A case study of frontline nurse leadership informed by complex responsive processes of relating

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (13-14) ◽  
pp. 2181-2195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natasha Phillips ◽  
Karen Norman
Keyword(s):  
Nurse Leadership ◽  
Complex Responsive Processes

scholarly journals Nurse Leadership in a Small Hospital in the Less Developed Country: Is It Needs or Circumstances?

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (s1) ◽  
pp. s154-s154
Author(s):  
Odeda Benin-Goren ◽  
Yossi Baratz ◽  
Fatoumata Binta Diallo
Keyword(s):  
Pediatric Patients ◽  
Head Nurse ◽  
Small Hospital ◽  
Developed Country ◽  
Daily Work ◽  
Nurse Leadership ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Ambulatory Patients ◽  
Less Developed Country

Introduction:Clinic Communal de Miniera is a small hospital located in the poor Dixinn district in Guinea Conakry. The hospital functions with seven general physicians, three surgeons, one gynecologist, one dentist, and fifteen nurses. The facility provides small admitting wards for medical, gynecologist (mostly maternity), and pediatric patients. The average number of patients per day is about forty, including acute and ambulatory patients. Although there is a medical director, the daily work is run by the Head Nurse (HN) who is specialized (on spot) as an Emergency Nurse. Management of all emergency patients is based on her experience, personality and the reality of the organization.Results:The circumstances emphasized the gaps between the managerial needs and existent reality, and raised the HN role to a team leader. The work will present the situation in the hospital as a case study related to “non-conventional” management due to a “deferent” situation and will highlight questions related to capabilities and risk factors.

scholarly journals How trainee hospital doctors lead work-based projects

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-100
Author(s):  
Iain Snelling ◽  
Lawrence Adrian Benson ◽  
Naomi Chambers
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Development ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Informal Leadership ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Communication Processes ◽  
Hospital Doctors ◽  
Complex Responsive Processes ◽  
Medical Leadership

Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore how trainee hospital doctors led work-based projects undertaken on an accredited development programme in England. Design/methodology/approach This is a case study of a leadership programme for hospital-based specialty trainees. The programme included participants leading work-based projects which were submitted for academic accreditation. Accounts of 35 work-based projects were thematically analysed to explore how participants led their projects. Findings Leadership was often informal and based on a series of individual face-to-face conversations. The establishment of project teams and the use of existing communication processes were often avoided. The reasons for this approach included lack of opportunities to arrange meetings, fear of conflict in meetings and the personal preferences of the participants. The authors discuss these findings with reference to theory and evidence about conversations and informal leadership, highlighting the relevance of complexity theory. Research limitations/implications The data are limited and drawn from the best accounts written for a specific educational context. There is therefore limited transferability to the leadership work of hospital-based specialty trainees in general. Future research into medical leadership might explore the micro practices of leadership and change, particularly in informal settings. Practical implications Leadership development programmes for trainee hospital doctors might concentrate on developing skills of conversation, particularly where there are or may be perceived power imbalances. Exploring conversations within the theory of complex responsive processes should be considered for inclusion in programmes. Originality/value This paper adds some detail to the general understanding of learning leadership in practice.

scholarly journals Strengthening Nurse Leadership in Long-term Care: A Case Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Culross Beth ◽  
Cramer Mary E ◽  
Terry Shari
Keyword(s):  
Long Term Care ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Nurse Leadership

The Genesis and Internal Dynamics of El Salvador's People's Revolutionary Army, 1970–1976

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (01) ◽  
pp. 102-129
Author(s):  
ALBERTO MARTÍN ÁLVAREZ ◽  
EUDALD CORTINA ORERO
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
El Salvador ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
Internal Dynamics ◽  
Internal Coherence ◽  
The 1960S

AbstractUsing interviews with former militants and previously unpublished documents, this article traces the genesis and internal dynamics of the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (People's Revolutionary Army, ERP) in El Salvador during the early years of its existence (1970–6). This period was marked by the inability of the ERP to maintain internal coherence or any consensus on revolutionary strategy, which led to a series of splits and internal fights over control of the organisation. The evidence marshalled in this case study sheds new light on the origins of the armed Salvadorean Left and thus contributes to a wider understanding of the processes of formation and internal dynamics of armed left-wing groups that emerged from the 1960s onwards in Latin America.

Culture and the plasticity of perception

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Lifshitz ◽  
T. M. Luhrmann
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Sensory Experience ◽  
Cultural Learning ◽  
The World

Abstract Culture shapes our basic sensory experience of the world. This is particularly striking in the study of religion and psychosis, where we and others have shown that cultural context determines both the structure and content of hallucination-like events. The cultural shaping of hallucinations may provide a rich case-study for linking cultural learning with emerging prediction-based models of perception.

Dual systems for all: Higher-order, role-based relational reasoning as a uniquely derived feature of human cognition

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel J. Povinelli ◽  
Gabrielle C. Glorioso ◽  
Shannon L. Kuznar ◽  
Mateja Pavlic
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Reasoning ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Important Case ◽  
Human Cognition ◽  
Relational Reasoning ◽  
Dual Systems ◽  
First Order ◽  
Reasoning System ◽  
Role Based

Abstract Hoerl and McCormack demonstrate that although animals possess a sophisticated temporal updating system, there is no evidence that they also possess a temporal reasoning system. This important case study is directly related to the broader claim that although animals are manifestly capable of first-order (perceptually-based) relational reasoning, they lack the capacity for higher-order, role-based relational reasoning. We argue this distinction applies to all domains of cognition.

Sociocultural memory development research drives new directions in gadgetry science

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Penny Van Bergen ◽  
John Sutton
Keyword(s):  
Episodic Memory ◽  
Autobiographical Memory ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Memory Development ◽  
Development Research ◽  
Cultural Research ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Cross Cultural Research

Abstract Sociocultural developmental psychology can drive new directions in gadgetry science. We use autobiographical memory, a compound capacity incorporating episodic memory, as a case study. Autobiographical memory emerges late in development, supported by interactions with parents. Intervention research highlights the causal influence of these interactions, whereas cross-cultural research demonstrates culturally determined diversity. Different patterns of inheritance are discussed.

Construction of plastic contact deformation maps on ceramics: a case study on aluminum nitride

1996 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 636-637
Author(s):  
D. L. Callahan
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
Aluminum Nitride ◽  
Mechanical Response ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Bright Field Image ◽  
Perfectly Plastic ◽  
Contrast Analysis ◽  
Deformation Patterns

Modern polishing, precision machining and microindentation techniques allow the processing and mechanical characterization of ceramics at nanometric scales and within entirely plastic deformation regimes. The mechanical response of most ceramics to such highly constrained contact is not predictable from macroscopic properties and the microstructural deformation patterns have proven difficult to characterize by the application of any individual technique. In this study, TEM techniques of contrast analysis and CBED are combined with stereographic analysis to construct a three-dimensional microstructure deformation map of the surface of a perfectly plastic microindentation on macroscopically brittle aluminum nitride.The bright field image in Figure 1 shows a lg Vickers microindentation contained within a single AlN grain far from any boundaries. High densities of dislocations are evident, particularly near facet edges but are not individually resolvable. The prominent bend contours also indicate the severity of plastic deformation. Figure 2 is a selected area diffraction pattern covering the entire indentation area.

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