Assignment: Leadership Styles and Decision-Making

We have all been influenced by leaders at some point in our lives. Individuals make decisions in a way that achieves set goals. They demonstrate their leadership when they follow through on those decisions to ensure that they were the right decisions. Individuals show the way when they model to teams and others how to accomplish the tasks at hand. However, leaders vary greatly in their decision-making, in part because of their own particular leadership styles. Similar to emotional intelligence, it is important to be aware of your own leadership style as well as the leadership styles of effective healthcare leaders and managers and how those styles affect decision-making.

To prepare for this Assignment:

• Consider the characteristics of leaders described in your Learning Resources.
• Select two individuals from the Good Samaritan Hospital with different leadership styles.
• Consider how the leadership styles of these individuals might have influenced their decision-making.

By Day 7

Write a 1- to 2-page paper that identifies the following:

1. Explain the true value of leadership in decision-making.
2. Describe one decision your selected leaders from Good Samaritan Hospital made or might have made. Then, describe their leadership styles and how these leadership styles might influence their decision-making.
3. Using examples from your own personal work experience, how do employees perceive decision-making based on a healthcare manager’s leadership style?
4. What leadership decision-making style do you believe is most effective in a healthcare setting of your choice?

Be sure to support your work with specific citations from this week’s Learning Resources and additional scholarly sources as appropriate. Refer to the Essential Guide to APA Style for Walden Students to ensure that your in-text citations and reference list are correct

Course Text: Buchbinder, S. B., & Shanks, N. H. (2017). Introduction to health care management (3rd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett.

Chapter 3, “Management and Motivation (pp. 49–76)

This chapter outlines the various theories and practices related to workforce motivation for healthcare managers. It explores who and what motivates employees intrinsically and extrinsically, as well as common misconceptions about motivation.

Chapter 4, “Organizational Behavior and Management Thinking” (pp. 77–105)

This chapter examines how management roles relate to organizational behavior and thinking. The author describes various types of leadership traits related to organizational behavior.
This chapter also explores decision-making. Decisions made in healthcare can mean life or death for patients. While not every decision is life altering, most decisions made by healthcare managers can impact the organization’s ability to provide care. In this chapter, the author introduces problem solving and decision-making from the role of the healthcare manager.

Chapter 13, “Teamwork” (pp. 363–396)

Various teams function within the healthcare setting. This chapter examines team leadership, the characteristics of effective teams, and common reasons for team failure.

Article: Nightingale, S., Spiby, H., Sheen, K., & Slade, P. (2018). The impact of emotional intelligence in health care professionals on caring behaviour towards patients in clinical and long-term care settings: Findings from an integrative review. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 80, 106–117. doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2018.01.006
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.
This article looks at the effect of emotional intelligence on the caring behaviors of nurses and the various factors that make a difference in the effect of emotional intelligence in day-to-day care of patients.

Article: Rohan, J. E., & Brandt, C. (2016). Emerging roles in value-based care. Healthcare Executive, 31(5), 64–65.
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.
This article defines and describes aspects of value-based care and focuses on the role of emotional intelligence in leading value-based efforts.

Article: Stoller, J. (2017, August 9). My favorite slide: Why emotional intelligence is so important for leadership. Retrieved from https://catalyst.nejm.org/emotional-intelligence-important-leadership/
This resource provides a good overview of emotional intelligence, including its various domains: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management.

Article: Weiszbrod, T. (2015). Health care leader competencies and the relevance of emotional intelligence. The Health Care Manager, 34(2), 140–146. doi:10.1097/HCM.0000000000000060
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

This well-researched article makes the argument that emotional intelligence is a much-needed quality in healthcare leaders and should be included in curricula for healthcare leaders due to the importance of relationships with various constituents.

Emotional Intelligence Assessments

Institute for Health and Human Potential. (2018). Test your emotional intelligence. Retrieved from https://www.ihhp.com/free-eq-quiz/

Mind Tools. (2018a). How emotionally intelligent are you? Boosting your people skills. Retrieved from https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/ei-quiz.htm

CLC –  Florence nightingale enviornmentalTheory .

1. YES – the presentation is 10-15 slides. (my part initial 4-5 slides)

2. There are 3 critical elements that need to be discussed:

3. Overview and efficacy for the model selected.(my part of topic)

4. How the four metaparadigm concepts can be explained using the selected model.

5. Provide three evidence-based examples demonstrating the application of the theory selected and support for current practice.(one example for my part)

6. PRESENTATION:

· Slides should be clear and concise. A rule of thumb is “No more than 7 bullets of 7 words per slide”

· Yes, slide content should be cited (slides and speaker notes)

· Speaker Notes are written in the space under each slide. Speaker notes should look like a formal paper. They are in paragraph form and include intext citations. (They will look like you took a paragraph out of a document and pasted it into the speaker notes section….with the exception that they will be single spaced).

