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Collaborative Leadership

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For this discussion, assume you have been assigned to form a committee to develop a policy for patient falls on the medical-surgical unit where you work. As the team leader in charge of this project, you should:
Identify the other health care members that you will select to be part of the committee.
Provide a rationale for your choice of at least two of the members you invited to the committee.
Describe two concepts and skills you will consider as part of your team leader role.
What types of strategies will you include to facilitate cost-effective changes related to patient falls?
Specifically, how will accountability for care delivery and nursing delegation be impacted by this policy?
Provide a well-supported rationale as part of your explanation.
Your initial posting should be at least 150 words, and you must make reference to the work of another writer (either as a quotation, paraphrase, or summary) to provide support for your ideas. The source can be the course text, another relevant book, any assigned readings, or an article you find on your own through the Capella library. When you incorporate the other writer’s ideas in your work, use APA citation style to give credit to that writer. Remember that an APA citation includes both the in-text citation (the author’s last name and the year of publication) and the full reference for the source.

Response Guidelines

Review the posts of your fellow learners and respond to at least one. Your response post should be at least 75 words. In your response, you must do one or more of the following:

Ask a probing question.
Offer a suggestion.
Elaborate on a particular point.
Provide an alternative opinion supported with scholarly references.

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Delegation

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For this discussion:
Review the “Delegation Checklist” on pages 213–214 in your Essentials of Nursing Leadership and Managementtext. Then respond to the following prompts:
In your current work setting, do you feel that you underdelegate or overdelegate? Or are your delegation skills where they should be?
Who makes you accountable for the delegation that you use in your organization, and on a state and national level?
Are there ways that you could initiate greater collaboration with the health care team by using delegation?
Your initial posting should be at least 150 words, and you must make reference to the work of another writer (either as a quotation, paraphrase, or summary) to provide support for your ideas. The source can be the course text, another relevant book, any assigned readings, or an article you find on your own through the Capella library. When you incorporate the other writer’s ideas in your work, use APA citation style to give credit to that writer. Remember that an APA citation includes both the in-text citation (the author’s last name and the year of publication) and the full reference for the source.

Response Guidelines

Review the posts of your fellow learners and respond to at least one. Your response post should be at least 75 words. In your response, you must do one or more of the following:

Ask a probing question.
Offer a suggestion.
Elaborate on a particular point.
Provide an alternative opinion supported with scholarly references.