. Describe the organizational characteristics of the facility in which you currently have a clinical assignment. ( I work in a Nursing home and Rehabilitation center). Include the following: a. Type of organization b. Overall climate of the facility

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1. Describe the organizational characteristics of the facility in which you currently have a clinical assignment. ( I work in a Nursing home and Rehabilitation center). Include the following:

a. Type of organization

b. Overall climate of the facility

c. How the organization is structured

d. Formal and informal goals and processes of the organization

2. Why is the work climate of an organization important to nurse leaders and managers?

3. What are the ways in which a nurse can enhance his or her expertise?

4. Explain “shared governance,” and describe how it can affect the power structure of a health-care organization.

5. Why is it important for staff nurses to understand the culture and real goals of the organization in which they work?

1. Describe your ideal organization. Explain each feature and why you think it is important.

2. Interview one of the staff nurses on your unit. Find out what practices within the organization help to empower the nurses. Compare this list of practices with those discussed in the textbook.

3. Recall the last time you walked into a hospital, clinic, or physician’s office for the first time. What was your first impression? Did you feel comfortable and welcome? Why or why not? If you could change the first impression this facility makes, what would you do?

4-What changes could be made at a very low cost? What changes would be expensive?Finally, discuss why it is important for a health-care facility to make a good first impression

What are the most important elements of the Affordable Care Act in relation to community and public health? What is the role of the nurse in implementing this law?

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The Affordable Care Act was signed into law by President Barack Obama in March 2010. Many of the provisions of the law directly affect health care providers. Review the following topic materials:

  1. Key Features of the Affordable Care Act
  2. Health Care Transformation: the Affordable Care Act and More

What are the most important elements of the Affordable Care Act in relation to community and public health? What is the role of the nurse in implementing this law?

What are some professional ways to communicate difficult topics such as tardiness, medication errors, or incivility?    •What makes people defensive about feedback?   

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Thinking about your role as a leader or future leader in health care and considering your personal experiences with a supervisor or manager, consider the following:   •What issues or shortcuts are the most difficult to address with a colleague?

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Thinking about your role as a leader or future leader in health care and considering your personal experiences with a supervisor or manager, consider the following:   •What issues or shortcuts are the most difficult to address with a colleague?

•What are some professional ways to communicate difficult topics such as tardiness, medication errors, or incivility?

•What makes people defensive about feedback?

•What steps would you take to improve communication with somebody you supervise to reduce challenges and defensiveness?

Write a succinct initial post of at least 150 words. Demonstrate clarity of thought and precision in writing. Support your discussion with at least two references

•What steps would you take to improve communication with somebody you supervise to reduce challenges and defensiveness?

Write a succinct initial post of at least 150 words. Demonstrate clarity of thought and precision in writing. Support your discussion with at least two references

Analyze potential barriers and resistance to change that might come from the organization, patients, or colleagues (or all of these).  •Describe strategies to overcome barriers and resistance to change.  •Develop a plan to implement evidence–based interventions. What steps would you take? What resources might you need? 

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Nursing is in the midst of many changes. How can you be a driving force to bring about needed change within the field of nursing?

For this assignment, write 4–6 pages addressing an issue within the nursing field or your own organization.  Preparation  Select a problem to address either within nursing as a professional field or within the organization where you work. Narrow down your options by considering which change would best be undertaken by an interprofessional team.  Some examples within the nursing discipline include: •Using mobile and portable technology to support patients.

•Using evidence–based practice (EBP) to improve patient care.

•Increasing patient safety and quality of care. The use of medical technology such as genes and stem cells, or robots in the OR.

•Addressing the nursing shortage now and into the future.

•Improving the work environment (providing calm, supportive spaces for nurses; improved dialogue between health care professionals).

•Improving safety for nurses at work (violence, spreading diseases, or physical injury).

•Dealing with abuse by health care professionals.  Alternatively, you can narrow the scope to an issue within your own organization:

•Developing a mobility program for an inpatient unit.

•Implementing “smart” technology to assist in patient monitoring.

•Creating a mentoring program to attract and retain nurses.

•Implementing protocols for infection control or treatment of an epidemic (or both). •Developing a plan to eliminate physical violence and verbal abuse in the workplace.

•Other issue.  Once you have selected an issue to address, look for scholarly and professional articles that focus on the problem, the needed change, and how interprofessional teams can work together to drive change.  Requirements  Complete the following:

•Describe the problem briefly, along with how it impacts the organization, patients, or the nursing profession (or all of these).

•Describe possible evidence–based interventions for the problem.

•Analyze potential barriers and resistance to change that might come from the organization, patients, or colleagues (or all of these).

•Describe strategies to overcome barriers and resistance to change.

•Develop a plan to implement evidence–based interventions. What steps would you take? What resources might you need?

•Identify other health care professionals to enlist as team members to help drive change in the organization.

Your completed assignment should be 4–6 pages in length, not including the title page and reference page. Support your statements and intervention plan with references to and citations for at least 4 scholarly or professional resources.

Be sure to follow APA guidelines for style and format. In addition:

•Include a title page and reference page.

•Use Times New Roman font, 12 point.

•Double–space.