Goal Setting

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Goal Setting
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• The ability to set and achieve goals is important
  for any team and its leader.
• A goal is a desired result or purpose toward
  which one is working.
• If you dont know where youre going, youll
  never get there.

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• Everyone should have a short-term and long-term
  goal.
• Long-term goals can take years or a lifetime to
  achieve.
• Short-term goals usually take days, weeks or
  months.

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• The short-term goals are the smaller steps that
  lead to long-term goals.
• Example-long term goal might be to graduate from
  college with a health care degree. What are some
  short-term goals that might lead to graduating
  from college with a health care degree?

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• Short term goals will change constantly as one is
  completed and a new one is created.

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How to set goals effectively

1. State goals in a positive manner use words like
   accomplish rather than avoid
2. Define goals clearly and precisely it may be
   good to set a time limit to accomplish the goal
3. Prioritize multiple goals determine which goals
   are the most important and complete them first

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• 4. Write goals down this makes the goal seem
  real and attainable.
• 5. Make sure each goal is at the right level
  goals should present a challenge, but not be too
  difficult or impossible to complete.

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• How do you feel when you accomplish a goal?
• How do you feel when you dont achieve your goal?

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What do you do when you dont meet your goal?

• When you dont meet your goal
• evaluate the situation and determine why you
  failed. Identify what prevented you from reaching
  your goal.
• Was the goal realistic?
• Do you need more skills or knowledge to obtain
  the goal?

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• Is there another way to achieve the goal?
• Dont beat yourself up, learn from your failures
  and make a new plan.
• Time management is important in achieving your
  goals-use a calendar or daily planner to keep up
  with accomplishments.

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Goal Setting in Health care

• Example Becoming a Magnet Hospital
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• Preventing patient injury due to falls

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Time Management

• Time management is used to ensure success in
  meeting established goals
• Using a daily planner or calendar helps write
  things down, stay organized, and become aware of
  conflicts

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Effective Time Management Skills

• Analyze and prioritize determine what tasks must
  be completed to achieve goals. List tasks in
  order of most to least important
• Schedule tasks
• Make a daily to do list
• Plan your work
• Avoid distractions
• Take credit for a job well done

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Time Management in Healthcare

• Nursing
• 0645-Report to unit, clock in and begin taking
  report on patient assignment
• 0715-check on all patients, order breakfast for
  patients, get patients out of bed
• 0800-begin checking vital signs and gathering
  medications
• 0900-morning medications due to all patient
• 0945-Breakfast break or begin charting
• 1000-end of breakfast break, continue charting
• 1100-make rounds on all patients begin gathering
  all noon medications, order lunch, check blood
  sugars
• 1200-administer all medications

• 1300-Antibiotic medications due
• 1330-lunch break and/or begin charting
• 1400-return from lunch break, charting
• 1500-Make rounds on all patients, check urine
  output, IV bags, Is Os
• 1600-Begin gathering 1700 medications
• 1700-Administer 1700 medications
• 1800-Close all charts, check to make sure all
  blood is drawn, baths are given, dressings are
  changed
• 1845-begin giving report to the oncoming shift
• 1930-Clock out and go home!!