Developing Organizational Policies and Practices

Reading Resources And The Question

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, 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.

● Reflect on the feedback you received from your colleagues on your Discussion

post regarding competing needs.

The Assignment (4-5 pages):

Developing Organizational Policies and Practices

Add a section to the paper you submitted in Module 1. The new section should address

the following:

● Identify and describe at least two competing needs impacting your selected

healthcare issue/stressor.

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

your selected healthcare issue/stressor.

● Critique the policy for ethical considerations, and explain the policy’s strengths

and challenges in promoting ethics.

● 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.

● 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.

● Due to the nature of this assignment, your instructor may require more than 7

days to provide you with quality feedback.

Required Readings

American Nurses Association. (2015). Code of ethics for nurses with interpretive

statements. Silver Spring, MD: Author. Retrieved from

https://www.nursingworld.org/coe-view-only

Note: Review all, with special attention to “Provision 6” (pp. 23–26).

Kelly, P., & Porr, C. (2018). Ethical nursing care versus cost containment:

Considerations to enhance RN practice. OJIN: Online Journal of Issues in Nursing,

23(1), Manuscript 6. doi:10.3912/OJIN.Vol23No01Man06. Retrieved from

http://ojin.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJI

N/TableofContents/Vol-23-2018/No1-Jan-2018/Ethical-Nursing-Cost-Containment.html

Milliken, A. (2018). Ethical awareness: What it is and why it matters. OJIN: Online

Journal of Issues in Nursing, 23(1), Manuscript 1. doi:10.3912/OJIN.Vol23No01Man01.

Retrieved from

http://ojin.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJI

N/TableofContents/Vol-23-2018/No1-Jan-2018/Ethical-Awareness.html

Required Media Laureate Education (Producer). (2012). Ethical, Moral, and Legal Leadership [Video

file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.