Competing needs arise within any organization as employees seek to meet their targets and leaders seek to meet company goals. As a leader, successful management of these goals requires establishing priorities and allocating resources accordingly. Within a healthcare setting, the needs of the workforce, resources, and patients are often in conflict. Mandatory overtime, implementation of staffing ratios, use of unlicensed assisting personnel, and employer reductions of education benefits are examples of practices that might lead to conflicting needs in practice

examples of practices that might lead to conflicting needs in practice.

Leaders can contribute to both the problem and the solution through policies, action, and inaction. In this Assignment, you will further develop the white paper you began work on in Module 1 by addressing competing needs within your organization.

To Prepare:

• Review the national healthcare issue/stressor you examined in your Assignment for Module 1, and review the analysis of the healthcare issue/stressor you selected.
• Identify and review two evidence-based scholarly resources that focus on proposed policies/practices to apply to your selected healthcare issue/stressor.
• Reflect on the feedback you received from your colleagues on your Discussion post regarding competing needs.

The Assignment (4-5 pages):

Developing Organizational Policies and Practices

Add a section to the paper you submitted in Module 1. The new section should address the following:

• Identify and describe at least two competing needs impacting your selected healthcare issue/stressor.
• Describe a relevant policy or practice in your organization that may influence your selected healthcare issue/stressor.
• Critique the policy for ethical considerations, and explain the policy’s strengths and challenges in promoting ethics.
• Recommend one or more policy or practice changes designed to balance the competing needs of resources, workers, and patients, while addressing any ethical shortcomings of the existing policies. Be specific and provide examples.
• Cite evidence that informs the healthcare issue/stressor and/or the policies, and provide two scholarly resources in support of your policy or practice recommendations.

 

This assignment is the first step in an ongoing project throughout the course. It is important to formulate your question carefully and specifically – you will be using this question to guide your evidence collection in future modules.

This paper will be in APA format and 2 – 3 pages in length – it must include a title page, page numbers, running head, properly formatted headings, citations, and references. An abstract is not required          

Please address the following areas:

Introduction

• Overview of topic you selected, and why you believe it is a problem

Body

• Discussion of patient/population of interest
• Discussion of intervention of interest
• Discussion of comparison of interest
• Discussion of outcome of interest

Conclusion

• This shouldinclude the complete PICO(T) question written in a grammatically correct, clear, succinct sentence.                                                                    

   

Limit your slide to 6 words per line and 6 lines per slide. This is a fantastic method to remain organized and not overwhelm the audience – or yourself! Then, you can explore each thought more in-depth” (Josh, 2012).

· Have one idea per slide

· Have, at most, six bullet points

· Maximum six words per bullet point

· Each bullet point has six words (Zimmer, n.d.).

The explanation of the bullet points must be in the speaker notes. If you provide detailed speaker notes, this will serve as your transcript for the assignment. You will also do a voice over for each slide and you can simply read the speaker notes as your voice over script. Be sure to only spend no more than 10 minutes on this presentation.

PowerPoint Presentation Guidelines:

Title Slide

· Presentation Title

· You name

· Walden University

Presentation Format

· 6×6 rule: 6 bullets per slide, 6 words per bullet

· Same font for all slides (slide titles are usually a bigger font but should be same font size for every slide)

· No citations on slides, they go in the speaker notes (additional information to follow)

· No more than one picture/graphic per slide

Speaker Notes

· Required for all slides except title slide and references

· Explain the bullets on the slides

· Include the citations here

References

· No bullets

· No double spacing

· Must follow all other rules of APA including hanging indent

Develop a 9- to 10-slide PowerPoint Presentation that addresses the following:

Describe the differences between a board of nursing and a professional nurse association.

Describe the geographic distribution, academic credentials, practice positions, and licensure status of members of the board for your specific region/area.

Who is on the board?

How does one become a member of the board?

Describe at least one federal regulation for healthcare.

How does this regulation influence delivery, cost, and access to healthcare (e.g., CMS, OSHA, and EPA)?

Has there been any change to the regulation within the past 5 years? Explain.

Describe at least one state regulation related to general nurse scope of practice.

How does this regulation influence the nurse’s role?

How does this regulation influence delivery, cost, and access to healthcare?

Describe at least one state regulation related to Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs).

How does this regulation influence the nurse’s role?

How does this regulation influence delivery, cost, and access to healthcare?

 

This assignment consists of both an interview and a PowerPoint (PPT) presentation.

Assessment/Interview

Select a community of interest in your region. Perform a physical assessment of the community.

1. Perform a direct assessment of a community of interest using the “Functional Health Patterns Community Assessment Guide.”
2. Interview a community health and public health provider regarding that person’s role and experiences within the community.

Interview Guidelines

Interviews can take place in-person, by phone, or by Skype.

Develop interview questions to gather information about the role of the provider in the community and the health issues faced by the chosen community.

Complete the “Provider Interview Acknowledgement Form” prior to conducting the interview. Submit this document separately in its respective drop box.

Compile key findings from the interview, including the interview questions used, and submit these with the presentation.

PowerPoint Presentation

Create a PowerPoint presentation of 15-20 slides (slide count does not include title and references slide) describing the chosen community interest.

Include the following in your presentation:

1. Description of community and community boundaries: the people and the geographic, geopolitical, financial, educational level; ethnic and phenomenological features of the community, as well as types of social interactions; common goals and interests; and barriers, and challenges, including any identified social determinates of health.
2. Summary of community assessment: (a) funding sources and (b) partnerships.
3. Summary of interview with community health/public health provider.
4. Identification of an issue that is lacking or an opportunity for health promotion.
5. A conclusion summarizing your key findings and a discussion of your impressions of the general health of the community.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA format ting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.

What are the barriers you face to collecting a comprehensive health history so that you can give culturally-competent care?

Assignment Requirements:

Before finalizing your work, you should:

• be sure to read the Assignment description carefully (as displayed above);
• consult the Grading Rubric (under the Course Resources) to make sure you have included everything necessary; and
• Utilize spelling and grammar check to minimize errors.
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