Organizational Analysis

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GUIDELINES FOR ORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS ASSIGNMENT Updated 1.27.25

Please see the scoring rubric found with the assignment for point values

After reviewing the keynote and studying the readings, you should now be ready to proceed with your assignment. In this assignment, you will conduct a remote organizational analysis based on what you have learned from the readings in this unit.

Choose an organization from the list found in the Week One Module. Please note: Due to the number of students enrolled in the multiple sections of NU 613, we respectfully ask that you do not make direct contact with the facility. Use the information available to the public online to complete your assessment.

All assignments are to be submitted electronically within the course. Because the faculty receive many of the same assignments a file naming format is established for all student submissions. The file naming standard is as follows:

File naming standard: Student’s Last name, First name, Class Number with section, and Assignment Name. For example, Doe-Jane-NU613.801-Organizational Analysis Paper Please submit your paper as a pdf document.

Your paper will automatically be submitted to Turnitin when you submit the assignment. You can review and revise the paper and resubmit it based on any identified concerns in the Turnitin report until the due date. Caution: Papers resubmitted after the due date will be treated as late papers and the late penalty described in the syllabus will apply. Submit the assignment at least 48 to 72 hours before the due date to ensure time to obtain the Turnitin report back. Extensions will NOT be granted if you wait to the last minute to submit an assignment or do not receive a report back in time for revisions.

Early grading: Faculty may be available to grade the paper before the due date if you have completed your review of the Turnitin report. If your submission is ready for grading prior to the due date, please place a comment in the assignment area that the submission is final and ready for grading.

Scholarship Expectations: The assignment will be formatted based on the APA7th edition. There will be a title page and headings used appropriately. Clarity and conciseness in writing, grammar and spelling will be consistent with graduate level work. Please use Times New Roman font in a 12 setting. Although APA does allow other fonts, for purposes of this assignment, only the one font, Times New Roman at a 12 setting is allowed. Use primary sources when available for citing and referencing content in the paper.

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You are clinical nurse scholars in the making. You are the nurses with advanced education/ DNPs and members of the highly literate profession of advanced practice nursing who will chart the future of health care. Good writing ability is as much a required skill for nurses in advanced practice as performing clinical functions. Therefore, precision and scholarship is expected in all assignments.

Organizational Analysis Rubric Introduction paragraph (one paragraph). There must be a thesis statement at the end of the paragraph that tells the reader the purpose of paper and what will be discussed.

Before you begin the analysis of the hospital, establish healthcare organizations in the 21st century as complex adaptive systems. What does a leader need to understand about change in a CAS? Discuss the leadership challenges of transformation of complex systems.

Introducing the Organization Identify an organization you selected for review from the list. Review the organization’s website. Provide a basic introduction to the organization. Give an overall description the mission, values and community work of the organization. Describe the size of the organization.

Is the organization a for-profit or not -for profit-structure? Evaluate the Community Needs assessment for the facility and/or the annual report or if the organization is a for-profit, the annual report for shareholders. What opportunities for the future work of the organization are identified? . Can't find the Community Health Needs assessment for a not-for-profit facility? Look at other information available on the site and summarize what you can and note the report is not readily available. Interestingly, the report is required every 3 years and should be available but you may find the facility you are reviewing is out of compliance. https://www.irs.gov/charities- non-profits/community-health-needs-assessment-for-charitable- hospital-organizations-section-501r3

Culture: Describe Edgar Schein's definition of culture including artifacts, espouse values and assumptions. Examine the organizations human resources information as well as any literature or websites describing the organization. Based on Schein's definition of culture, seek outward evidence of the culture by reviewing the selected organization's newsletters, ads, and pictures. Describe the observable culture of the organization based on Edgar Schein's model.

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Price Transparency: From the CMS website: Hospital price transparency helps Americans know the cost of a hospital item or service before receiving it. Starting January 1, 2021, each hospital operating in the United States will be required to provide clear, accessible pricing information online about the items and services they provide in two ways: 1. As a comprehensive machine- readable file with all items and services. 2. In a display of shoppable services in a consumer-friendly format.

Can you find the transparent cost of a hospital item on the hospital’s website? Was it difficult to find? Choose any two items and compare the cost of the items at the facility selected for the organizational analysis (OA) to a facility in the same region. For example, if the facility for the analysis in Wyoming, choose another Wyoming hospital for comparison. Is the OA facility a lower or higher cost provider? You must include the amounts of each item that you compared .

What do Others Say About the Organization? Recognition: Is the organization listed as a Malcolm Baldridge Award recipient? https://www.nist.gov/baldrige/award-recipients

Discuss the reasons an organization might consider applying for the

Malcolm Baldridge Award. Did the organization list other certifications such as Stroke designation, or Cardiac designations, etc.?

Is the facility Magnet designated? What value would Magnet designation potentially bring to the facility? https://www.nursingworld.org/organizational-programs/magnet/find-a- magnet-organization

Public Reported information about the facility: Using the Hospital compare site located at https://www.medicare.gov/care- compare/?providerType=Hospital&redirect=true How many stars does the facility have? How does the facility compare to other facilities nationally? Are there opportunities for improvement?

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CMS complaints: Have there been investigated complaints regarding failure to comply with the CMS Conditions of Participation ? See the public information available at: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/health-safety-standards/guidance-for-laws- regulations/hospitals/hospitals

• Information is located in the file labeled: Hospital Surveys with 2567 Statement of Deficiencies - through 2024 Q3 (XLSX)

Briefly describe the purpose of the CMS Conditions of Participation (CoPs). What does a finding of Immediate Jeopardy mean to the facility? As an advanced practice nurse, why is it important for leadership to understand the CoPs?

Safety Score Assess the LeapFrog scores for the hospital https://www.hospitalsafetygrade.org/your- hospitals-safety-grade What is the letter grade for the facility? What are the specific concerns contributing to the score. What does the score mean? LeapFrog does provide some information about the staffing and the number of BSNs however the information is broad and does not provide conclusive data for the score. Instead, look at areas such as infection rates, falls, etc.

Conclusion Summarize the essential points of the analysis of the organization. What conclusions were reached based on the assessment? Scholarship Demonstrate Graduate Level Scholarship. 1. Formal, scholarly writing style; no first- person language. Use Times New Roman font with a 12 setting for size. 2. Writing should be clear and concise. 3. Organize work by headings. 4. Writing should be free of APA errors. 5. The assignment will automatically be submitted to Turnitin when the assignment is submitted. Turnitin is set up to disregard the reference list. Review the Turnitin report for areas that may have been used in other sources including your own past work. Paraphrase the content as needed and resubmit the assignment until the due date. If the student has added a comment in the course assignment area that the paper is ready for early grading, it can no longer be revised and resubmitted.

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6. CON approved format for a title page (see APA 7th ed) introduction, and page numbers. 7. Paper to include a minimum of 5 peer- reviewed or scholarly references. 8. Citations and references follow APA 7th ed format. 9. Writing should be free of grammatical and spelling errors. 10. Paper not to exceed seven (7) pages (excluding title page, reference page, and any appendices). 11. Follow all assignment instructions. Additional deductions may apply for late submissions, plagiarism or lack of scholarship and professionalism in the assignment.