scholarly journals Building the Science to Guide Nursing Administration and Leadership Decision Making

2021 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Lindell Joseph ◽  
Heather V. Nelson-Brantley ◽  
Laura Caramanica ◽  
Bret Lyman ◽  
Betsy Frank ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-26
Author(s):  
Lian-Lian Tang

Abstract Objective This study aimed to demonstrate and promote the skill of critical emancipatory reflection through reflecting on a nursing practice-based ethical issue about nurses’ paternalistic decision-making for patients. Meanwhile, critical awareness will be developed and the underlying issues of paternalism in nursing decision-making will be analyzed. Then, by applying the procedure, improvement in nursing decision-making practice will be expected. Methods Taylor’s model of emancipatory reflection with four steps, including construction, deconstruction, confrontation, and reconstruction, is utilized to guide the author’s reflection. Results Guided by the socialization theory, the author’s personal and professional socialization is seen to be associated with the formation of the value of paternalism. The theory of reflexivity is applied to unearth the related issues, including deeper personal value, work environment, as well as historical and cultural contexts. Moreover, the power derived from policy, work relationship, and nursing administration, which could induce paternalism in the author’s nursing decision-making practice, was critically debated using the hegemony theory. Finally, new insights into paternalism will be achieved, which enable change in terms of how to facilitate patients’ autonomous decision-making. Conclusions The process of refection makes it clear that respecting patients’ right and performing patient-centered caring are the bases to change the paternalism existing in the nursing decision-making practice currently. The reconstruction step assists the author in terms of how to value the patients’ autonomy and balance patients’ safety and choice, rather than being overprotective; carry out risk assessment, and search for strong evidence to counterbalance the positive and negative aspects of risk-taking; communicate with patients appropriately in a manner that they can comprehend; spend more time to explore patients’ preference and choice; make every effort to elevate the patients’ decision-making capacity; implement patient-centered care and shared decision-making in nursing practice; consult with other colleagues and obtain the required support when limitations or challenges exist; try to justify and avoid hidden paternalism behind policy or guidelines; deal with the power in hand well and fairly; and also positively face the powers that constrain the author.


2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 808
Author(s):  
Leslye Brusamolin ◽  
Juliana Helena Montezeli ◽  
Aida Maris Peres

ABSTRACTObjective: to verify the use of the managerial abilities of six nurses who work in an emergency room of a private hospital in Curitiba. Methodology: descriptive qualitative research developed from August to September of 2008. Data were collected by systematic observation and subjected to thematic analysis, with the following categories: health care, decision making, communication, leadership, administration and management and administration of the time. This study was approved by the Ethics and Research of the Healt Center of the Federal University of Paraná (protocol number 548.085.08.06). Results: the results highlight that the nurses mobilize such abilities daily, that the organizational structure influences the work process and decision making, the formal structure of power is respected and that there is a need of involvement of the team in the decision making process. Conclusion: it was concluded that the influence of organizational structure can help or hinder the decision taking, however, fits to the nurse the continuous development of the managerial abilities with focus in the care for the harmony between the institutional demands and the ethical-legal requirements of the profession. Descriptors:  nursing; nursing in emergency; professional practice; professional competence; practice management; nursing administration research; personnel administration hospital.RESUMOObjetivo: verificar a utilização de competências gerenciais por seis enfermeiros que atuam em um pronto atendimento de um hospital privado de Curitiba. Metodologia: pesquisa qualitativa descritiva desenvolvida de agosto a setembro de 2008. Os dados foram coletados pela observação sistemática e submetidos à análise temática, tendo como categorias: atenção à saúde, tomada de decisão, comunicação, liderança, administração e gerenciamento e a administração do tempo. Este estudo foi aprovado pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa do Setor de Ciências da Saúde da Universidade Federal do Paraná sob protocolo número 548.085.08.06. Resultados: os resultados destacam que os enfermeiros mobilizam tais competências cotidianamente, que a estrutura organizacional influencia o processo de trabalho e tomada de decisões, que a estrutura formal de poder é respeitada e que há a necessidade do envolvimento da equipe no processo decisório. Conclusão: concluiu-se que a influência da estrutura organizacional pode ajudar ou dificultar a tomada de decisão, todavia, cabe ao enfermeiro o desenvolvimento contínuo das competências gerenciais com foco no cuidado para a harmonia entre as demandas institucionais e as exigências ético-legais da profissão Descritores: enfermagem; enfermagem em emergência; prática profissional; competência profissional; gerenciamento da prática profissional; pesquisa em administração de enfermagem; gerência de recursos humanos em hospital.RESUMENObjetivo: verificar el uso de las competencias gerenciales por seis enfermeros que trabajan en una sala de urgencias de un hospital privado en Curitiba. Metodologia: pesquisa cualitativa descriptiva desarrollada de agosto a setiembre de 2008. Los datos fueron colectados por la observación sistemática y sometidos a análisis temático, teniendo como categorías: atención a la salud, toma de decisiones, comunicación, liderazgo, administración y gerencia y administración del tiempo. Este estudio fue aprovado en Comissione de Ética en Pesquisa de la Universidad Federal del Paraná (protocolo número 548.085.08.06). Resultados: los resultados destacan que los enfermeros movilizan tales competencias cotidianamente, que la estructura organizacional influye en el proceso de trabajo y en la toma de decisiones, que la estructura formal de poder es respetada y que hay necesidades de envolver al equipo en el proceso de decisiones. Conclusión: se concluyó que la influencia de la estructura organizacional puede ayudar o dificultar la toma de decisión, y cabe al enfermero el desarrollo continuo de las competencias gerenciales con foco en el cuidado para la armonía entre las demandas institucionales y las exigencias ético legales de la profesión. Descriptores: enfermería; enfermería en emergencia; práctica profesional; competencia profesional; gestión de la práctica profesional; investigación en administración de enfermería; administración de personal en hospitales. 


2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Simen ◽  
Fuat Balcı

AbstractRahnev & Denison (R&D) argue against normative theories and in favor of a more descriptive “standard observer model” of perceptual decision making. We agree with the authors in many respects, but we argue that optimality (specifically, reward-rate maximization) has proved demonstrably useful as a hypothesis, contrary to the authors’ claims.


2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Danks

AbstractThe target article uses a mathematical framework derived from Bayesian decision making to demonstrate suboptimal decision making but then attributes psychological reality to the framework components. Rahnev & Denison's (R&D) positive proposal thus risks ignoring plausible psychological theories that could implement complex perceptual decision making. We must be careful not to slide from success with an analytical tool to the reality of the tool components.


2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Arceneaux

AbstractIntuitions guide decision-making, and looking to the evolutionary history of humans illuminates why some behavioral responses are more intuitive than others. Yet a place remains for cognitive processes to second-guess intuitive responses – that is, to be reflective – and individual differences abound in automatic, intuitive processing as well.


2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (01) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
David R. Shanks ◽  
Ben R. Newell

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (01) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
David R. Shanks ◽  
Ben R. Newell

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