Organizational Analysis: Nurse Leadership As A Nurse Leader

Organizational Analysis – The Nurse Leader Yvy Llambles, BSN, RN is the Primary Nurse Educator for Memorial Herman North East, Emergency Department (ED). Yvy, as she likes to be called, has the educational responsibilities of overseeing orientation for all departments in the Memorial Hermann North East location. In addition to her overall role as an Educator, Yvy is the Nurse Educator for all Registered Nurses within the Emergency Department. This analysis will explore the characteristics of Yvy in her role as a nurse manager as well as detailing her role as an effective nurse leader. The review of Yvy as a nurse leader will also detail her leadership style, responsibilities and skills. Furthermore, the effectiveness of Yvy’s communication style as a

Yvy is not only an extraordinary Educational Resource Specialist, she is the nurse leader that sets the tone for the nursing department upon arrival at Memorial Hermann Northeast as a new employee and orients all hospital staff to the organization. Although Yvy illustrates several leadership styles, the dominating style is Quantum leadership, which is attributed to her high level of interpersonal relationship building. Additionally, the leadership skills of Yvy include: personal and professional accountability and change management which she demonstrates competency in on a daily basis. Even though Yvy demonstrates the following communication qualities: effective listening, lateral communication and gender-neutral communication skills every good leader needs improvement in communication. These cited abilities and attributes make Yvy Lambles BSN, RN an effective nurse leader and manager because she is seen by the hospital staff as not only a leader and mentor but also a peer, colleague and friend to the entire