Discussion Week # 3 _ NURS 6053

**THIS DISCUSSION IS DIVIDE IN TWO PARTS –

1. MAIN DISCUSSION POST BY Wednesday 06/16/2021

2. TWO REPLIES BY Friday 06/18/2021

Discussion: Organizational Policies and Practices to Support Healthcare Issues

Quite often, nurse leaders are faced with ethical dilemmas, such as those associated with choices between competing needs and limited resources. Resources are finite, and competition for those resources occurs daily in all organizations.

For example, the use of 12-hour shifts has been a strategy to retain nurses. However, evidence suggests that as nurses work more hours in a shift, they commit more errors. How do effective leaders find a balance between the needs of the organization and the needs of ensuring quality, effective, and safe patient care?

In this Discussion, you will reflect on a national healthcare issue and examine how competing needs may impact the development of polices to address that issue.

To Prepare:

· Review the Resources and think about the national healthcare issue/stressor you previously selected for study in Module 1. (see attached document for the issue/stressor)

· Reflect on the competing needs in healthcare delivery as they pertain to the national healthcare issue/stressor you previously examined.

Instructions:

· Post an explanation of how competing needs, such as the needs of the workforce, resources, and patients, may impact the development of policy.

· Then, describe any specific competing needs that may impact the national healthcare issue/stressor you selected. (see attached document)

· What are the impacts, and how might policy address these competing needs?

· Be specific and provide examples.

**Use at least 3 references**