LEARNING KEY SKILLS IN NURSING MANAGEMENT:care problems.
For example, an interprofessional team may form to discuss the failure of a reha- bilitation regimen to help a home care patient and to develop new plans for intervention.
Often nurses are also involved in activities associated with improving the quality of care for various patient groups and their families. For example, a nurse manager might organize meetings with primary care physicians and other managers to discuss how to improve discharge planning, to explore strategies to reduce the length of inpatient stays, or to improve coordination with out- patient clinics.
The team leader of a patient care conference often may not be a manager with line respon- sibility to supervise, evaluate, or hire employees. Frequently in patient rounds, the nurse is the person who can lead the conversation because the nurse has spent the most amount of time with the patient. The team leader is, however, a coach, teacher, and facilitator. Thus, the team leader needs to have excellent leadership skills. The task of a team leader varies according to the task and the skill level of the team members.