Nurse Management Education

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This paper discusses the role and the importance of nurse management education. It specifically discusses Malcolm Knowles' development of a learning module aimed at adult learning, in which he coined the phrase, andragogy. The paper analyzes the andragogic model and looks specifically at how it relates to nurse management education.

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"Despite these positive influences, nursing management education is often criticized because organizational changes cannot be achieved only by education. Admittedly, salary, benefits and other such factors are also important. In addition, long-term success in reaching managerial goals depends on physician support of nurse managers. Without effective physician/ nurse teams to implement change, management education alone will not be enough. Overall, however, research shows how nurses educated in management can minimize losses related to unit functioning in a variety of ways: Risk can be managed with less insurance; cost; cost of materials and supplies can be controlled; individual nurses work more efficiently; Staff to patient ratio can be adjusted to patient acuity; support services can be used more effectively at less cost; job satisfaction results in less absenteeism and staff productivity increases (Goddard, 1987)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Goddard NL. Financial management. (1987). In Vestal KW. Management concepts for the new nurse. Philadelphia: JB Lippincott, 127-152
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• Hiemstra, R., and Sisco, B. (1990) Individualizing Instruction: Making Learning Personal, Empowering, and Successful. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
• Knowles, M. S. (1975) Self-Directed Learning. A guide for learners and teachers, Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall/Cambridge.
• Knowles, M. S. et al (1984) Andragogy in Action. Applying modern principles of adult education, San Francisco: Jossey Bass.

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