Effective Decision-Making

Assessment Description

Decision-making is a constant process for those in leadership roles. An effective leader must be able to understand the daily problems that arise and present solutions beneficial to the organization, employees, and associated community or stakeholders. In a health care organization, this includes patients and their families.

In a 1,000-1,250-word paper, discuss the aspects that help leaders make effective and ethical decisions in health care.

1. Explain why hospitals draw from data analysis to support evidenced-based strategies and leadership decision-making in health care.

2. Describe the role of ethics in decision-making.

3. Propose steps a leader can take to promote ethical decision-making and address ethical conflicts that arise during the decision-making process.

4. Compare ethical decision-making in your current or future health care setting with the Christian worldview principle of ethical decision-making.

A minimum of the textbook, one standard professional resource, and three other scholarly references from credible sources are required for this assignment. Two of the three scholarly resources must be from a peer-reviewed journal published within the past 5 years and must be appropriate for the assignment criteria and health care setting.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

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