Module 4 Discussion Board
Submit a substantive response to only ONE of the two D
Module 4 Discussion Board
Submit a substantive response to only ONE of the two Discussion Board Prompts included below. Substantive discussion posts must include at least one (1) properly cited reference and contain a minimum of 100 words.
Discussion Board Prompt #1
Instructions: Based on your evaluation of the Acute Care Clinical Director, Adam’s, actions as described in the Module 4 Unfolding Leadership and Management Scenario, identify, and discuss one positive approach Adam took in his efforts to reduce patient falls on the Acute Care Units. Explain and support the positive approach you identify from your evaluation in your discussion post.
Discussion Board Prompt #2
Instructions: Based on your evaluation of the Acute Care Clinical Director, Adam’s, actions as described in the Module 4 Unfolding Leadership and Management Scenario, identify, and discuss one approach Adam took in his efforts to reduce patient falls on the Acute Care Units that demonstrated Adam still had leadership and management growth opportunities. Explain and support your evaluation in your discussion post.
Module 5 Discussion Board
Submit a substantive post to answer the below discussion question. Substantive discussion posts must include at least one (1) properly cited reference and contain a minimum of 100 words.
Discussion Prompt:
Kristi has been the nurse manager of a 30-bed medical unit for 7 months. She was a patient safety coordinaator for two years before she became a nurse manager. Kristi is a visionary leader and her intent is for the unit to become a unit that consistently provides high qualtiy care.
After reviewing the most recent report of the quality performance of her unit, she realizes that despite the slight improvements that occurred in the last quarter; several quality indicators are still below goal. There have been 3 CAUTI’s on the unit in 2 months, and the unit’s HCAHPS scores have declined slightly.
Prior to Kristi accepting the position as a clinical manager, the unit experienced an 18% RN turnover. All but four (4) of the budgeted RN positions have been backfilled. However, none of the newly hired nurses participated in the Quality and Patient Experience training that was provided nearly 9 months ago.
Kristi has drafted an action plan to improve the quality on her unit. She asks you to assist her in drafting the rationale she can use to defend three of the requests she has included in her Action Plan when she discusses the Plan with her director, CNO, COO, and VP of Finance.
Students must provide a substantive response that justifies the three elements included in Kristi’s Action Plan that follows.
Request #1:
CNO to round on the unit with the Clinical Manager (Kristi) and the Director at least 2X/month.
Request #2:
Request to backfill the remaining 4 vacant positions (1 on days; 3 on nights) within 30 days or less
Request #3:
Funds to continue participating in the NDNQI.
Module 7 Discussion Board
Read: Marquis & Huston, (2021) Chapter 13, p. 334-357.
Submit a substantive post to answer the below discussion prompts. Substantive discussion posts must include at least one (1) properly cited reference and contain a minimum of 100 words.
Discussion Prompts:
Nurses and nurse managers/leaders need a personal power base in order to be successful. They must also understand and effectively navigate the inherent politics of their work environment. The reading assignment (Chapter 13) in the text includes strategies for developing power and political savvy. Students’ discussion includes responding to the following three (3) questions. Refer to the content in Chapter 13 when you provide your responses to the Discussion Question 1 & 2 below.
Discussion Question #1 Prompt: Select one power-building strategy from your reading that you need to develop the most as a nurse or novice manager/leader and briefly describe how you will increase your capacity in this area.
Discussion Question #2 Prompt: Select one of the political behavior strategies that you need to develop in order to minimize negative effects of organizational politics and briefly describe how you will develop the political behavior you have identified.
Discussion Question #3 Prompt: Describe one tactic/initiative your current employer is doing to create an environment of excellence, and promote the future of nursing. What other tactic/initiative would you recommend and why?