Empowerment and Coaching for Nurses (1).pptx

Nursing

1. Definition Being able to take charge of one’s life and be able to make decisions that are important to the person’s personal or work life Encouraging and allowing individuals to take personal responsibility for improving the way they do their jobs and contributes to the institution’s goals Nursing empowerment means the ability to effectively motivate and mobilize self and others to accomplish positive outcomes in nursing practice and work environment

2. Characteristics of an Empowered Person

3. Actions Associated with an Empowered Person Take responsibility Communicates needs, success, problems and ideas to patients and other health care professionals Decision making Comfortable about questioning the existing status Self managed Seeks feedback and takes corrective actions Clear about the task and task requirements Choose continuous learning and development as a way of life

4. Empowering Others Starts with communicating encouragement to others. It is important to communicate that each employee is valued Support others Facilitate the process of fitting personal goals with institutional goals Develop a supportive culture Focus less on power and status

5. How a Nurse Can Empower Others as a Leader Set a vision and explain it Define goals to achieve Create challenge Develop of talent Provide resources Be a charismatic leader Don’t move too fast Don’t announce that you are going to empower them Focus more on job related activities and responsibilities

6. Introduction Coaching is a form of development in which an experienced person, called a coach, supports a learner or client in achieving a specific personal or professional goal by providing training and guidance The main purpose of coaching is to maximize performance by helping a client reach their peak potential Coaching involves developing leadership, creating self discipline, building a self belief system, creating motivation and improving self awareness

7. Coaching Involves the Following Help improve performance Sets specific target Develops a string bond between the person being coached and him/herself Facilitate and collaborate Provide specific feedback Praise in public but correct in private Focus more on the nehavior that needs to be changed and less on the person Observe carefully and listen well

8. General Coaching Guidelines Be specific about job performance Focus on behavior Confront issues ASAP Praise in public, correct in private Explain the impact of the employees' job performance on the entire operation and work group Allow some time each day for coaching Document coaching sessions