DNP835 Strategic Leadership and Business Management
Module 1 Discussion
After reading the learning materials for this module develop three challenges to healthcare and provide a short discussion of possible nursing leadership interventions. Discuss how the nursing leadership role is instrumental in providing effective healthcare delivery.
Your initial posting should be 250 to 350 words in length and utilize at least one scholarly source other than the textbook. Please reply to at least two classmates. Replies to classmates should be between 150 and 200 words in length. To properly “thread” your discussion posting, please click on REPLY.
DNP835 Strategic Leadership and Business Management
Module 2 Discussion
Discuss value-based healthcare delivery. Include the role of nursing in this delivery paradigm. Discuss how nursing leadership influences value-based healthcare delivery in systems management.
Your initial posting should be 250 to 350 words in length and utilize at least one scholarly source other than the textbook. Please reply to at least two classmates. Replies to classmates should be between 150 and 200 words in length. To properly “thread” your discussion posting, please click on REPLY.
DNP835 Strategic Leadership and Business Management
Module 3 Discussion
As a nursing leader you are ask to identify the cultural challenges that will be facing your staff in the next five years. Discuss how you would recognize these needs and what tools you will use to develop a response to the challenges. Identify a changing cultural dynamic in your community and discuss how this dynamic is influencing the way healthcare is and will be delivered.
Your initial posting should be 250 to 350 words in length and utilize at least one scholarly source other than the textbook. Please reply to at least two classmates. Replies to classmates should be between 150 and 200 words in length. To properly “thread” your discussion posting, please click on REPLY.
DNP835 Strategic Leadership and Business Management
Module 4 Discussion
Discuss transformational leadership as relates to the role of a nursing manager. Then read the article: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/771912, and discuss three behavioral changes you might adopt as a nursing leader.
Your initial posting should be 250 to 350 words in length and utilize at least one scholarly source other than the textbook. Please reply to at least two classmates. Replies to classmates should be between 150 and 200 words in length. To properly “thread” your discussion posting, please click on REPLY.
DNP835 Strategic Leadership and Business Management
Module 5 Discussion
Discuss a recent unsuccessful change in healthcare that you have experienced. Discuss how you would improve the outcome. Discuss how you would use value-based healthcare delivery to influence a change behavior on a nursing unit.
Your initial posting should be 250 to 350 words in length and utilize at least one scholarly source other than the textbook. Please reply to at least two classmates. Replies to classmates should be between 150 and 200 words in length. To properly “thread” your discussion posting, please click on REPLY.
DNP835 Strategic Leadership and Business Management
Module 6 Discussion
Describe your perspective on how mission/vision statements should drive healthcare delivery decisions. Discuss why many mission/vision statements do not drive healthcare decisions and why.
Your initial posting should be 250 to 350 words in length and utilize at least one scholarly source other than the textbook. Please reply to at least two classmates. Replies to classmates should be between 150 and 200 words in length. To properly “thread” your discussion posting, please click on REPLY.
DNP835 Strategic Leadership and Business Management
Module 7 Discussion
Identify a mentor that guided you through a key process of adopting professional practice behaviors. Discuss how the mentor assisted you with the process and describe three methods you recognize and share as quality professional behaviors.
Your initial posting should be 250 to 350 words in length and utilize at least one scholarly source other than the textbook. Please reply to at least two classmates. Replies to classmates should be between 150 and 200 words in length. To properly “thread” your discussion posting, please click on REPLY.
DNP835 Strategic Leadership and Business Management
Module 8 Discussion
Describe how successful nursing leaders guide professional practice for those around them using this example: an employee has resigned and the resignation letter is angry and includes many negative comments about the organization. How would you respond to the employee? Discuss the how participating in change helps a nursing leader grow and mature in their professional practice.
Your initial posting should be 250 to 350 words in length and utilize at least one scholarly source other than the textbook. Please reply to at least two classmates. Replies to classmates should be between 150 and 200 words in length. To properly “thread” your discussion posting, please click on REPLY.
DNP835 Strategic Leadership and Business Management
Module 1 Assignment
Historical Healthcare Challenges - Write a 2000-2500 word essay addressing each of the following points/questions. Support your ideas with at least three (3) scholarly citations in your essay. Use strict APA guidelines to format the paper. The cover page and reference page do not count towards the minimum word amount and an abstract and table of contents are not necessary and if included are not part of the overall word count.
1. Healthcare challenges have changed dramatically in the last ten years. Provide a discussion of how healthcare delivery has changed. Include the role of nursing leadership in the changes. Include a discussion on the likely role of nursing leadership in future challenges.
DNP835 Strategic Leadership and Business Management
Module 2 Assignment
Imagine you have been asked to present your recommendations on implementing value-based healthcare delivery with a focus on the role of nursing in the development of the delivery model. You will develop the project as if to present the proposal to the healthcare system's board of directors. Be sure to include specific roles and how the changes will improve healthcare delivery and financial management.
