Milestone Assignment
Topic- Nursing shortage and the need for more nurses
Facility- Mary Manning Walsh Nursing Home (New York)
The milestone assignments in this course, including this one (Introduction), are to help you prepare for the final executive summary presentation. In the executive summary, you will present a proposal for addressing or improving a quality patient indicator within a healthcare organization. The executive summary presentation includes an introduction, evidence-based, peer-reviewed support, an implementation plan, and considerations of organizational and leadership roles. The Introduction sets the stage for your proposal, briefly laying out for the reader (or the healthcare executive) the importance of the issue at hand. As this is a scholarly endeavor, you must use at least two evidence-based sources in this opening or introduction. All APA requirements must be met. Feedback that is provided by the faculty in this and future milestones is to be incorporated into the final project assignment.
Prompt: In your milestone, make sure to address the following topics:
1. Organization: Analyze the organization to determine the key characteristics (including organizational values, if applicable) important for consideration when developing plans for change and implementation of quality indicator proposals.
2. Improvement Opportunity: What is the issue(s) involving patient safety and financial considerations within the organization that needs to be addressed? Explain the connection between patient safety and financial state of the organization in terms of opportunity presented.
3. Purpose: Articulate the overall purpose of your proposal/proposed initiative for improving quality of care within your organization. In other words, what is your intended initiative for addressing the issue(s)/improvement opportunity identified?
4. Proposal Initiative: Detail the initiative you are proposing in terms of its application to your organization. In other words, what is it that you are proposing, and why is it relevant for your organization?
5. Leadership: Articulate the role leadership plays in the current situation/environment that needs to be addressed. In other words, in presenting your proposal to leadership, you will need to articulate the overall role they play in the current environment, such as whether leadership is attempting to address the issue, is unintentionally furthering the issue, or has not yet identified your concerns as an organizational issue.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.