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Unit 1 Discussion

Instructions

As a way of introducing yourselves to the instructor and your peers, please post the following:

Your name and a description of your current position (If not employed, what are your expectations when you complete your program?)

How do you see yourself applying knowledge from this course?

Post a photo of yourself (self-portrait, family, or action photo)

In your unit reading, you discovered concepts on leadership, management, and followership in nursing. Though these roles may share some commonalities, there are differences that make each role unique. Considering this please address the following prompt in your discussion:

Give an example of something your direct manager does that makes them a good leader, not a manager, and explain why.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

The post and responses are valued at 20 points. Please review post and response expectations. Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets criteria.

Unit 1 Discussion – Introduction

Instructions

Always construct your responses in a word processing program like Word. Check for grammar, spelling, and mechanical errors. Make the corrections and save the files to your computer.

Find the posts that you are going to reply to.

Submit your peer responses.

Please respond to at least 2 peers. In your responses include the following:

Compare your direct manager’s actions to your peers’ descriptions.

What else would you like to see your manager do to be an effective leader?

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

Unit 2 Discussion

Leading Change

Instructions:

In your readings, Lewin’s change theory was described. This theory applies steps to any change process and these steps are identified as freezing, unfreezing, and refreezing. Additionally, his Force Field Analysis evaluation described the influences of change’s likelihood of success. Considering this please address the following prompts in your discussion:

Describe a change, big or small, that you feel should be implemented in your workplace.

If you were the unit manager, describe the steps you would take to facilitate this change according to Lewin.

Hypothesize the potential facilitators and barriers associated with a Force Field Analysis of this change, and how you would utilize this information.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

The post and responses are valued at 40 points. Please review post and response expectations. Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets criteria.

Peer Response: Unit 2

Leading Change

Instructions:

Please respond to a minimum of two (2) peers.

Please consider the following when replying:

Give feedback regarding other factors in Lewin’s three steps that should be considered when contemplating this change.

Comment on the impact of the described facilitators and barriers, and your opinion regarding the success of this change, according to Lewin.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

Unit 3 Discussion

Negligence and Malpractice

Instructions:

Negligence and malpractice continue to be major causes of action brought against nursing staff members. Nurse managers need to be sure staff are following standards of care, documenting and communicating correctly, and accessing and monitoring patients according to policies. Considering this please address the following prompts in your discussion:

You are the nurse-manager for a skilled nursing facility that will now accept patients requiring long-term ventilator support

What plan would you put in place to assure that the staff in the facility are educated in the care of ventilators and know how to respond if complications arise?

Describe one of the elements of malpractice and detail a specific part of your plan addresses this.

How will you determine the standard of care in this situation?

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

Peer Response: Unit 3,

Negligence and Malpractice

Please respond to a minimum of two peers.

Please consider the following when replying:

According to your readings, a facility has the obligation to “orient, educate, and evaluate.” Does this plan meet those obligations? Why?

What can you add, if needed, to assist in meeting that obligation?

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

Unit 4 Discussion

Principles of Empowerment

As a new nurse manager, you realize that hiring staff is only the beginning. An ongoing challenge is the continuing development of this group of individuals with unique skills and needs. Empowerment strategies are useful tools for managers to acknowledge the decisions and values of staff, and to help them develop their potential. Considering this, please address the following prompts in your discussion:

Apply principles of empowerment and give specific examples of how you would empower your staff.

What ideas do you have about using performance appraisals to empower staff?

How might you empower their decision-making?

What other ideas do you have that would help staff reach their full potential?

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

Peer Response: Unit 4

Principles of Empowerment

Instructions:

Please respond to a minimum of two peers. Consider the following when replying:

Using the ideas presented by your peers for staff empowerment, comment on ways to incorporate those ideas in your workplace.

Describe the barriers that might affect your implementation of these ideas and what you could do to overcome them.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

Unit 5 Discussion

Decision Making

Instructions:

Inherent in the leadership role is that leaders must solve problems in their work environment. Problem-solving is not a random process, but one that consists of concrete steps that lead to a solution. The first step is to determine whether the problem is within their control and if it is significant enough to intervene. Considering this please address the following prompts in your discussion:

Pick something that you feel is a significant problem in your workplace.

Using the problem definition model from your readings, work through the steps needed to answer the questions about this problem.

