NUR514 Organizational Leadership and Informatics
Week 2 Assignment
Leading in a Complex, Evolving Environment
The purpose of this assignment is to examine the impact of contemporary challenges in care delivery facing nursing leadership. Select and research a major issue in the delivery of care facing nurse leaders today and write a 1,250-1,500 word paper addressing the following:
Explain the issue(s) you have selected. Why is it a problem? What fuels the issue? Who does it impact and what specific impact does it have on patient care?
Describe an option for addressing the issue from a systems perspective. What entities/interests (stakeholders, organizations, operational systems, political, economic, public, private, patient) must be taken into account and how are they impacted? Be sure to highlight the direct impact the option has on patient care.
Discuss the qualities and traits needed of nurse leaders to effectively tackle this issue through the proposed option. Incorporate a leadership theory and AONE Nurse Executive or Manager Competencies in your response.
Finally, discuss the impact not successfully resolving the issue could have on the future of health care delivery.
Integrate five scholarly sources into your paper.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.
NUR514 Organizational Leadership and Informatics
Week 3 Assignment
Implementing Change With an Interprofessional Approach Presentation
In a complex and fast-paced healthcare environment, change is inevitable and constant. The advanced practice nurse is required to lead and adapt to the constant changing environment while working with multidisciplinary teams. Imagine you are assigned by your director to work with a multidisciplinary team that is assisting with transition from the current paper record-based system to an electronic health record (EHR).
Create a PowerPoint presentation (10-15 slides) in which you will assess the situation and the steps that should be taken to successfully implement the change. Be sure to include 100-250 word presenter’s notes per slide. Your presentation should address the following:
Describe the driving forces that relate to the need for implementing electronic health records.
Identify the key interprofessional stakeholders (both internal and external) that should be involved in change efforts.
Outline how you would initiate the change and be a change advocate. Utilizing change theory and innovative models of care, explain how you would provide a structure for the planned change to achieve successful implementation of the EHR.
Demonstrate how the change will affect current workflows. What revised workflow would you implement?
Identify resources (human, time, material, etc.) required for implementation.
Identify risks within the implementation plan. What are the impacts of the poor planning on cost, quality, and safety?
Identify potential barriers when implementing the change and discuss how you will handle resistance.
Integrate 3-5 scholarly sources into your presentation.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.
NUR514 Organizational Leadership and Informatics
Week 4 Assignment
Staffing Models Scenario Paper
The purpose of this assignment is to consider factors that impact efficient staffing models and work practices within health care organizations. Select one of the two scenarios at the end of Chapter 5 in Leadership in Nursing Practice: Changing the Landscape of Health Care. In 500-750 words, address the questions in the scenario is specific detail. Additionally, comment on how lean staffing models could positively contribute to more efficient staffing and work practices.
Integrate 2-3 resources into your response.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.
NUR514 Organizational Leadership and Informatics
Week 6 Assignment
Addressing Challenges With Interoperability
The purpose of this assignment is to investigate solutions to challenges with interoperability in health care delivery environments. To complete the assignment, you will select a problem with interoperability you have witnessed in your current or past work environment, evaluate options for addressing the problem, and recommend a solution based on evidence.
Write a 750-1,000 word paper that addresses the following:
Describe the problem with the lack of interoperability witnessed in the healthcare care delivery environment. Include details about the scope of the problem, including who and what was impacted and how.
Provide an analysis of the workflow and structure related to the problem to identify its root cause.
Recommend a potential solution to the problem and provide evidence from the literature demonstrating its successful implementation in other cases to support your recommendation.
Integrate 3-5 scholarly sources into your recommendation.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.
NUR514 Organizational Leadership and Informatics
Week 8 Assignment
Benchmark – Quality Improvement Initiative
One way informatics can be especially valuable is in capturing data to support quality improvements in practice. Nurse leaders play a pivotal role in leading and managing quality initiatives that impact patient outcomes, safety, and health care organizations’ compliance with regulatory agencies. For this assignment, you will locate 1-2 quality measures and determine how that measure will be incorporated in nursing and provider documentation. You will formulate requirements and a plan for collecting and reporting the data. You will also reflect on how you would lead and manage such a project.
In a paper of 1,500-1,750 words, address the following:
Identify the selected quality measure(s).
Describe your plan for collecting the data related to the measure. What key information/fields would be needed in the database for you to capture the needed data? How would this data be mapped to the quality measure(s)?
What role would the advanced registered nurse play in ensuring the correct data is captured? Which additional systems and staff members would need to be involved in the design and implementation process and team?
What professional, ethical, and regulatory standards must be incorporated into the design and implementation of the plan?
How would you communicate any necessary changes related to your plan to any affected stakeholders?
Describe the leadership skills and project management knowledge you would employ to successfully collaborate with the interprofessional team in this scenario to ensure your facility is providing evidence-based care to its patients?
You are required to cite 5-10 sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last five years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and nursing content.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.
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