Broward College

Health Alterations III

Jennifer Lunny, RN, MSN
GUIDELINES FOR TEAM LEADERS
The purpose of this learning strategy is to provide you
with insight into the roles of the nurse as manager of client
care and the health care team. This activity will also fulfll the
curriculum objectives relating to the roles of the nurse and the
development of managerial and leadership skills. Your task
will be to manage time and people so that the clients care is
completed as needed. You are not responsible for any of the
teaching or evaluative responsibilities of the clinical instructor.
Goals: The management of time, the health care team, and
small groups of clients.
Skills needed: Organizing, prioritizing, communicating and
constructing a database.
Knowledge needed: Basic information about clients
conditions, labs, medications, and the treatments required for
their care.
Your team leader assignment will be for one day and you
will manage a team of students and their assigned clients.
You will work closely with the hospital staf and the instructor
so that you will have any support and guidance you require.
This is an introductory learning experience that is
designed to teach you as much about yourself as about
nursing. It is however, an expectation that all students will
participate in this activity.
The following list outlines the main tasks that are
expected of you as team leader. Try to have fun while you
learn and gain a new perspective on managing groups of
clients.
1.Pick up the assignments for your team listing
the name, room number and diagnosis of each client.
2.Check the clients records for the specifc care and
treatments required for these clients.
3.Look up the defnitions of the diagnoses, classifcations of
meds and the purpose of treatments.
4.Listen to the report with the students and obtain
information from report from each member of your team.
A data sheet is attached to help you to organize this
information.
5. Make rounds to each room, introduce yourself to the
clients and check that the data base is correct
6.If any problems should arise, you will work with the
student, clinical instructor, and staf to resolve these.
7. Check the charts frequently for new orders and
communicate these to your team and to the instructor.
8.Keep aware of the teams activities and the clients status
throughout the day.
9.At the end of the clinical day, make rounds one last time
to receive report from each student and in turn give
report to your instructor. Include what was done, what
not done and why, any problems and their resolution,
and a comment about the clients general condition at
present.
Student/
Primary RN
Rm/Client
Age/Sex
Date Admitted
Diagnosis
Activity Diet IVs Meds V.S./
elemetry
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