Shadowing Manager at Washington Adventist University Intensive Care Unit

My two hours clinical of shadowing a manager was at the Washington Adventist University at Intermediate Care Unit (IMCU). The manager who I was shadowing was the unit manager assistance on IMCU units. Mrs. A is task oriented and well informed nevertheless numerous responsibilities facing her every single day. She was an amazing and good mannered woman along with so wide educational background. She manages three different units, which has more than thirty nurses. She completed her education at Washington Adventist University, which makes us share commonplace. The purpose of this paper is to shadow a manager to acquire and distinguish the roles and responsibilities of a nurse manager.

As the manager clarifies, using critical thinking skills as well as conquering advanced ideas is significant to make decisions in the units to the finest of the client’s interest. She goes with strategies and problem-solves every time is a problem. In the days I shadowed, I did have witnesses with a few. For instance, there was a nursing assistance that was upset and frustrating that she is doing the patient care all by herself. As we know, in IMCU unit there is only two patient technicians per shift. Approximately, the patient technicians can have seven or eight patient depending on the admission. The patient technician then went to the nurse manager office and had a talk with her alone with door locked. And then the patient tech looked relieved when she left the office.

The nurse manager makes choices promptly however, carefully to satisfy the staff members. Nurse managers should be responsible to become confident on that the patients receive obtain outstanding care and protect their rights and also the nurses, who are the employees in the units. ...

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...ically in the healthcare system because it has to deal with the whole health care team. Conflict always happen between patients, patient families, and employees in the unit. It is not only leading, it is advocating for patient, employee, herself and her profession. Nevertheless of what happened the nurse manager safeguards the work environment to be both safe and protected. Once it is solved and being in place the job is very rewarding and satisfying.

In conclusion, the nurse manager is has a lot of tasks on her plate to accomplish; with the priority of being safety and advocacy for employees let alone patients. Mrs. A has a great skill of communication, time management, organizing and leading three units all together. She has numerous duties each and everyday, that is to make the work environment healthy and safe for the health care team as well as the patients.