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NR711 Fiscal Analysis and Project Management

Week 2 Assignment

Needs-Based Organizational Assessment Project

PURPOSE

Conducting needs-based assessments will be an important aspect of your new DNP nurse leader role. The purpose of this assignment is to gain insight into the steps of this process. Data collected will help build the business case that is needed for project funding (and will be the basis of your next written assignment in this course).

In order to identify and prioritize opportunities for improvement, you will complete an interview with key organizational leaders and stakeholders to identify internal and external factors. In addition, a SWOT analysis will be conducted to determine gaps or opportunities for improvement.

COURSE OUTCOMES

Through this assignment, the student will meet the following course outcomes:

CO2:Formulate a needs-based organizational assessment from a DNP-prepared executive nurse leader perspective.

CO4:Explicate financial and business management skills necessary for DNP-prepared nurse executive leadership.

TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE

This assignment is worth 200 points.

DUE DATE

Submit your assignment by 11:59 p.m. MT Sunday at the end of Week 2.

REQUIREMENTS

1. Complete an interview with organizational leaders and key stakeholders to identify what is working well and what potential gaps exist.The FAME approach can be used to evaluate feasibility, appropriateness, meaningfulness, and effectiveness of a project.

2. Conduct a SWOT analysis.

3. Create your manuscript using Microsoft Word 2010 (a part of Microsoft Office 2010) or later version, which is the required format for all Chamberlain University College of Nursing documents. You can tell that the document is saved as a MS Word 2010 document because it will end in “.docx”.

4. Follow the directions and grading criteria closely. Any questions about this paper may be posted under the Q & A Forum.

PREPARING THE PAPER

1. The paper (excluding the title page and references page) should be six to 10 pages. Points will be lost for not meeting the length requirement.

2. Font type and sizes acceptable: 12 point Times New Roman or 11 point Ariel

3. Use the following subheadings to organize the content of your paper.

a. Identification of the Problem or Need

b. Resources to Address the Problem or Need

c. Identification of Relevant Data, Collection, and Analysis

d. Stakeholder Buy-In

e. Conclusion

4. This assignment must be submitted to Turnitin, as required by the Turnitin policy.Check with the instructor for more information.

5. A minimum of five scholarly references must be used. Scholarly references need to be current, 5–years or less (anonymous authors or web pages are not acceptable).

6. The title page, body of the paper, and reference page must follow APA guidelines as found in the sixth edition of the manual; this includes the use of headings for each section or topic of the paper.

7. Ideas and information that come from readings must be cited and referenced correctly.

8. Rules of grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation are followed and consistent with formal written work as found in the sixth edition of the APA manual.

9. This paper is worth 200 total points and will be graded on quality of topic, quality of paper information, use of citations, grammar, and sentence structure.