Assignment Week # 3: Developing Organizational Policies and Practices

Assignment: Developing Organizational

Policies and Practices

 

Competing needs arise within any organization as employees seek to meet their targets

and leaders seek to meet company goals. As a leader, successful management of

these goals requires establishing priorities and allocating resources accordingly.

 

Within a

healthcare setting, the needs of the workforce, resources, and patients are

often in conflict. Mandatory overtime, implementation of staffing ratios, use of

unlicensed assisting personnel, and employer reductions of education benefits are

examples of pract

ices that might lead to conflicting needs in practice.

 

Leaders can contribute to both the problem and the solution through policies, action,

and inaction. In this Assignment, you will further develop the white paper you began

work on in Module 1 by address

ing competing needs within your organization.

 

 

To Prepare:

 

·

 

Review the national healthcare issue/stressor you examined in your Assignment

for Module

1.

 

(See

 

attached document

–

 

WK2Assg_Lope

z

 

Cordova

–

A.

)

 

and

 

review the analysis of the healthcare issue/stressor you selected.

 

·

 

Identify and review two evidence

–

ba

sed scholarly resources that focus on

proposed policies/practices to apply to your selected healthcare issue/stressor.

 

 

The Assignment

–

 

Instructions

(4

 

pages):

 

 

Developing Organizational Policies and Practices

 

 

Add a section to the paper you submitted in Module 1.

 

(See

 

attached document

–

 

WK2Assg_Lope

z

 

Cordova

–

A.

Add the 4 pages to this document)

 

 

The new section should address the following:

 

 

1.

 

Identify and describe at least two competing needs impacting your selected

healthcare issue/stressor.

 

2.

 

Descr

ibe a relevant policy or practice in your organization that may influence

your selected healthcare issue/stressor.

 

3.

 

Critique the policy for ethical

considerations and

 

explain the policy’s strengths

and challenges in promoting ethics.

 

4.

 

Recommend one or more

policy or practice changes designed to balance the

competing needs of resources, workers, and patients, while addressing any

ethical shortcomings of the existing policies. Be specific and provide examples.

 

5.

 

Cite evidence that informs the healthcare issue/st

ressor and/or the

policies and

 

provide two scholarly resources in support of your policy or practice

recommendations.

 

 

 

**

A

t least 5 references

**

 

 

Assignment: Developing Organizational

Policies and Practices

Competing needs arise within any organization as employees seek to meet their targets

and leaders seek to meet company goals. As a leader, successful management of

these goals requires establishing priorities and allocating resources accordingly.

Within a healthcare setting, the needs of the workforce, resources, and patients are

often in conflict. Mandatory overtime, implementation of staffing ratios, use of

unlicensed assisting personnel, and employer reductions of education benefits are

examples of practices that might lead to conflicting needs in practice.

Leaders can contribute to both the problem and the solution through policies, action,

and inaction. In this Assignment, you will further develop the white paper you began

work on in Module 1 by addressing competing needs within your organization.

 

To Prepare:

 Review the national healthcare issue/stressor you examined in your Assignment

for Module 1. (See attached document- WK2Assg_Lopez Cordova-A. ) and

review the analysis of the healthcare issue/stressor you selected.

 Identify and review two evidence-based scholarly resources that focus on

proposed policies/practices to apply to your selected healthcare issue/stressor.

 

The Assignment – Instructions (4 pages):

 

Developing Organizational Policies and Practices

 

Add a section to the paper you submitted in Module 1. (See attached document-

WK2Assg_Lopez Cordova-A. Add the 4 pages to this document)

The new section should address the following:

 

1. Identify and describe at least two competing needs impacting your selected

healthcare issue/stressor.

2. Describe a relevant policy or practice in your organization that may influence

your selected healthcare issue/stressor.

3. Critique the policy for ethical considerations and explain the policy’s strengths

and challenges in promoting ethics.

4. Recommend one or more policy or practice changes designed to balance the

competing needs of resources, workers, and patients, while addressing any

ethical shortcomings of the existing policies. Be specific and provide examples.

5. Cite evidence that informs the healthcare issue/stressor and/or the policies and

provide two scholarly resources in support of your policy or practice

recommendations.

 

 

**At least 5 references**