The Role of the Nurse Executive

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This paper examines nursing leadership, a highly valued attribute in healthcare. The paper asserts that the visible role of the nurse executive in healthcare organizations is dynamic and evolving. Nurses are well-positioned to take the lead in strategic planning and organizational development. The paper maintains that effective nurse leaders look ahead, monitor trends, and engage others in conversations about strategies that influence change. It adds that nurse leaders represent patient care and nursing practice perspectives at the executive level, influencing both the organization's leadership team and the governing boards. The paper concludes that advancing knowledge related to quality, customer service, information technology, patient safety, and care delivery will be the key to success for executive nurses in the future.

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"The presence and impact of nursing on nursing administration can be traced back to Florence Nightingale. She was born in England in 1820 and lived until1910. Her work gained recognition during the Crimean War (1854 to 1956). It was just the beginning of her life efforts towards army sanitation reform and unofficial government advisor. Florence Nightingale is remembered for her qualities of hard work, anonymous service, and as the founder of modern nursing. Her influence and achievements formed a generation of change. She demonstrated leadership and administrative qualities that are still important today. The literature describes a range of definitions, theories, and beliefs in relation to clinical supervision, and suggests that "it is perhaps intrinsic to the nature of clinical supervision that no single definition or theory exists" (Ryan, 1998, p.3). Early American authors defined this new idea of clinical supervision for nurses as a democratic process focused on professional growth (Day, 1925). Hollis (1938) expanded the description to include it as a collaborative process based on participatory discussion."

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