NR 531

You have just attended a quarterly meeting of the healthcare system’s strategic planning team. Due to a downturn in financial standing, cutbacks are being make to the professional development budget. Within the next quarter, the organization will phase out tuition reimbursement benefits. As chief nursing officer, you will need to convey this message to the nursing services department. • How do you prepare yourself for delivering this message? • What will you include in your message? •...

Explore the current organizational structure within the facility/agency/system for whom you work (or have previously worked). Examining the organizational chart can give you great insight. Using a Venn diagram (Links to an external site.) [DOCX template], compare your organizational structure with a different one identified in the readings. Include the organizational theory that best underpins each structure. Be sure the overlapping area contains the commonalities between the two structures. Us...

An important element of delivery of nursing care is the professional practice model (PPM)within which it is framed. These models define the structures and processes within which care is given. It can delineate the degree of autonomy within which nurses can practice that leads to higher quality of care. While these frameworks are informed by nursing, organizations must support implementing these models. Regardless of the type of facility, nursing practice should be framed within a specific nursi...

Zanderville Healthcare Systems, a regional, acute care facility in the foothills of the Appalachians is committed to delivering quality healthcare to its local and neighboring communities. The population it serves is diverse by gender and ethnicity. The primary payer for healthcare services is CMS. Over the past six months the acute care facility has experienced a 25 % increase in readmissions from this payer group within the first 30 days of discharge. The economic impact on the health system h...

This week’s collaboration focuses on two power concepts, personal power base and empowerment, and how they are related. Regardless of the type of formal power a nurse may have, whether a novice or expert in the role as leader, each must develop a personal power base. Part of becoming a transformative leader is learning to empower others and is related to having a personal power base. • What is a personal power base and what is (or has been) your plan for building one? • Have you had any ...

At the most recent senior leadership meeting, you as the chief nursing officer, reported a trend toward nursing shortage on several units. The human resources director reported that even with open nursing positions, because of the shortage of nurses available within your recruitment area, there have been very few applying to fill them. The critical care units have experienced the greatest attrition recently and using the primary care nursing care delivery model is becoming difficult to do consi...

In week 1, you introduced yourself to the class and shared your goal(goals) related to your plans in nursing administration. Reflect here on two or three concepts learned in this course that will help you achieve your goal. Review the ANCC Nurse Executive Certification Exam blueprint (Links to an external site.) [PDF]. • Which of the concepts learned in this course align with the certification exam items? • Which concepts lay a foundation for your further advancement toward acquiring th...

Nurse leaders, whether at the unit or organizational level, play a pivotal role within any given organizational structure in creating a healthy, motivating work environment. These environments are ones that encourage workers to perform their best and continue to develop professionally. The underlying belief about motivation is that behaviors and actions of individuals are driven by internal and external factors. They possess these in varying degrees and are not the same for everyone. Motivationa...