How can clinical certification impact leadership skills in a naval hospital

 

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Clinical leadership is necessary because of the complexity, chaos, high rates of change, major safety and quality challenges, and personnel shortages in health care. Despite the fact that the future is difficult to foresee, history has taught us that nurses must be prepared for significant roles in the health-care delivery system, both for current positions and for prospective future opportunities. The problem for clinical leadership is figuring out how to structure the information, skills, and abilities required so that nurses are prepared to fill tasks that are needed but don't currently have formal jobs.

One example is the expansion and elevation of the registered nurse (RN) role from traditional care delivery to integrating care, where they manage and coordinate care across disciplines and settings with autonomy, authority, and accountability Smolowitz et al2 studied 16 primary health care practices that used RNs to the full extent of their scope of practice in team-based care and f They stated that there is a pressing need to increase the contributions and maximize the scope of practice of RNs in primary health care for inter-professional leadership.

Clinical leadership combines the talents of an RN with general leadership skills, skills in managing care delivery at the point of care, and specific skills in problem resolution and outcomes management utilizing evidence-based practice. Because of the numerous and varied point-of-care implementation issues that develop, clinical leadership in nursing is plainly required. Patient safety, for example, may be jeopardized if there is a breakdown in team communication.

When nurses are overworked or understaffed, hand-off communications can be hampered, resulting in care gaps (Huber et al, unpublished data, 2015). If the sending and receiving areas do not communicate adequately, discharge transitions may be difficult. When several specialties caring for a patient do not coordinate prescribing and transcribing practices, medication delivery can be a challenge. This is true in both acute and long-term care. At the point of care, resolving continuing care gaps necessitates proactive steps based on best practices, teamwork, care coordination, and clinical leadership competencies.