Week 6: Team Building, Week 7: Quality Control, Week 8; Executive Role Assignment

Assignment 153

Week 6: Importance of Socialization in Team Building

DQ: 1 You recently hired a new member of your SLMC team. During her 3-week orientation, you realized Kim had excellent clinical skills, but her therapeutic communication skills were inferior to the rest of the staff. 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 what you would do now for this situation. Outline a plan to resocialize Kim to her role and make her feel like a valued part of your team.

 DQ:2  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.

Assignment 154

Week 7: Quality Control

DQ :1 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 elder-patient readmissions would be helpful data to be collected. Discuss some of the information you would include on this tool and how you would proceed with this project.

DQ :2 After reviewing Deming’s 14 total quality-management-principles (Marquis & Huston,2017, Display 23.6), share your top three principles as the nurse administrator for SLMC. Explain your rationale.

Assignment 155

Week 8; Executive Role Assignment

 DQ :1 Upload your Executive Summary assignment from Week 7 into this discussion thread. Please provide feedback to your peers regarding their Executive Summary.(Pls not I will send you one of the peers executive summary report when the week opens).

DQ2: 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?