UOP NSG451 All Weeks Discussions Latest 2020 JUNE

NSG451 Professional Nursing Leadership Perspectives

Week 1 Discussion

Leading, Managing, and Following

Search the University Library or Google Scholar™ for definitions of the terms leading, managing, and following.

Interpret the definitions and, in your own words, explain how the terms are interconnected and how they often play out in a clinical nurse setting.

 

NSG451 Professional Nursing Leadership Perspectives

Week 2 Discussion

Health Care: Right or Privilege?

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

In the current U.S. health care system, is access to healthcare a right or a privilege?

Using evidence to support a response, should healthcare be a right or a privilege?

The purpose of these discussions is to examine how we can improve current processess and systems to optimize quality of care and access to care. How can professional nursing practice help towards the development of the systems required?

 

NSG451 Professional Nursing Leadership Perspectives

Week 3 Discussion

Defining Culturalism

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

Nurse leaders must work with staff to foster respect for varied lifestyles. Showing respect to all patients and colleagues, irrespective of their cultural differences, tells staff that differences are valuable. This discussion is designed to introduce key principles that nurse leaders must address in leading and managing diverse groups.

Use Google Scholar™, Leading and Managing in Nursing, or the University Library to define multiculturalism, cross-culturalism, and transculturalism.

Explain the definitions in your own words, and give an example of applying each term to a leadership situation. For example, think of a time in your practice when you, as a leader, or your leader used multiculturalism to promote inclusion among colleagues or patients.

 

 

NSG451 Professional Nursing Leadership Perspectives

Week 4 Discussion

Driving Forces for Change

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

Change in health care is often related to quality. This discussion introduces you to the three major driving forces of the current emphasis on quality.

Explore the Health and Medicine Division*, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the National Quality Forum, and explain each organization’s key focus and its mission, vision, and values. What impact will these organizations have on your daily work?

 

NSG451 Professional Nursing Leadership Perspectives

Week 5 Discussion

Delegation

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

Search the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) website for their joint statement on delegation.

Review the Joint Statement on Delegation by the NCSBN and the ANA.

Based the sources above, name 3 things you can do to improve your delegation skills as a leader. Explain why these things will improve your skills and how you might pass these same skills on to others.