For this assignment, create a Microsoft PowerPoint® or OpenOffice Impress® presentation of 20 slides total, include an introductory slide, a reference slide and 18 content slides with an audio explanation and detailed speaker notes on all content slides. A guide to creating a quality presentation is located in the Writing and Resource Center. Be thorough, include rationale and support for your recommendations.
DNP835 Strategic Leadership and Business Management
Module 3 Assignment
Cultural Driven Healthcare Delivery - Write a 2000-2500 word essay addressing each of the following points/questions. Support your ideas with at least three (3) scholarly citations in your essay. Use strict APA guidelines to format the paper. The cover page and reference page do not count towards the minimum word amount and an abstract and table of contents are not necessary and if included are not part of the overall word count.
Describe five cultures that are currently influencing healthcare and effecting delivery decisions. Discuss each culture in detail and describe potential challenges to healthcare delivery. Include a discussion of how you would address nursing staff ensuring that these cultures were handled with respect and appropriate care delivery behavior.
DNP835 Strategic Leadership and Business Management
Module 4 Assignment
Readiness in Transforming Healthcare - Write a 2000-2500 word essay addressing each of the following points/questions. Support your ideas with at least three (3) scholarly citations in your essay. Use strict APA guidelines to format the paper. The cover page and reference page do not count towards the minimum word amount and an abstract and table of contents are not necessary and if included are not part of the overall word count.
Describe a recent change you experienced in your professional practice. Describe in detail three things that were successful and three things that were not successful. Include a discussion of why the successes worked and what could have been done to make the less successful actions effective.
DNP835 Strategic Leadership and Business Management
Module 5 Assignment
Implementing Change - Your interview should be 2000-2500 words and should include at least three (3) citations. Clearly mark each heading to identify the interviews and summaries. Follow the guidelines for APA writing style. Be sure to use APA guidelines for referencing in an interview.
Interview a Nursing Leader. Develop questions about the practice change process and how practice change was used to influence patient outcomes. Discuss how the outcome was chosen and what goals were intended by the practice change process. Include how success or failure was achieved and what metrics were developed or used to determine the outcome of the practice change. Include a discussion of the practice change process, what the Nursing Leader's expectations were and if these expectations were met. Describe anything the Nursing Leader would have liked to done differently in implementing the change
DNP835 Strategic Leadership and Business Management
Module 6 Assignment
Develop a Microsoft PowerPoint® or OpenOffice Impress® presentation with 20 slides total: including an introductory slide, a reference slide and 18 content slides with an audio explanation and detailed speaker notes on all content slides.
As a nursing leader you have been ask to assess the mission/vision statement of an organization. Choose a Mission/Vision statement and create a PowerPoint presentation identifying components of the chosen Mission/Vision statement that clearly drive patient care and components that are cloudy or ambiguous. Provide alternate statements that clarify the Mission/Vision statement for quality healthcare delivery and ensure the Mission/Vision statement is disambiguous.
For this assignment, your Microsoft PowerPoint® or OpenOffice Impress® presentation must be 20 slides total, including an introductory slide, a reference slide and 18 content slides with an audio explanation and detailed speaker notes on all content slides. An example of what to include in a quality presentation is located in the Resources tab.
DNP835 Strategic Leadership and Business Management
Module 7 Assignment
**BENCHMARK** Reflecting on Personal Professional Behaviors - Write a 3000-3500 word essay addressing each of the following points/questions. Support your ideas with at least three (3) scholarly citations in your essay. Use strict APA guidelines to format the paper. The cover page and reference page do not count towards the minimum word amount and an abstract and table of contents are not necessary and if included are not part of the overall word count.
This is a reflective professional assignment. Choose five positive characteristics and five characteristics that need improvement in your professional behaviors and practice. Use nursing leadership theory, leadership theory, and change theory discuss how these characteristics developed, how you intend to maximize the positive and what you will do with those needing improvement. Include short and long term plans to re-assess these characteristics and the effectiveness of your use of them. Finally describe how this reflective assignment would assist with assessing behaviors in your colleagues.
DNP835 Strategic Leadership and Business Management
Module 8 Assignment
Change and Growth - Write a 2000-2500 word essay addressing each of the following points/questions. Support your ideas with at least three (3) scholarly citations in your essay.
• Using concepts and ideas that you have learned in this course describe how you will approach future change.
• Discuss growth you perceive has happened in your professional practice.
• Describe any differences in how you will approach change in the future.
• Finally, describe how you intend to measure future success in change for both yourself and others.
Assignment Expectations
Length: 2000-2500 words; answers must thoroughly address each of the points in a clear, concise manner.
Structure: Include a title page and reference page (if needed) in APA style. These do not count towards the minimum word count for this assignment.
References: Use the appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions.
Format: Save your assignment as a Microsoft Word document (.doc or .docx).
File name: Name your saved file according to your first initial, last name, and the assignment number (for example, “RHall Assignment 1.docx”)