. On average, the country records 60,000 new cases and 1,000 deaths every day. Despite active efforts to counter the virus spread, case numbers remain consistently high across the whole nation. The lack of effective cures and control measures indicate that the virus is likely to remain an urgent health care concern for the foreseeable future (The New York Times, 2020).Review of Current Healthcare Issues.

Covid-19 pandemic has had a profound effect on health care work settings. In as much as these settings are receiving unprecedented support, gratitude, and solidarity, they have also become targets of the virus. In fact, the nature of the virus and how it is spread has created an alarming trend that sees medical personnel not only risk their lives but also the lives of their loved ones even as they provide care for patients with the virus. It is undeniable that ensuring access to health care systems and services is the cornerstone of successfully fighting the virus. However, the threat of infection, as well as limited resources that stress medical personnel, have interfered with the availability, access, and delivery of medical services to counter the virus. Besides that, the large numbers of patients diagnosed with the virus have placed health systems under immense pressure and stretched them beyond their capacity so that other medical services are also affected (World Health Organization, 2020). As a result, there is a need for health systems to minimize the negative impacts of the virus by leveraging health resources.Review of Current Healthcare Issues.

As has been established, there is a need to leverage health systems in order to enable health systems to minimize the negative impacts of Covid-19. The health systems in the USA have achieved this through five approaches. The first approach is the timely identification of new case through active surveillance and widespread testing. This has resulted in fewer cases remaining undiagnosed so that those who are infected are isolated thus supporting efforts to control the epidemic. This helps in saving lives by keeping case numbers under control so that medical personnel are able to attend to the virus cases as well as allocate resources towards addressing other health care concerns. Although reliable diagnostic testing for the virus is expensive, cheaper tests that are less reliable are being presented and approved regularly (Scott, 2020).Review of Current Healthcare Issues.

The second approach is using scientific evidence to make efficient use of existing medical resources. The health care system is applying evidence-based decision making to direct and maximize the use of health resources with a focus on responding to critical shortages and adapting to infection surges. The third approach is collaborating with other countries to share resources, expertise, and data thus ensuring that a coordinate response is applied (Schuchat, 2020). The fourth approach is presenting a committed and strong health workforce that is protected from infection. The virus has placed unusual dangers and high demand on medical personnel with unprecedented emotional stress and workload. The medical personnel are provided with guidance on how to reduce infection risks as well as personal protective equipment to prevent virus transmission. The final approach is ensuring that essential health services continue to be provided alongside care for Covid-19 patients .Review of Current Healthcare Issues.