Purchase Solution

Motivating nurses

Not what you're looking for?

Ask Custom Question

What factor or factors do you think best motivate employees of a nursing facility to do
their best: wages and benefits, the social environment of the workplace, the work itself,
the satisfaction of helping others, or some other type of reward?

Purchase this Solution
Solution Summary

Listening to employees' individual needs and concerns is emphasized.

Solution Preview

Listening to employees' individual needs and concerns is the first step of motivation to preventing them from straying. Suggestion boxes and regular reviews are a great start, but casual conversations tend to reveal more than formal forums. Asking direct questions is the best way to get answers-a straightforward "How do you like your job?" or "Do you have suggestions?"can reveal what brings satisfaction and discontent.

Management need to reward nurses with increased responsibility when a task ...

Solution provided by:
Umut Oltulu, MBA
Education
  • BSc, Dokuz Eylul University
  • MBA, Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Recent Feedback
  • "Thanks"
  • "Thanks"
  • "This is a great help...Thank you"
  • "Thanks for the advice!"
  • "Oh my gosh u are awesome... A++"
Purchase this Solution
Free BrainMass Quizzes
Situational Leadership

This quiz will help you better understand Situational Leadership and its theories.

Lean your Process

This quiz will help you understand the basic concepts of Lean.

Six Sigma for Process Improvement

A high level understanding of Six Sigma and what it is all about. This just gives you a glimpse of Six Sigma which entails more in-depth knowledge of processes and techniques.

Basic Social Media Concepts

The quiz will test your knowledge on basic social media concepts.

SWOT

This quiz will test your understanding of the SWOT analysis, including terms, concepts, uses, advantages, and process.

View More Free Quizzes
Related BrainMass Solutions

  • Using Coaching to Motivate Nurses

    This is important for motivating nurses to remain dedicated to service oriented nursing.

  • Nursing Research and Nursing Practice

    Nurses' perception that they lack authority and support of administration to change nursing practice inhibits innovation adoption. (1) (4) Therefore, the organization must also be supportive to nurses, which is a motivating strategy in itself.

  • Triats of priority:Effective nursing leadership & management

    Being able to communicate effectively is critical for engendering respect, motivating staff, and displaying sincerity.

  • Strategic Management Plan

    For the long term, many objectives are worth noting that are acceptable, flexible, measurable, motivating, suitable, understandable and achievable for everyone.

  • Discuss Importance of Nursing Retention Practices

    This nursing retention program has assisted Alegent Health System in motivating the nurses to remain with the health system (Zimmerman, March 2004).

  • Healthcare Problems

    However, special emphasis has been placed on the shortage of nurses.

  • Communication & Public Health

    As the definition of public health communication says, effective communication is not simply "telling" or "informing", but is also about motivating.

  • Human Resource Management and the Nursing Shortage

    Nurse staffing for health care organizations should involve the selection, training, motivating and retaining of health care personnel. Nurse staffing is always a perpetual challenge for most health care facilities.

  • Renfrey Memorial Hospital Outline

    In the past two years, the hospital has seen an exodus of nurses. The hospital has been forced to use temporary pool nurses from an agency.

  • Recommendation for Nurses

    Thirdly, they should increase the salaries of bachelor or advanced degree nurses for more nurses to pursue an advanced degree. 3.Recommendation 6: Ensure that nurses engage in lifelong learning.

View More Related Solutions