1. Layout – see suggestion regarding bullets. Images are acceptable

2. Language & mechanics – see rubric

3. Sources: USE APA to cite intext sources and references

PARTICIPATION:

At the end of the project, each submission will receive a score. Based on the assessment of participation from the other members of the group, I will determine if a person will earn full credit or partial credit related to participation. In other words, people on the same team may have different scores. I will request participation information at the end of Week 3 when the presentations are due.

Items to consider: Did each member of the group complete the duty designated or agreed upon by the group members? Was communication clear and respectful? Did each member complete the duty by the date decided on by the group?

look to files to chapter then answers , so each questions separate answers 

one page and half. 

1

Health care expenditures continue to rise in the USA. (a) Describe three of the factors that you think drive up health care costs and (b) Explain what do you think an individual can do to have and impact on personal and overall health care cost?

2

In your own words explain your understanding of clinical integration and explain why is it important in the current health care environment?

3

What type of PAC services are important for healthcare providers to include within their business now that the elderly community populations are more in need of them? Why? Select and explain two PAC services.

The Pathophysiology of Disorders

During the last 5 weeks, you have explored various body systems: neurological, cardiovascular, respiratory, and hematological. These four systems work together along with other body systems to complete a myriad of functions. For this reason, when disorders occur within one body system, it can create potentially devastating effects throughout the entire body. For instance, Parkinson’s disease is a disorder of the central nervous system, yet its alterations actually affect multiple body systems from the cardiovascular system to the gastrointestinal system. In this Assignment, you examine alterations associated with disorders, as well as the impact of the alterations on multiple body systems.

To Prepare

· From the list below, select a disorder of interest to you:

o Alzheimer’s disease

o Asthma in children

o Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

o Congestive heart failure

o Hepatic disease (liver disease)

o Hypertension (Please select this)

o Hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism

o Seizures

o Sepsis

· Identify alterations associated with your selected disorder. Consider the pathophysiology of the alterations. Think about how these alterations produce pathophysiological changes in at least two body systems.

· Reflect on how patient factors such as genetics, gender, ethnicity, age, and behavior might impact the pathophysiology of the alterations you identified, as well as the diagnosis and treatment of your selected disorder. 

· Review the “Mind maps—Dementia, Endocarditis, and Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)” media in the Week 2 Learning Resources. Use the examples in the media as a guide to construct a mind map for the disorder you selected. Consider the epidemiology and clinical presentation of your selected disorder. See attached file

To Complete

Develop a 5- to 10-slide PowerPoint presentation that addresses the following:

· Describe your selected disorder, as well as associated alterations. Explain the pathophysiology of the alterations, including changes that occur in at least two body systems.

· Explain how genetics, gender, ethnicity, age, and behavior might impact the pathophysiology of the alterations you identified, as well as diagnosis and treatment of your selected disorder.

· Construct a mind map for the disorder you selected. Include the epidemiology, pathophysiology of alterations, risk factors, and clinical presentation, as well as the diagnosis and treatment of the disorder.

  Case Study 3

Kevin worked for 10 years at a uranium mine, excavating uranium for a nearby nuclear power plant. Now, 25 years later, he has small cell lung cancer. Kevin is anorexic and has lost a considerable amount of weight. His muscles are wasting, and he is weak. He tries to move around the house throughout the day but tires easily. It has been difficult for him to access care, and the treatment for his cancer is just starting.

1. With the ongoing exposure to the ionizing radiation, DNA damage occurred. Outline the three stages of carcinogenesis that occurred after his exposure to radiation.

2. Kevin is normally a fit and active man, and his wife often commented on how much food he used to eat after a day at mine. Why would there be muscle wasting and weight loss now? Explain your answer using your 

3. knowledge of the metabolic changes seen with cancer.

In some cancer patients, muscle weakness may result from the production of onconeural antigens. Describe the effects of these antigens. What form would this process likely take in Kevin’s situation?

Case Study Posting Requirements

1. Make sure all of the topics in the case study have been addressed.

2. Cite at least three sources; journal articles, textbooks, or evidenced-based websites to support the content.

3. All sources must be within five years.

4. Do not use .com, Wikipedia, or up-to-date, etc., for your sources.

4 pages not including title page and reference page.