Napa State Hospital Nursing Supervisor Reflection

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On my assigned unit in Napa State Hospital, there are a nursing supervisor and a nurse lead on my shift. The nursing supervisor will be sitting in her own office and working on things that are related to the unit except for the patient care; the nurse lead is the one that sit behind the nursing station and assign nurse staff to their daily duties and does not have to deal with management issues. For example, the nursing supervisor will be participate on all types of meeting with the management from Napa State Hospital, she is also present on every staff hands off meeting, she also will be the one that is talking about what she had in plan for improvement for the unit and the patient care. The nurse lead would delegate nurses to work in the

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