Norwich NR523 Discussions Latest 2021 January (Full)

NR523 Health Care System, Leadership Advanced Nursing Role

Week 1 Discussion

Case Review: Case Study 1.2 – Charity Water

In this case study, Scott Harrison experiences many successes in his quest to improve water quality on a global scale.

Identify three leadership traits or abilities that contributed to his successes.

 

NR523 Health Care System, Leadership Advanced Nursing Role

Week 2 Discussion

Discuss the characteristics of a high performing culture in health care. Reflect upon your own experiences as a nurse in your current organization and give an example where the organizational culture influenced an outcome. Was it a positive outcome, why and how did the culture impact results? Was it a negative outcome, how did culture influence the result and what would need to change for a better result?

 

NR523 Health Care System, Leadership Advanced Nursing Role

Week 3 Discussion

You are an Advanced Practice Nurse within a large health care system. You are part of the care team for Jane, a 55-year-old woman who for the past 6 months has been undergoing evaluation for atypical abdominal pain. Jane has been diagnosed with a rare tumor and following a second opinion at the nearby cancer treatment center, she has been recommended for a combination of surgical and oncologic measures (chemotherapy and radiation). Jane is married to Kim and they have an adopted 8-year-old boy. Kim, an artist, has been the primary childcare provider and Jane a software engineer has been the primary financial supporter for the household.

What important provider relationships will be important for you to establish in order to support person centered care for Jane?

How will you establish and maintain the communication?

What network opportunities would be helpful?

What anticipatory steps could you take to support possible future challenges?

 

NR523 Health Care System, Leadership Advanced Nursing Role

Week 4 Discussion

Question:

Review the Wildfire Interactive End Value statement in the Northouse chapter.

Then review the value statements of social and healthcare organizations in your community and/or practice area.

Post an “End – Final Value” for an advanced practice nurse in your current or desired future setting.

Discuss findings, differences, similarities with your classmates.

 

NR523 Health Care System, Leadership Advanced Nursing Role

Week 5 Discussion

Emerging digital health technology such as artificial intelligence, robotics, automation, big data and a variety of precision and hybrid and virtual health care models are giving rise to opportunities and challenges for nursing leaders.

Give one example from your readings or practice setting where technology has had a positive impact on person centered care. What are important considerations for nursing leaders in preparing for emerging digital health technology?

 

NR523 Health Care System, Leadership Advanced Nursing Role

Week 6 Discussion

According to McDaniel and Jordan (2009) and Johnson and Anderson (2020) all health care organizations are Complex Adaptive Systems. Consider the health care organization where you currently work or have worked in the past and describe how five of the attributes of CASs, consistent with General System Theory, are at play: Agent, Interconnections, Self-Organization, Emergence, Co-evolution.

 

NR523 Health Care System, Leadership Advanced Nursing Role

Week 8 Discussion

From your readings or your own practice experience, give an example of a quantity driven model for a health care service and an example of a value driven model.

What model is most effective for the desired outcome?

 

NR523 Health Care System, Leadership Advanced Nursing Role

Week 11 Discussion

For this discussion: Repeat the Leadership Traits Questionnaire from Northouse textbook. Compare your scores with your scores from Week 02.

Discuss and Reflect how your new scores compare with your scores from Week 02.

Discuss what has changed?

What characteristics will you value in leaders as you develop in your career?

How can you implement your leadership styles and traits at a system level?