Dynamics of Nursing Administration
This analysis will review the leadership and organizational style at Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, CO. Poudre Valley Hospital located in Colorado is a magnet hospital consistently aspiring for excellence in health care delivery. PVH is considered a leading source of healthcare for residents living in northeastern CO and outlying regions including southern Wyoming and western Kansas (AHA, 2003). PVH is nationally known as a Magnet hospital awarded for its nursing excellence via the American Nurses Credentialing Center (AHA, 2003). Nursing director's work directly with general managers in the organization to ensure the success of the organization. The nursing director is considered a pivotal person in the development of positive nursing roles and a positive nurse team (AHA, 2003). In this organizational structure the director of nursing serves at the executive level of the organization (AHA, 2003). The director of nursing reports directly to the CEO. The organizational structure includes a top down style of leadership combined with a transformational or participative management style that encourages communication at all levels of the organization. Within PVH, decentralized department structures exist all
Lanza (1997) cites several researchers suggesting that leadership in the healthcare environment must empower nurses and staff to carry out job functions in a participative and autonomous fashion (Curtin, 1995). Nurses work in an ever challenging and stressful environment; in this environment psychological and leadership theory both lend themselves to the idea that work empowerment and decision making participation will contribute to effective leadership and job satisfaction when compared with an environment that does not support the ability of nursing staff to make independent decisions (Lanza, 1997; Berger & Mizrahi, 2005). Further studies suggest that participative and transformational leadership help inspire and motivate subordinates to work toward common "organizational goals" that may overstep individual interests or needs (Berger & Mizrahi, 2005). Magnet hospitals are also commonly referred to as 'leading the industry' because they consistently provide an 'environment of excellence that makes nurses want to stay there" (Carol, 2005). By very definition magnet hospital organizational structures including that at PVH promote transformational and participative leadership, ideal for promoting greater communication, knowledge sharing and empowerment within the organization. As such PVH is continually moving toward the future, looking for ways to increase it's efficiency, status and ability to care for the needs not only of patients but also of staff and nursing managers working within the environment. The nursing team at PVH definitely have the support, commitment and training they need to act proactively and autonomously within their environment while contributing to the greater good of the organization as a whole. This type of organizational structure is ideal in a health care setting for promoti
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