The focus for Week 2 is on questions: PICOT/PICo and practice questions. Using the area of interest from Week 1, identify the following. Will you be using a quantitative or qualitative approach for your EBP project proposal? Explain why this approach is the best one to provide information for your area of interest. Create a PICOT/PICo question using the PICOT/PICo format for quantitative and PICo for qualitative approaches. Identify your practice question, being sure t...

State your area of research or evidence-based practice (EBP) interest from NR 500; remember that the topic must be consistent with your specialty track. State your MSN program specialty track and defend how your selected area of research or EBP interest from NR 500 is consistent with your selected MSN program track. Would you like to change your area of research or EBP interest from NR 500? Why or why not? If you changed or modified your area of research or EBP interest, please identify the r...

Purpose The purposes of this assignment are to: a) identify and articulate the results of a Magnet report received from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)for Saint Louis Medical Center (SLMC). You, the nurse director, will present your findingsto the SLMC board of directors,in an executive summary format (CO 2, 3), b) articulate and include the key components of an executive summary in your report(CO 5), and c) provide empirical, scholarly evidence to support your assignment (CO ...

Purpose The purposes of this assignment are to: (a) identify and articulate leadership theories to support your management of power as the nurse executiveat Saint Louis Medical Center (SLMC) (CO 1, 2), (b) compare and contrast organizational structures that may influence the management of power of your role (CO 3), and (c) provide empirical, scholarly evidence to support your assignment in a clear, succinct, and scholarly manner (CO 4). Due Date: Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 5 ...

What specific knowledge of the healthcare environment and leadership skills that you gained through this experience will be most important as you take on your future nurse-executive role? Describe a concrete way in which you anticipate using these skills and knowledge. How will you use the concepts in this course to identify, guide and evaluate your final MSN practicum project? Please review the American Nursing Credentialing Center (ANCC) nurse executive competencies (refer to the Week 1 less...

SLMC has a continuous commitment to delivering the highest quality care by addressing crucial issues, such as patient safety, technology, and expanding services to meet community needs. As the nurse administrator, you determine an audit of elderly patient readmissions would be helpful data to be gathered. Discuss some of the specific information you would include on this tool and how specifically you would proceed with this project and your rationale for including them in the tool. Whom would co...

As the nurse administrator for SLMC, you must communicate to your team the disappointing news that your organization is discontinuing tuition reimbursement benefits. Discuss how you will communicate this message to your direct reports and to the rest of the organization. Be specific and state your rationale for your communication plan. Solution: It is substantially exasperating for leaders to pass undesirable news to the team members. As such, the leaders ought to apply their communication...

You recently hired a new member to your SLMC team. During her 6-week orientation, you discovered Kim had excellent clinical skills, but her therapeutic communication skills were inferior compared to the rest of your team. She is now working on her own, and some staff and patient complaints have been reported to you regarding her poor communication skills. As the nurse administrator, discuss your next steps for this situation and your rationale. Outline a plan to review with Kim to resocialize he...

As the nurse executive at SLMC, you are trying to increase communication and empower decision making among your team members. In the past, it has been difficult for some of the various shift workers to attend scheduled, mandatory meetings that involve Magnet™ designation preparation. Share your specific strategies (examples) for enhancing communication and empowering all members of your team Solution: The success of SLMC is highly dependent on the communication and engagement of employees....

As the nurse executive, discuss your vision that you would like to implement for the organizational structure at SLMC. Share your rationale. How would you incorporate aspects of the person-centred nursing framework into your vision? Solution: The interrelationship between an organizational structure and the organization’s vision highly influences its growth and development as well its goal realization. The vision that as a nurse executive would draw for SLMC would include a future of techn...