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Please respond to Jenny’s post below. Post must be substantive and add to the discussion in a meaningful way.

Jenny’s Post: While getting ready for the kickoff of my nursing leadership development program, I foresee the most significant issue is motivating the staff RNs to see the value of the classes. While I know that some of the team do value any type of education, some of my staff feel that having the courses before they are hired for a leadership position is premature, as those “skills” are not needed for the bedside RN. As a nurse manager, I have been talking to them about the value of increasing their leadership skillset before they become official leaders. I let them know that they are all bedside leaders, and they use leadership skills every day.
It is essential for RNs to be always motivated. Motivation is a process that encourages and boosts physical and mental activities toward a specific goal. In a workplace setting, work motivation is an important measure of the RNs professional response to their work’s increasing challenges and demands. Nurse leaders need to realize that recognition, appreciation, and rewards are motivating factors that can improve their work motivation (Baljoon et al., 2018).
To prepare for these challenges, I have spent a great deal of time talking to the staff about the leadership program. I explained to them how increasing their skillset now and being able to practice and hone their skills will serve them when they have a leadership position. My staff was also very interested in learning about all the different types of leaders and how they got to their positions, so I hyped that up, and I now have more applicants than I know what to do with!

Reference

Baljoon, R., Banjar, H., & Banakhar, M. (2018). Nurses’ work motivation and the factors affecting it: A scoping review. International Journal of Nursing & Clinical Practices, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.15344/2394-4978/2018/277

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