Interview with a Nurse



Interview with a Nurse

Background Information

Q1. What is your academic background?

We took an interview from Silena Argaez, who is working as the head of “Head of Nursing Specialties Medical Center”. She has been working here for more than 5 years. Before working for Nursing Specialties Medical Center, she has been associated with many health care organization and Nursing centers. She completed her bachelors and masters specializing in Nursing. She also has a bachelor degree program in Health Information Technology Management.Q2. How do you measure your accomplishments?

I measure my success level with the help of understanding the satisfaction level of the patients as it keeps me motivated towards my work.Q3. What is your personal leadership philosophy?

She says “The functions performed in the inpatient facility, is of Chief Nurse, the post brings varied responsibilities. The organization of operational staff, to planning structural and administrative improvements to improve the quality of care to patients. The work of nurses in any spotlight goes beyond the mere application of the drugs prescribed by doctors as a basis, since we are in charge of human lives, and we must take into account that each of the patient is unique. My philosophy of Nursing is to provide care and love to patients, who most need us in the hour of need (O'Brien, 2010).Q4. What is the organizational theory of your organization?

The organization focuses on mutual work between Nurses, Doctors and all other employees. Everyone gives his or her recommendation. However, the aim of the organization is to serve humanity.

Leadership Style

Q 1. How would you describe your leadership style?

Our work, requires such discretion, despite being the largest workforce of any hospital, we should not notice, which we walk ghosts in the halls, doing our work, giving patients our dedication impregnated bits of our soul, but which disappeared breeze wind. We hold hands; we support their effort, their tears and struggle for them until the last breath. I love doing that I have no regrets in working such conditions (Shea, & Effken, 2008). Today I say, I was not born with the vocation of nurse, built with every tear and smile formed on my face, with the memory of hundreds of patients who still remember and accompany me through the halls. The vocation of the nurse is just a fusion of souls and feelings that grow stronger over time. When I started studying nursing, I had not the faintest idea what it meant, the fantasies that make you start, overcome by reality (Sheldon, 2009).Q2. What influences your style or approach to the leadership role?

The family are concerned about their loved ones who are in trouble. The doctor wants the best care of their patient, so the treatment and the expected return are performed with efficiency and speed. Perhaps the most painful of all sides of this profession is the invisibility and the same time the greatness of the work. My philosophy of leadership is to treat my patients in a way that they are part of my family. Hence, they feel comfortable and have a sense of ...