ESSAY: Effective approaches in leadership and management

In this assignment, you will be writing a 1,000-1,250 word paper describing the differing approaches of nursing leaders and managers to issues in practice. To complete this assignment, do the following:
Select an issue from the following list: bullying, unit closers and restructuring, floating, nurse turnover, nurse staffing ratios, use of contract employees (i.e., registry and travel nurses), or magnet designation.
Describe the selected issue. Discuss how it impacts quality of care and patient safety in the setting in which it occurs.
Discuss how professional standards of practice should be demonstrated in this situation to help rectify the issue or maintain professional conduct.
Explain the differing roles of nursing leaders and nursing managers in this instance and discuss the different approaches they take to address the selected issue and promote patient safety and quality care. Support your rationale by using the theories, principles, skills, and roles of the leader versus manager described in your readings.
Discuss what additional aspects mangers and leaders would need to initiate in order to ensure professionalism throughout diverse health care settings while addressing the selected issue.
Describe a leadership style that would best address the chosen issue. Explain why this style could be successful in this setting.
Use at least three peer-reviewed journal articles other than those presented in your text or provided in the course.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.
This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies:
RN to BSN
1.1: Exemplify professionalism in diverse health care settings.
1.3: Exercise professional nursing leadership and management roles in the promotion of patient safety and quality care.
3.4: Demonstrate professional standards of practice.

ANSWER

Effective Approaches in Leadership and Management

            Nurse turnover is rapidly-growing as an HR problem, which currently affects the healthcare sector globally. There is a high turnover rate across the world, and it ranges from 15% and 40%. In the United States, the national average rate of nurse turnover is 8.9% to 36%, and it depends on the nursing specialty and geographic location (Nurdiana et al., 2019). In addition to the problem of nurses, the shortage is the fact that the nursing profession is still female-dominated, and often during years of childbearing, nurses tend to cut back or abandon the nursing profession altogether, thus exacerbating the turnover problem. At the same time, the patient population demographic getting older increases the need and demand for nurses throughout every healthcare facility (Anthony et al., 2005). Implementing the Affordable Care Act also increases the population of patients seeking health care and, in the process, stretch the nursing services, which creates a nursing shortage and high nurse turnover.            Nurse turnover in hospitals and other healthcare facilities reduces the productivity and effectiveness of patient care delivery, in addition to increasing operating costs (Nurdiana et al., 2019). According to Nassar et al. (2011), turnover often results in the…