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Week 1 -Assignment 2 Discussion

Discussion Question 1: Mission and Vision Statement.

Every healthcare organization must have a mission and vision statement to guide it. Mission and vision statements often come in a variety of formats. Only when there is alignment between the nurse administrator and the organizational mission and vision statement, there is synergy and a sense of purpose. For example, knowing where the organization wants to go assists nurse administrators in helping meet the mission and vision statement through the tasks they undertake along with their subordinates.

Using the readings for the week, the South University Online Library, and the Internet, respond to the following:

Describe one example of what happens when the nurse administrator’s values are not congruent with the organizational mission and vision statement.

Locate the mission and vision statement of your current or previous healthcare organization. If you are not working in the field of healthcare, find a mission and vision statement of a healthcare organization using the Internet.

Does this mission and vision statement provide clarity to the organizational direction? Provide a rationale for your answer.

As a nurse administrator, how would you assist subordinates to become familiar with this statement?

Select and research a department of nursing. Then, write a mission and vision statement for this department.

Comment on the postings of at least two peers.

Evaluation Criteria:

Described one example of what happens when the nurse administrator’s values are not congruent with the organizational mission and vision statement.

Explained whether a selected mission and vision statement provides clarity to the organizational direction.

Recommended ways in which a nurse administrator can assist subordinates become familiar with the selected mission and vision statement.

Wrote a mission and vision statement for a nursing department.

Justified your answers with appropriate research and reasoning.

Commented on the postings of at least two peers.

Discussion Question 2: CNO and Medical Staff

CNOs must be skilled and competent communicators to lead and manage the collective work of medical staff members at all levels. Reviewing healthcare literature can help you learn a lot about fostering and promoting interprofessional collaboration in healthcare.

Using the readings for the week, the South University Online Library, and the Internet, respond to the following:

Define and describe the role of the CNO related to medical staff.

Define interprofessional collaboration.

What happens to patient outcomes and quality care when there are disagreements between medical staff and nursing personnel regarding aspects of operations?

As a CNO, describe at least one strategy you would apply in clarifying expectations of other healthcare team members including the medical staff?

Comment on the postings of at least two peers.

Evaluation Criteria:

Defined and described the role of the CNO related to medical staff.

Defined the concept of interprofessional collaboration.

Explained the impact of disagreements between medical staff and nursing personnel regarding aspects of operations on patient outcomes and quality care.

Recommended at least one strategy to clarify expectations of other healthcare team members including the medical staff.

Justified your answers with appropriate research and reasoning.

Commented on the postings of at least two peers

Week 2 – Assignment 1 Discussion

Discussion Question 1: Quality Improvement Projects and the CNO

There has likely never been a time in which healthcare organizations have had to face challenges greater than those in the twenty-first century. For example, in previous decades, bedside nurses cared for patients and were promoted into nursing leadership and nurse executive roles based on the fact that they were “good nurses.” This paradigm no longer exists in contemporary healthcare delivery settings including long-term care, acute care, and community-based settings. The CNO must be prepared to lead and have competency in guiding, leading, and restructuring healthcare delivery systems that are competitive and provide safe, affordable, and efficient quality care at the right time, each time, and every time. CNOs must have skills and competencies that allow them to drive healthcare system changes to meet societal healthcare needs for diverse populations.

You are the CNO in your healthcare organization. Considering this, use the readings for the week, the South University Online Library, and the Internet to respond to the following:

Provide a list of guidelines you would use to develop the quality falls program and the medication safety performance improvement project in your organization.

What challenges would you face in the development of these programs?

Evaluate two competencies you must have to successfully develop these programs.

What will you do if a quality improvement project is needed and there is not enough money in the budget at the time or if the project will add costs that exceed the operating budget?

Comment on the postings of at least two peers.

Evaluation Criteria:

Provided a list of guidelines you would use to develop the quality falls program and the medication safety performance improvement project in your organization.

Explained the challenges you would face in the development of these programs.

Evaluated two competencies you must have to successfully develop these programs.

Recommended ways to handle the situation if a quality improvement project is needed and there is not enough money in the budget at the time or if the project will add costs that exceed the operating budget.

Justified your answers with appropriate research and reasoning.

Commented on the postings of at least two peers.

DQ2

Discussion Question 2: Nurse Sensitive Indicators and the CNO

Nurse sensitive indicators reflect the structure, process, and outcomes of nursing care in a healthcare organization. Key factors influencing nurse sensitive indicators include the structure of nursing care, skill level of nursing staff, and education or certification of nursing staff. Greater quality or quantity of nursing care results in an improvement in patient outcomes that are closely linked to nurse sensitive indicators.

Using the readings for the week, the South University Online Library, and the Internet, respond to the following:

Examine the role of a CNO in relation to nurse sensitive indicators, such as the following:

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