You are a nursing consultant who has been assigned to analyze a healthcare organization in order to identify a change or improvement needed by the organization

COMPETENCIES 7004.1.1: Nursing and Interprofessional Standards   The graduate adapts an organizational change or innovation to improve quality care outcomes while meeting the master’s level nursing and interprofessional standards.   7004.1.2: Evaluating and Documenting Innovations   The graduate evaluates an organizational change or innovation as measured against the master’s level nursing and interprofessional standards.   INTRODUCTION Years ago, the role of the nurse was limited and easily described. In today’s world, the nurse’s role is complex and occurs in diverse settings with a broad client population. Often, nurses must combine several professional roles to manage the full range of their responsibilities. Nurses also manage roles that have limited domains of actual authority but large domains of influence (and vice versa). Master’s level nurses are now required to be leaders: whether formally or informally.   For this task, you will select a healthcare organization in your area to analyze and then prepare a consultative change recommendation paper. As part of your analysis, you will interview a nurse leader in the selected organization. Your consultative change recommendation paper should be 7–10 pages and in APA style. Although you are only submitting this paper to WGU as part of your requirement for this course, you should prepare this document as though you would present it to the executive board of the organization you analyzed.       In order to complete this assessment, you must carefully review and closely follow the attached “WQT2 Performance Assessment Guidelines” document.   SCENARIO You are a nursing consultant who has been assigned to analyze a healthcare organization in order to identify a change or improvement needed by the organization. In your analysis, you will use external measures such as HCAHPS scores, patient metrics, community needs, and comparisons to other facilities in the area. After your analysis, you will write a consultative change recommendation to present to the executive board of the organization.   REQUIREMENTS Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. An originality report is provided when you submit your task that can be used as a guide. Professional Communications is a required aspect to pass this task. Completion of a spell check and grammar check prior to submitting your final work is strongly recommended. You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.  

1. Write a consultative change recommendation paper (suggested length of 7–10 pages) by doing the following:

 

1. Identify the purpose of the consultation and provide a summary of the consultation process.

 

2. Describe the organization.

 

3. Explain the primary needs of the population served by this organization.

 

4. Describe the nurse leader's role.

 

5. Identify the characteristics of the organization.

 

6. Recommend an organizational change based on your analysis.

 

1. Justify how your recommended change addresses the organization's weaknesses and the community's needs.

 

1. Identify a national benchmark of performance and describe a plan to measure the effectiveness of your recommended change.

 

1. Attach the completed “Nurse Leader Interview Verification Form.”

 

1. Acknowledge sources, using APA-formatted in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.

  File Restrictions File name may contain only letters, numbers, spaces, and these symbols: ! - _ . * ' ( ) File size limit: 200 MB File types allowed: doc, docx, rtf, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx, odt, pdf, txt, qt, mov, mpg, avi, mp3, wav, mp4, wma, flv, asf, mpeg, wmv, m4v, svg, tif, tiff, jpeg, jpg, gif, png, zip, rar, tar, 7z       RUBRIC ARTICULATION OF RESPONSE (CLARITY, ORGANIZATION, MECHANICS): NOT EVIDENT Responses are unstructured or disjointed. Vocabulary and tone are unprofessional or distract from the topic. Responses contain pervasive errors in mechanics, usage, or grammar.   APPROACHING COMPETENCE Responses are poorly organized or difficult to follow. Terminology is misused or ineffective. Responses contain errors in mechanics, usage, or grammar that cause confusion.   COMPETENT Responses are organized and focus on the main ideas presented in the assessment. Word choice is pertinent and clearly conveys the intended meaning to the audience. Responses reflect attention to detail. Mechanics, usage, and grammar promote understanding and readability.   A1: PURPOSE AND OVERVIEW NOT EVIDENT A purpose for the consultation and a summary of the process are not provided.   APPROACHING COMPETENCE The purpose of the consultation is unclear. The summary does not include the data collection procedures that were used. Or a purpose or a summary are provided, but not both.   COMPETENT The purpose of the consultation is clearly identified. There is a brief summary of the data collection procedures that were used during the consultation.   A2: DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION NOT EVIDENT A description of the organization is not provided.   APPROACHING COMPETENCE The description identifies the organization but provides limited organizational data without rationale for why the necessary information is not included.   COMPETENT The description provides a summary of the organization’s type and location, number of employees and patient encounters, organizational structure, and services provided. Or there is a rationale for why any missing information is not included.   A3: PRIMARY NEEDS OF POPULATION NOT EVIDENT An explanation is not provided, or the explanation is not relevant to the organization.   APPROACHING COMPETENCE The explanation does not include the size of the service area or the population’s demographics. The explanation does not include the population’s primary needs or health risks.   COMPETENT The explanation includes the size of the organization’s service area and the demographics (e.g., age, race) of the population served. The primary needs of this population are identified, including the primary health risks in the service area. The explanation includes how those risks impact the community and the organization.   A4: NURSE LEADER'S ROLE NOT EVIDENT A description is not provided, or the described nurse leader’s role does not relate to the organization.   APPROACHING COMPETENCE The description of the nurse leader’s role does not explain the influence the nurse has within the organization. The description of the nurse leader’s role does not align the leader’s role to the roles defined in “The Essentials of Master’s Education.”   COMPETENT The description of the nurse leader's role explains the formal or informal influence that the leader has within the organization and how the nurse leader’s role aligns to the roles defined in “The Essentials of Master’s Education in Nursing.”

ANSWER. PAPER DETAILS
Academic Level	Masters
Subject Area	Nursing
Paper Type	Coursework
Number of Pages	9 Page(s)/2475 words
Sources	8
Format	APA 6
Spacing	Double Spacing

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