M1

Unit 1 – Introduction & Organizational Culture

Reading Assignment

· Chapters 1 & 2 in Sullivan

· Chapter 3 – Nursing Students ONLY – in Sullivan

Individual Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this unit, the student will be able to:

1. Describe the forces that are changing in the health care system.

2. Discuss changes in paying for health care.

3. Explain how quality improvement and benchmarking can reduce medical errors.

4. Explain how evidence-based practice is changing in nursing and in the health professions.

5. Explain how to become a Magnet-certified hospital

6. Explain what emerging technologies mean for nursing and the health care professions.

7. Discuss how cultural, gender and generational differences affect management

8. Explain why preparation is the best defense against violence and disasters

9. Discuss the changes and challenges that nurses and health care professionals face.

10. Discuss how organizational theories differ.

11. Describe the different types of health care organizations & explain how they are structured.

12. Discuss various ways that health care is provided.

13. Demonstrate how strategic planning guides the organization’s future

14. Discuss how organizational environment and culture affect workplace conditions.

15. Describe how the delivery system structures nursing care (Nurses only).

16. Describe what types of nursing care delivery systems exist (Nurses only).

17. Describe the positive and negative aspects of different systems (Nurses only).

18. Describe evolving types of delivery systems that have emerged (Nurses only).

19. Explain characteristics of effective delivery systems (Nurses only).

IMPORTANT

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Unit 1 – Assignments

Assignment 1

· Name three changes that you would suggest to reduce the cost of health care without compromising patients’ health and safety? Consider how you could help make these changes.

Assignment 2

· How could you help reduce medical errors? What can you suggest that a health care organization could do?

Assignment 3

· Organizational theories explain how organizations function. Which theory or theories describe your organization’s function? Do you think it is the same theory your organization’s administrators would use to describe it? Explain.

What is the culture of the organization (work/school)? What would you change in the organization that would be beneficial to the culture?

Assignment 4

· Have you ever been involved in strategic planning? If so, explain what happened and how well it worked in directing the organization’s activities.

Assignment 5

· Go to the Internet and find a hospital web site. Find the hospital’s mission, vision and goals. This can be a local hospital or one in another state. Analyze the web site and submit your analysis in writing. Tell me what the mission statement says and what it means. Describe what it says about the organization along with your assessment of the organizational website – is it comprehensive? Easy to navigate? Informative?