A difficult situation can result when personal and working relationships are combined. You have been assigned to a new area as the nurse leader, where a good friend of the family has worked for many years. You are made aware of multiple issues of tardiness by your friend over the last few months. Discuss how you would handle the situation. Solution: As a human resource manager, it can be quite difficult to navigate personal relationships particularly in tough decision making and delivering...

Purpose The purposes of this assignment are to: (a) identify and articulate key concepts of your legal/regulatory issue in a clear, succinct, and scholarly manner,(b) discuss strategies to reduce costs and improve quality of health related to your issue, and (c)provide empirical, scholarly evidence to support your proposed plan. Due Date: Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 5 (Note: This assignment will be submitted to Turnitin (TII) through the Chamberlain Dropbox.) Total Points...

Identify a patient-safety issue at your current or previous organization. Share your plan to prevent or eliminate the issue. Solution: A patient safety issue that I experienced involved nursing shortage which was also related to fatigue, burnout, and restlessness among the present healthcare providers especially when there was an increase in the number of patients. This issue affected the safety of patients as reflected in medication errors and negligence although these aspects were not in...

The number of malpractice claims at your facility has doubled in the last quarter. Discuss a strategic plan to reduce the number of claims. Be specific with your example and explanation. Solution: A leading cause of healthcare mortality rates are malpractices which refer to the failure by healthcare providers to execute their professions according to the required standards of practice and following the recommended procedures. Common medical malpractices include misdiagnosis, medication err...

Restate the opportunity or threat chosen in discussion one. Discuss how your role as the nurse leader may influence the opportunity or threat. Explain your rationale. Solution: A major threat that may affect the nursing practice is an organization operating in a diverse society based on the aspects of race, age, and first nations. Challenge related to this threat is a poor interaction between the nursing practitioners and the society which is centered on issues such as language barrier, te...

List one opportunity or threat to nursing external to the organization. An example may be a competing organization within close proximity offering sign-on bonuses. Discuss the severity of the opportunity or threat and the probability that it may occur in an organization. Solution: External environmental factors affecting an organization are those elements that impact the company indirectly. In the healthcare sector, core external aspects may include technology, political influence, competi...

Purpose The purposes of this assignment are to: (a) identify and articulate key concepts of your strategic plan in a clear, succinct, and scholarly manner and(b) provide empirical, scholarly evidence to support your proposed plan. Due Date: Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 3 Total Points Possible:  200 Requirements: This paper will be graded on quality of information, use of citations, use of Standard English grammar, sentence structure, and organization based on the requir...

Organizational charts are utilized in many healthcare organizations. Share one advantage and one disadvantage. As a nurse leader, would you utilize organizational charts? Share your rationale. Solution: An organizational chart in healthcare is considered a critical element in distinguishing the structure of the organization and the relationships between departments and personnel. According to Ocasio (2017), the chart outlines the hierarchy in an organization, responsibilities, and structur...

In your reading this week, five traditional patient-care-delivery systems were discussed. Share which delivery method you would utilize if you were the nurse executive at a healthcare organization and explain your rationale Solution: A traditional nursing care model I would implement is team nursing. In this approach, it is described by a group of healthcare practitioners caring for a team of patients in the inpatient setting or acute care. In team nursing, it consists of a team leader who...

Healthcare systems are complex. You are the chief nurse executive (CNE) at a healthcare organization. Share the type of healthcare delivery system you would implement for your team. Discuss the rationale for your decision. Solution: The current healthcare is considered complex based on the increase in the number of patients and variation in the types of illnesses. Healthcare providers are tasked with ensuring all the requirements and needs of the patients are addressed. On the other hand, ...