Nursing responsibility& accountability & employment issues

By: Mandeep Kaur GHG College of Nursing, Raikot(Ldh.) M.Sc.(N) Final Year

STAY STRONGSTAY POSITIVEKEEP NURSING

STAFF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

EMPLOYMENT ISSUESPROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITYPROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY

RESPONSIBILITY &

ACCOUNTABILITY

How responsibil

ity is different

from accountabi

lity?

RESPONSIBILITY

"Responsibility" means that it is on you to complete a task faithfully. You may or may not be accountable for the tasks you are responsible for.

Dr. Bansal is

responsible for many tasks, but he is not

accountable to anyone

else.

"Accountability" means that you are answerable to others for what you do. 

ACCOUNTABILITY

Employees working under Dr. Bansal is responsible for certain

tasks in their job & and they are

accountable to their

superior.

Responsibilities Of A

Professional Nurse

NurseAs A

Caregiver

Nurse As An

Advocate

NurseAs A

Counselor

NurseAs

A Leader

NurseAs A

Manager

NurseAs

A Director

NurseAs A

Designer

NurseAs A

Coach

NurseAs

A HealthProfessional

ACCOUNTABILITY IN NURSING PROFESSION

To whom is the

Professional Nurse accountab

le ??

Accountability To Profession

Accountability To Client

Accountability To Health Care Team

Accountability To Employing Agency

Accountability To Self

Positive Aspects Of Accountability

Increased Respect Rewards

EffectivenessControl

Safe Standards

Action

ISSUES

ISSUES

An important topic or problem for debate or discussion

?

DEFINITION OF EMPLOYMENT ISSUESEmployment issues are defined as any issue which may have an impact on wages, terms and other conditions of employment.

EMPLOYMENT

ISSUES

DISCRIMINATION

Obama declines action on anti-gay discrimination from contractors

EMPLOYMENT

ISSUES

HARASSMENT

Strike on Saturday for higher salaries & better working conditions in Tamilniadu

EMPLOYMENT

ISSUES

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

The State Human Rights board found she fired an employee who filed a workplace complaint

EMPLOYMENT

ISSUES

DIVERSITY MANAGEMEN

T

Tesla Motors workers take a lunch break together at In-N-Out Burger restaurant in Mountain View,

Calif., Thursday, April 12, 2012

EMPLOYMENT

ISSUES

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND

SAFETY

Charles Harlelius was working in emergency ward of Virginia Beach Hospital when a man head-butted him & fell against him, causing

him to break his ankle & he bears scars on his ankle

Joan Mohan was working as an RN in a psychaitric ward at SentaraNorfolk General Hospital in 2010 when a patient ran into the

hallway & bit her arm. She was later fired for looking at the patient’s file.

EMPLOYMENT

ISSUES

RECRUITMENT&

SELECTION

Failed recruit system can cost your company money in more ways than one.

An effective recruiting & selecting process can fill a company with skilled employee.

EMPLOYMENT

ISSUES

PROFESSIONAL

DEVELOPMENT

Identify areas for development to help transform them into employee strengths.

EMPLOYMENT

ISSUES

PERFORMANCE

APPRAISAL

An evaluation in which the performance level of employees is measured against established

standards to make decisions about promotions, compensation additional training or firing.

EMPLOYMENT

ISSUES

RETENTION &

TURNOVER

 Nursing Training Programs are designed to reduce nurse turnover & to increase retention by addressing a predefined set of trainings to up-level the nursing system.