Nursing
Ethical Dilemmas for Nurse Leaders
In this article review, you will explore ethical issues and discuss their implications.
Step 1 Read the attached article, Moral Courage and the Nurse Leader by Cole Edmonson
Step 2 Based on the article, answer the following questions in a two-page (500-word) paper:
What are the sources of ethical dilemmas for nurse leaders?
How should nurse leaders handle those issues?
Explain the 4As Framework recommended by the
Non-profit health care organization and clinical care
In this writing assignment, you will complete a paper addressing an issue from the perspective of the nurse manager on a unit.
Step 1 Review your unit’s and/or facility’s organizational chart.
You have been promoted to nurse manager of your unit. You realize that to function effectively, you must have a better understanding of your organization’s structure and, specifically, the chain of command.
Find and analyze the organizational chart of the healthcare organization you are currently working for or for one that you have encountered in your nursing experience.
Step 2 In a two-page (500-word) paper, address the following points:
Give a brief description of the organization of the healthcare structure used in your facility.
Describe the chain of command used in your organization and identify the people you report to and those who report to you.
Consider the following and discuss how the chain of command is used to implement change.
Based on the organization chart, what leadership structure is used in the organization—hierarchical or flat? How does this affect implementing change?
Does this organization use a shared governance model for nursing?
Traumatic Stress Disorder
Name the DSM-IV-TR indicators necessary for a diagnosis of PTSD? (at least five of condition/symptoms, with two in each category, include specific symptoms in children)
Learning Goal: I’m working on a nursing discussion question and need guidance to help me learn.
Name the DSM-IV-TR indicators necessary for a diagnosis of PTSD? (at least five of condition/symptoms, with two in each category, include specific symptoms in children)
This question has different parts:
You must mention the five (5) conditions, 2 characteristics in each category.
Also specific symptoms in children
Do you know anyone that suffers from PTSD, if you do, please share a brief description about the case.
Nurse leader interviewee
Before starting this assignment, watch the following attached PPT to gain a better understanding of how to complete this assignment.
Part 1: Background of Healthcare/Education facility and Identification of Interviewee and Preceptor.
Step 1: Identify a healthcare center, hospital, or nursing institute of higher education that is the workplace of your selected nurse leader interviewee and write a two- to three-page (one page should consist of the Scalar diagram) essay on the main components listed.
History of Hospital/Healthcare Organization/School of Nursing’s Organizational Structure
Profit/nonprofit, number of beds, accreditation, specialties, governing bodies
Mission statement/vision/value statements
Clinical services/specialties
Legal and Regulatory Compliance of the Organization
Policy compliance standards as it pertains to HIPPA
Compliance standards for the Joint Commission
Organization’s stakeholders
Scalar Chain Diagram of Healthcare Administration
Include a Scalar chain diagram of the healthcare administration team as the final page of your essay. Include in the organization’s hierarchy, the facility President and CEO, the Chief Nursing Officer, and continue down the line. If a diagram is not available on the organization’s website, or the interviewee cannot provide it, you will have to design one.
Step 2 Identify an RN administrator to be interviewed.
Contact a healthcare administrator who works for the healthcare center, hospital, or nursing institute of higher education (BSN minimum) being researched. Contact this nurse administrator/leader to schedule an interview as soon as possible. Provide the contact information and credentials of this interviewee to your course instructor.
Step 3 Identify a preceptor.
Contact your preceptor to give an overview of the direction that you would like to take for your project.
Step 4 Cite all sources in APA 7th edition format.
PART 2: INTERVIEW
Before starting this assignment, you may want to watch the following PowerPoint presentation again to gain a better understanding of how to complete this assignment.
Working environment
You are a staff nurse in the intensive care unit (ICU) at one of your city’s two hospitals. You have worked at this hospital for 5 years and transferred to the ICU 2 years ago. You love nursing but are sometimes frustrated in your job due to a short supply of nurses, excessive overtime demands, and the stress of working with critically ill patients.
The hospital has a closed shop, so union dues are deducted from your pay even though you are not actively involved in the union. The present union contract is up for renegotiation, and the union and management have been unable to agree on numerous issues. When the management made its last offer, the new contract was rejected by the nurses. Now that the old contract has expired, nurses are free to strike if they vote to do so.