After completing this process, write the problem statement and speak to how easy or difficult finding a solution to this problem will be.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

The post and responses are valued at 40 points. Please review post and response expectations. Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets criteria.

Peer Response: Unit 5

Decision Making

Instructions:

Please respond to a minimum of two peers. Consider the following when replying:

Comment on the usefulness of this model in defining a problem-solving process for this problem as described by your peers.

What might be the most difficult part of finding a solution to this problem, in your opinion? How would you address this?

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

Unit 6 Discussion

Team Building

Instructions:

Conflict among employees is inevitable in the workplace. As a leader, you may be called upon to intervene in conflicts, especially interpersonal conflicts, which are the most common. Considering this please address the following prompts in your discussion prompt:

Describe an interpersonal conflict you have seen in your workplace.

Describe how this conflict was solved, and by whom.

Discuss approaches that you would use to increase the effectiveness of this kind of conflict’s resolution.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

The post and responses are valued at 40 points. Please review post and response expectations. Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets criteria.

Peer Response: Unit 6

Team Building

Instructions:

Please respond to a minimum of two (2) peers. Consider the following when responding:

In a conflict such as those described by your peers, which mode of conflict resolution (as described in Topic 6) might be used to resolve the dispute?

How could a leader intervene effectively in this situation?

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

Unit 7 Discussion

Patient Care Delivery Methods

Instructions:

All nursing units function using a patient care delivery method. Many of these methods have been around a long time. Most are effective ways to deliver patient care, depending on the type of unit and the mix of caregivers.

Considering this, please address the following prompts in your discussion:

Consider the various patient care delivery methods.

Describe the method used on your unit.

Compare and contrast it with the model from your readings. Is it the same?

If not, what modifications make it different?

Is it an effective way to give care on your unit? If so, why? If not, why not?

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

The post and responses are valued at 40 points. Please review post and response expectations. Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets criteria.

Peer Response: Unit 7

Patient Care Delivery Methods

Instructions:

Please respond to a minimum of two (2) peers. Consider the following when replying;

What are some positive or negative aspects of the model of nursing care as described by your peer?

What other models of care delivery might be effective on that unit, given what you have read?

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

Unit 7 Discussion 2

Discussion: Unit 7

Peer Review of Team Building Presentations

Instructions:

For this discussion post and assignment submission please submit your Team Building PPT to this discussion board (to share your knowledge with your peers) by Wednesday at 11:59 PM CST.

The post and responses are part of the Unit 7 Assignment. Please review the assignment expectations. Please review the assignment rubric to ensure that your PPT submission meets criteria.

Estimated time to complete: 1 hour

Peer Response: Unit 7,

Peer Review of Team Building Presentations

Instructions:

Provide the peer review/critiquesPreview the document (doc) on the second discussion board by attaching the completed peer review in response to two (2) different student submissions.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

Estimated time to complete: 2 hours

Unit 8 Discussion

Reflection

Introduction

Please respond to the following questions based upon these course objectives:

Differentiate between leadership and management.

Appraise the nurse’s role in management and leadership in healthcare settings and the environment.

Examine structure, function, philosophy, mission, values, vision, and the politics of healthcare organizations for their effect on personal, professional, cultural, and environmental risks.

Utilize evidence-based research in leadership and management theory and practice including laws, guidelines, and procedures used to make management decisions in the fiscal and human resource realms.

Use effective communication and interpersonal skills with clients, members of the interdisciplinary team, and consumers to manage conflict, motivate, problem-solve, and act as a change agent.

Employ principles of quality management to address patient safety, outcomes, and nursing performance/satisfaction in the continuum of healthcare settings.

Debate the impact of economics, government regulation, market competition, and informatics on planning, performance, operation, and services within the healthcare system.

Develop a portfolio to articulate skills and competencies related to career and prepare a professional résumé and curriculum vitae.

Please answer the following questions with supporting examples and full explanations.

For each of the learning objectives, provide an analysis of how the course supported each objective.

Explain how the material learned in this course, based upon the objectives, will be applicable to the professional application.

Provide evidence (citations and references) to support your statements and opinions

Unit 1 Assessment

Applying Gardner’s Tasks of Leadership Paper

Instructions

Specific tasks of leading, managing, and following were detailed in Topic 3 of this unit. Applying these tasks to real or potentially real situations is the goal of this assignment.

