Assignment: Developing Organizational Policies and Practice
Assignment: Developing Organizational Policies and Practice
Assignment: Developing Organizational
Policies and Practices
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.
By Day 7 of Week 3
Submit your revised paper.
Submission and Grading Information
To submit your completed Assignment for review and grading, do the following:
Please save your Assignment using the naming convention “WK3Assgn+last name+first
initial.(extension)” as the name.
Click the Week 3 Assignment Rubric to review the Grading Criteria for the
Assignment.
Click the Week 3 Assignment link. You will also be able to “View Rubric” for grading
criteria from this area.
Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the
document you saved as “WK3Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open.
If applicable: From the Plagiarism Tools area, click the checkbox for I agree to submit
my paper(s) to the Global Reference Database.
Click on the Submit button to complete your submission.
Grading Criteria
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Learning Resources
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/OJIN/Tabl
eofContents/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/OJIN/Tabl
eofContents/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.
Laureate Education (Producer). (2009b). Working with Individuals [Video file]. Baltimore, MD:
Author.