COURSE   NR532: Healthcare Operational Planning and Management NR532 Week 1: Assessing Self as Leader NR532 Week 2: Span of Control vs. Sphere of Influence NR532 Week 3: Collaboration Café: Organizational Project Planning  NR532 Week 3: Strategic Planning Assignment  NR532 Week 4: Ensuring Equity and Inclusion Within a Diverse Nursing Staff  NR532 Week 5: Legal Regulatory Issue Assignment  NR532 Week 5: Collaboration Café: Where’s Your License? NR532 Week 6: Coll...

COURSE   NR532: Healthcare Operational Planning and Management Collaboration Café Reflection Remember your introduction post? You described ways in which you are a leader and manager whether informally or formally. As you reflect on your comments, what have you learned that reinforces, challenges, or changes your perspectives? What areas have you learned you would like to intentionally develop? A goal for most nurse administrators/executives is to transform nursing practice throu...

COURSE   NR532: Healthcare Operational Planning and Management Preparing the Assignment Assignment Situation: You are the nurse executive of Ocracoke Regional Healthcare System. Due to increasing healthcare costs over the past two years, the board and stakeholders have determined the total-patient-care nursing model is no longer sustainable and must be changed. In addition, Joint Commission has just completed their visit. Ocracoke received two recommendations for improvement in two...

COURSE   NR532: Healthcare Operational Planning and Management Collaboration Café  You are being interviewed for a departmental administrator position for a department that has undergone a long period of transitory leaders. You are told morale is relatively low, there is little sense of teamwork apparent among the staff, and patient satisfaction scores have been decreasing.  The CNO asks you to share your philosophy of leadership and what strategies you might use to bring about a po...

COURSE   NR532: Healthcare Operational Planning and Management Collaboration Café Do you know what types of crises your healthcare system and community are prepared for? Explore your organization’s Emergency Preparedness or Disaster Plan. Share and discuss: The types of emergencies or disasters for which there is a plan in your organization. How does the organization’s plan interface with the local Emergency Management System’s Plan? How is communication among agencies/fa...

COURSE   NR532: Healthcare Operational Planning and Management Collaboration Café All licensed personnel were notified 60 days in advance that they must provide a copy of their most recent license. An email was sent from your office reminding them of the deadline. Human resources posted reminders on the announcement boards in all the units. The deadline has passed, and upon review, one of the two nurse practitioners working in the emergency room has not submitted a current license. ...

COURSE   NR532: Healthcare Operational Planning and Management Preparing the Assignment Nursing administrators have a responsibility to remain current with knowledge of emerging trends in healthcare and their potential impact on nursing practice, safe and quality patient care, and the costs, risks, and/or benefits to the organization. How these trends or issues translate into practice is often determined by legal and regulatory actions as well as nursing standards of practice. Th...

COURSE   NR532: Healthcare Operational Planning and Management Discussion Hiring a diverse staff is the first step in providing culturally sensitive care. To create a work environment that is also inclusive and equitable, attention must be given to revising old policies and procedures or developing new ones that are culturally sensitive. Find and describe one or two policies at your organization that, when revised, would more explicitly reflect an inclusive and equitable work c...

COURSE   NR532: Healthcare Operational Planning and Management Preparing the Assignment Scenario: Sunset Harbor Medical Center is a nonprofit regional healthcare system that provides hospital care for a five-county rural area. Its vision and mission are: Vision: Sunset Harbor Medical Center envisions a community in which all its citizens live healthy lives to their optimal level of well-being across their lifespan. We work in partnership with our valued patients as creators of a...

COURSE   NR532: Healthcare Operational Planning and Management Collaboration Café Explore your healthcare organization’s policies, procedures, and processes related to project planning. Assume you will be using your facility for your concluding graduate experience project. Discuss your process. What are some of the policies and/or procedures of your organization that will impact or be impacted by your project? Describe organizational strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, ...