Write a paper in paragraph narrative format that lists the tasks as described in Topic 3.

Make separate headings for each task.

Give examples of how you would, as a leader, accomplish these tasks in your current workplace.

Cite barriers to accomplishing these tasks and how you would overcome these.

Use the rubric as a guideline.

No references/citations are required.

Include a cover page in APA style.

Use professional and correct grammar, complete sentences, and correct spelling and punctuation.

The paper should be 3 – 4 pages long.

All papers should have an opening, a body, and a closing.

Openings tell what the paper will be about.

Closings summarize the paper and draw conclusions if indicated.

Estimated time to complete: 3 – 4 hours

Unit 1 Assessment

Mission Statement and Philosophy Assessment

Instructions

Specific tasks of leading, managing, and following were detailed in Topic 3 of this unit. Applying these tasks to real or potentially real situations is the goal of this assignment.

Write a paper in paragraph narrative format that lists the tasks as described in Topic 3.

Make separate headings for each task.

Give examples of how you would, as a leader, accomplish these tasks in your current workplace.

Cite barriers to accomplishing these tasks and how you would overcome these.

Use the rubric as a guideline.

No references/citations are required.

Include a cover page in APA style.

Use professional and correct grammar, complete sentences, and correct spelling and punctuation.

The paper should be 3 – 4 pages long.

All papers should have an opening, a body, and a closing.

Openings tell what the paper will be about.

Closings summarize the paper and draw conclusions if indicated.

Unit 2 Assessment

Resume

Instructions

Having a functional and professional resume is an important element that all professionals should strive to create and have ready when needed. Having a resume that stands out versus a resume that falls to the bottom of the interview pile can happen with even the slightest spelling error or oversight in the formatting of your professional resume. It is important that your professional resume meets certain guidelines so it will grab the attention of those who need to see it.

For this assignment, you will be creating and submitting your own professional resume that highlights your experience and skills set.

Take the time to research 3-5 different professional resume examples through an internet search.

Consider visiting and/or searching some of the top professional job sites that often have multiple resources on what hiring managers and recruiters are looking for in the professionals they hire.

Job Sites:

www.indeed.com (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

www.careerbuilder.com (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

www.linkedin.com (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Resource: Watch the following video that describes some of the popular elements of a professional resume.

Resource: Resume Handout: Resume Handout NU451.docxPreview the document

Having researched and explored a variety of professional resumes you are now being asked to create your own professional resume for this assignment. Please complete the following:

Write a professional resume using your research, the guidelines in the document, and the grading rubric.

Submit your resume to the assignment link.

Upload your resume to your eportfolio in Tab #7. No points will be given unless the assignment is uploaded to your eportfolio in tab #7.

Unit 2 Assessment

Reflection Paper

Instructions

For this assignment, you will be writing a reflection paper. Please follow the steps below.

Access and read the following article:

Tinkham, M. (2015). Transformational leaders in the perioperative setting. AORN Journal, 101(3), P13-P14. doi:http://dx.doi.org.prx-herzing.lirn.net/10.1016/S0001-2092(15)00069-1

Download the article here: 2015-AORN_Journal_Unit 2 Assignment_Refelction Paper.pdf Preview the document

Write a 2 paper describing one of the following:

How you can develop your own transformational leadership style by applying the four elements described in the article to your nursing practice.

As you consider your own journey to becoming a transformational leader, describe your area of greatest strength and an area of weakness that you would like to focus on improving as you move through this course.

No cover sheet, reference page or citations are needed for this assignment unless you are using material quoted directly from the article. Correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling are required.

Grading will be based on a brief description of your application of the 4 elements, the inclusion of your perception of your strengths/weaknesses, and spelling/grammar. Be sure to follow the rubric.

Unit 3 Assessment

Midterm Project – Ethical or Legal Issue in Nursing Leadership Presentation

Instructions

Pick an ethical or legal issue in nursing leadership. You may use any of the subjects discussed in Topics 4 through 7 of this unit.

Create a PPT presentation detailing this issue. Include background information, why this is an issue, the role of the leader in managing this issue, and proposed solutions.

Identify an ethical or legal issue in nursing, describe background information, and detail why the issue exists.

Identify an ethical or legal issue in nursing, identify the roles of the leader in managing the issue, and describe multiple proposed solutions.

This is to be a 10-15 slide presentation.

