A Nurse-Manager and Leader of the 21st Century

Biti menadžer i lider, a ujedno biti medicinska sestra u prošlosti je možda zvučalo neobično, no danas su ove funkcije praktički neodvojive. Kako bi osoba dobila zvanje medicinske sestre mora završiti pripadajuću školu i biti upisana u registar medicinskih sestara prema nacionalnim zakonima, no to je tek početak uspješne karijere. Medicinske sestre u svojim začecima komunicirale su s prilično uskom skupinom ljudi, dok je danas situacija potpuno drugačija pa tako medicinska sestra svakodnevno komunicira s ljudima različite dobi, obrazovanja itd. Da bi uspješno objedinila sve svoje funkcije i pružila kvalitetnu njegu pacijentima nužno je posjedovati razne vještine i kompetencije koje od medicinske sestre ne zahtijevaju samo teorijsko i praktično znanje vezano uz svoju struku već i menadžersko-liderske i komunikacijske vještine. Zbog svega navedenog medicinske sestre sve češće se smatra istinskim liderima 21. stoljeća.Being a manager, a leader and a nurse at the same time might have sounded strange in the past, but today these terms are almost inseparable. According to national laws, a person must complete nursing school and be enrolled in a nursing home registry in order to get a nursing degree, but this is just the beginning of a successful career. A few decades ago, nurses communicated with a rather narrow group of people, whereas today the situation is completely different, so a nurse daily communicates with people of different ages, education, etc. In order to successfully combine all their functions and provide quality patient health care, a nurse needs to have various skills and competences which are not closely connected to medicine and health care, such as management, leadership and communicational skills. Because of everything mentioned above, nurses are increasingly considered true leaders of the 21st century