Coaching Makes Nurses Careers Grow by Linda H.

Yoder, RN, MBA, PhD AOCN, FAAN and Maureen Habel, RN, MA
Objectives:
The goal of this program is to provide nurses with evidence-based information about the critical career development relationship of coaching. After studying the information presented here, you will be able to

Name the two key components crucial to coaching. Describe supportive and initiating behaviors in the coaching relationship. Describe at least three outcomes that may be obtained through coaching relationships for staff nurses.

Developing Your Leadership Potential by Maureen Habel, RN, MA

Objectives:

The purpose of this program is to prepare nurses with practical strategies that can help them to develop personal plans for developing their leadership potential. After studying the information presented here, you will be able to

Discuss why it is important for nurses to develop their potential as leaders. Identify techniques that you can use to improve your communication skills. Describe strategies to manage conflict effectively. Discuss issues related to the delegation and evaluation of work performance by others. Describe ways in which you can enhance your ability to cope with change, manage stress and improve your time-management skills. Discuss strategies you can use to improve your critical-thinking skills. Discuss ways in which you can plan for a rewarding nursing career.

Learning to Lead
From Staff Nurse to Charge Nurse
by Catherine Robinson-Walker, MBA, MCC and Sarah Detmer, RN, MS

Objectives: The purpose of this course is to inform nurses about the key elements of management, focusing particularly on skills that enable nurses to coordinate resources and achieve desired outcomes in patient care settings. These resources may be staff, technological or financial in nature. After studying the information presented here, you will be able to

Describe key aspects of the environment in which nurses assume management roles and functions, and how the climate influences care giving and management practices. Depict the transitions that nurses makeeither temporarily or permanentlyfrom the role of caregiver to the role of manager. Identify supervisory practices that promote good performance, workforce commitment and professional satisfaction.

Identify key skills that nurses will want to develop to excel as managerswhether they are managers for the shift or managers in full-time management positions. Describe important interpersonal and coaching skills such as communication, delegation and feedback that promote mutual respect and solid teamwork. Discuss ways to evaluate outcomes at the end of your shift. Demonstrate an understanding of how to control costs on your unit.

Synopsis All nurses are leaders when they care for patients. They not only support the patients in doing what they are unable do for themselves, but also manage their care and lead them toward a vision and personal goal of better health. The concepts in this course focus on the necessary skills to manage the patient as well as a staff caring for an entire group of patients. Most all nurses find themselves in a position to lead a group of colleagues in a team or on a patient care unit. The concepts inherent in the nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation) are applied and expanded when working with a group. Understanding the environment of care, including its vision, values and culture, is important. Implementing leadership and management strategiessuch as conflict and relationship management, coaching, delegation and evaluationis outlined and demonstrated in case examples. The objective of this course is to highlight the skills necessary to prepare nurses for their managerial roles confidently and enthusiastically.

Preparing New Grads for Entry Into Professional Nursing Practice

It's Not the Way it Used to Be!
by Sheri Cosme, RN, MSN and Jennifer Graebe, RN, BSN, CEN, TNCC

Objectives: The goal of this program is to guide participants through what has changes and provide innovative ideas on how to plan the new grads transition into providing safe, effective care of patients and families. After attending this webinar, participants will be able to

Discuss two reasons why hospitals should develop new graduate nurse programs. Identify three innovative techniques that can be used for nurses transitioning from student nurses to registered nurses. Discuss the outcomes of a successful transition from student nurses to registered nurses.