Add presenter notes to the slide to enhance the content of the slides, as if you were presenting to a group, and this is your script.

In PPT, access “notes view” to see the presenter notes boxes.

Slides should not contain paragraphs of narrative. They should contain only bullet points or brief explanations.

The longer narratives go in your presenter notes.

Speaker’s notes content will be graded under the “content” sections of the rubric. Lack of speaker’s notes will significantly affect the grades in those areas.

Create a reference slide and put all references used in the presentation.

4-5 references are required.

Include citations on the slides.

For format and guidelines for PPT presentations check out the Purdue Online Writing Lab web site at: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/686/1 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Unit 4 Assessment

Healthcare Reimbursement Paper

Instructions

Healthcare is reimbursed in a variety of ways. The prospective payment method is one of those ways. This paper will be about the prospective payment method where diagnosis-related groupings (DRGs) forms the basis for payment.

Research and explain the origin, purpose, and description of DRGs.

Include what payment is based on.

Identify the benefits and problems with reimbursement via this method.

Explain how you as a nurse-manager can help manage costs and maximize your facility’s reimbursement from DRGs.

The paper should contain an opening, a body, and a conclusion, and be 3-4 pages long.

3-4 professional references are required.

Unit 5 Assessment

Quality Improvement

Instructions

Use the following steps to apply quality improvement principles in your current clinical situation.

Identify a process or procedure that you perform routinely and wish to improve.

Using a flowchart, delineate each step of the procedure.

Identify the step in the flowchart where you would insert a change for quality improvement.

Design a new flowchart that now shows the improved process.

This paper needs no references or citations. You will need:

An introductory paragraph which explains what you would like to improve

Another paragraph which explains the step where you hope to change the pattern and insert a quality improvement process

Another paragraph explaining the new flow after you make the change.

Please add a cover page with the title of your QI project.

Resource: FLowcharts are easily made in Microsoft Word. Here is a video explaining the process’

Watch: Making a FlowChart

Unit 6 Assessment

Team Building Project

Instructions

Read the article, “Multigenerational Challenges: Team-Building for Positive Clinical Workforce Outcomes “Preview the document (pdf)

For this assignment, you will be writing a paper and addressing the following:

Using the information in the article, assess the mix of personnel on your floor/unit in your workplace.

Describe your workforce, in terms of generational diversity. Identify the strengths and weaknesses of their work abilities as you have seen them.

Assess this group’s functioning as a team. Use the information in your readings and in the current literature to describe what makes a functional team.

If you were the leader, describe a plan to coalesce this group into a functional team. Use the article and other readings for this information.

Apply transformational leadership strategies to your plan, and state the outcomes you would like to see.

Paper Requirements:

This paper will be 6-8 pages long, with at least 6 references, in APA format.

It will have an introduction, a body, and a conclusion, a cover page, and a reference page.

Use APA headings to separate sections.

Upload to your eportfolio tab #4. A zero will be given if the assignment is not uploaded to your eportfolio.

Unit 7 Assessment

Team Building Project Presentation

Instructions

For this assignment, you will be creating a team building presentation in PowerPoint based on your coursework in unit 6. You will also participate in the peer evaluation and review of 2 other students’ completed team building PowerPoint presentations. Please pay close attention to the submission instructions.

Please complete the following:

Create a PPT presentation of your assignment and plan from WEEK 6. Include type of unit, the mix of workers, generational diversity, assessment of function as a team, plan to improve team functioning, including outcomes to achieve.

This is to be a 10-15 slide presentation.

Add presenter notes to the slide which enhance the content of the slides, as if you were presenting to a group, and this is your script. In PPT, access “notes view” to see the presenter notes boxes.

Slides should not contain paragraphs of narrative. They should contain only bullet points or brief explanations. The longer narratives go in your presenter notes.

Create a reference slide and include all the references used in the presentation.

4-5 references are required.

Include citations on the slides.

For format and guidelines for PPT presentations check out the Purdue Online Writing Lab web site at: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/686/1 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Submission Instructions:

Submit your Team Building PPT to the second Discussion board (to share your knowledge with your peers.

Provide the peer review/critiquesPreview the document (doc) on the second discussion board by attaching the completed peer review form for two different student submissions.

Submit the completed PPT to your ePortfolio under tab #4. A zero will be given for this assignment if it is not uploaded to the eportfolio as directed.