NR 531 Week 3 Assignment Shared Governance Journey Paper

NR 531 Week 3 Assignment Shared Governance Journey Paper

Shared Governance Model for SLMC

There has been emergence of distinct configurations of models of practice within healthcare systems. Shared governance model has proven to be highly productive in enhancing team nursing, accountability systems, managed care, decision making and participation (Nelson et al., 2016). The shared governance model is desirable following its ability to allow for the integration of the core values and beliefs embraced by the professional practice as an agency for achievement of quality care. Taking this into account, this paper seeks to discuss shared governance model for SLMC, the key concepts of the model, empirical evidence supporting the project and provides examples demonstrating the implications of the shared-governance model to nursing.

The Key Concepts of the Shared-Governance Model

The shared governance model I as a nursing executive intent to implement in Saint Louis Medical Center (SLMC) will include the key concepts of equity, ownership, accountability and partnership (Goodman et al., 2015). Equity entails equal focus on patient, services and staff for safe and effective care provision where each member owns equal responsibility in the quality of care and patient outcomes. All members’ roles are equally crucial as each member’s skills and knowledge are integrated to deliver quality care to patients in the most effective and efficient approach.

Ownership means that an organization’s productivity is dictated by the degree of each team member’s job performance. According to Goodman et al. (2015), the ability of nurses to exhibit attention to detail and pride in their performance is an indicator of ownership. Further, ownership entails taking responsibility for actions and outcomes regardless whether good or not. Through ownership, individual’s objectives become team objectives as the team succeeds through skillful participation and integration of each individual’s effort.

NR 531 Nursing Leadership in Healthcare Organizations

Purpose

The purposes of this assignment are to: (a) identify and articulate key concepts of one of the following: either your future pathway to excellence or your shared-governance model you wish to initiate at one of the three areas: 1. Saint Louis Medical Center (SLMC)/community or critical access hospital, 2. Home health/community transition, or 3. Long term care/skilled nursing facility (SNF) or memory care (CO 5), (b) provide empirical, scholarly evidence to support your proposed project (CO 4), and (c) communicate your information in a clear, succinct, and scholarly manner (CO 5).

Note: You are completing this assignment as if you are the nurse executive. You are to decide whether you wish to focus on implementing your pathway to excellence or a shared governance model. You will choose one of the areas to implement either your pathway to excellence or your shared governance model. What elements would like to adopt and implement for your organization?

Course Outcomes

Through this assignment, the student will demonstrate the ability to:

(CO4) Apply the use of research in the evaluation of healthcare outcomes, utilizing critical thinking skills, and interprofessional research strategies. (PO4)

(CO5) Examine effective verbal and written communication; utilizing communication skills of the professional role to promote and improve quality and safety in healthcare. (PO1, 2, 5)

Requirements:

This paper will be graded on quality of paper information, use of citations, use of standard grammar, sentence structure, and organization based on the required components.

Create this assignment using Microsoft (MS) Word, which is the required format for all Chamberlain documents. You can tell that the document is saved as a MS Word document because it will end in .docx.

Submit to the appropriate assignment area by 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday of the week due. Any questions about this paper may be discussed in the weekly Q & A discussion topic.

The length of the paper is to be no greater than three pages, excluding title page and reference page.

APA format using the sixth edition manual is required in this assignment, including a title page and reference page. Use APA level 1 headings for the organizational structure of this assignment. Remember that the introduction does not carry a heading that labels it as a level heading in APA format. The first part of your paper is assumed to be the introduction. See the APA manual sixth edition for details. Use the suggested format and headings to organize your assignment.

Include introduction; include your which of the three areas of focus you have chosen (do not label as a heading in APA format)

Key components of pathway to excellence or shared-governance model

Supporting evidence

Importance to nursing examples

Conclusion

Preparing the paper

Note: Use the documents related to SLMC to assist in the completion of this assignment, as needed.

Include a clear introduction of your focus area (choose one of the three above) in the introduction paragraph, including a sentence that states the purpose of your paper.

Clearly articulate key components (at least two) of either your pathway to excellence or your shared-governance model project to be implemented.

Include a minimum of three sources of scholarly, empirical evidence that supports your area of focus. See resources related to SLMC if you need to review the information for that area.

Provide specific examples (at least two) of the impact and importance of either your pathway to excellence or shared-governance model project related to nursing. Consider how you will engage your staff and leadership team in this project.

Provide concluding statements that should summarize your overall assignment content.

The paper will be three pages maximum, excluding title and reference pages.

Title and reference pages must be in APA format following the sixth edition manual.

Use 12 point, Times New Roman font and one-inch margins on all sides of the paper.

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

Discussion Questions (DQ)

Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.

Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.

One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.

I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.

Weekly Participation

Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.

In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.

Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).

Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.

APA Format and Writing Quality

Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).

Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.

I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.

Use of Direct Quotes

I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.

As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.

It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.

Lopes Write Policy

For assignments that need to be submitted to Lopes Write, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.

Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.

Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?

Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.

Late Policy

The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.

Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.

If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.

I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.

As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.

Communication

Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:

Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.

Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.

Preparing the paper

Note: Use the documents related to SLMC to assist in the completion of this assignment, as needed.

1. Include a clear introduction of your focus area (choose one of the three above) in the introduction paragraph, including a sentence that states the purpose of your paper.

2. Clearly articulate key components (at least two) of either your pathway to excellence or your shared-governance model project to be implemented.

3. Include a minimum of three sources of scholarly, empirical evidence that supports your area of focus. See resources related to SLMC if you need to review the information for that area.

4. Provide specific examples (at least two) of the impact and importance of either your pathway to excellence or shared-governance model project related to nursing. Consider how you will engage your staff and leadership team in this project.

5. Provide concluding statements that should summarize your overall assignment content.

6. The paper will be three pages maximum, excluding title and reference pages.

7. Title and reference pages must be in APA format following the sixth edition manual.

8. Use 12 point, Times New Roman font and one-inch margins on all sides of the paper.

Important information for writing discussion questions and participation

Welcome to class

Hello class and welcome to the class and I will be your instructor for this course. This is a -week course and requires a lot of time commitment, organization, and a high level of dedication. Please use the class syllabus to guide you through all the assignments required for the course. I have also attached the classroom policies to this announcement to know your expectations for this course. Please review this document carefully and ask me any questions if you do. You could email me at any time or send me a message via the “message” icon in halo if you need to contact me. I check my email regularly, so you should get a response within 24 hours. If you have not heard from me within 24 hours and need to contact me urgently, please send a follow up text to

I strongly encourage that you do not wait until the very last minute to complete your assignments. Your assignments in weeks 4 and 5 require early planning as you would need to present a teaching plan and interview a community health provider. I advise you look at the requirements for these assignments at the beginning of the course and plan accordingly. I have posted the YouTube link that explains all the class assignments in detail. It is required that you watch this 32-minute video as the assignments from week 3 through 5 require that you follow the instructions to the letter to succeed. Failure to complete these assignments according to instructions might lead to a zero. After watching the video, please schedule a one-on-one with me to discuss your topic for your project by the second week of class. Use this link to schedule a 15-minute session. Please, call me at the time of your appointment on my number. Please note that I will NOT call you.

Please, be advised I do NOT accept any assignments by email. If you are having technical issues with uploading an assignment, contact the technical department and inform me of the issue. If you have any issues that would prevent you from getting your assignments to me by the deadline, please inform me to request a possible extension. Note that working fulltime or overtime is no excuse for late assignments. There is a 5%-point deduction for every day your assignment is late. This only applies to approved extensions. Late assignments will not be accepted.

If you think you would be needing accommodations due to any reasons, please contact the appropriate department to request accommodations.

Plagiarism is highly prohibited. Please ensure you are citing your sources correctly using APA 7th edition. All assignments including discussion posts should be formatted in APA with the appropriate spacing, font, margin, and indents. Any papers not well formatted would be returned back to you, hence, I advise you review APA formatting style. I have attached a sample paper in APA format and will also post sample discussion responses in subsequent announcements.

Your initial discussion post should be a minimum of 200 words and response posts should be a minimum of 150 words. Be advised that I grade based on quality and not necessarily the number of words you post. A minimum of TWO references should be used for your initial post. For your response post, you do not need references as personal experiences would count as response posts. If you however cite anything from the literature for your response post, it is required that you cite your reference. You should include a minimum of THREE references for papers in this course. Please note that references should be no more than 5 years old except recommended as a resource for the class. Furthermore, for each discussion board question, you need ONE initial substantive response and TWO substantive responses to either your classmates or your instructor for a total of THREE responses. There are TWO discussion questions each week, hence, you need a total minimum of SIX discussion posts for each week. I usually post a discussion question each week. You could also respond to these as it would count towards your required SIX discussion posts for the week.

I understand this is a lot of information to cover in 5 weeks, however, the Bible says in Philippians 4:13 that we can do all things through Christ that strengthens us. Even in times like this, we are encouraged by God’s word that we have that ability in us to succeed with His strength. I pray that each and every one of you receives strength for this course and life generally as we navigate through this pandemic that is shaking our world today. Relax and enjoy the course!

Hi Class,

Please read through the following information on writing a Discussion question response and participation posts.

Contact me if you have any questions.

Important information on Writing a Discussion Question

• Your response needs to be a minimum of 150 words (not including your list of references)
• There needs to be at least TWO references with ONE being a peer reviewed professional journal article.
• Include in-text citations in your response
• Do not include quotes—instead summarize and paraphrase the information
• Follow APA-7th edition
• Points will be deducted if the above is not followed

Participation –replies to your classmates or instructor

• A minimum of 6 responses per week, on at least 3 days of the week.
• Each response needs at least ONE reference with citations—best if it is a peer reviewed journal article
• Each response needs to be at least 75 words in length (does not include your list of references)
• Responses need to be substantive by bringing information to the discussion or further enhance the discussion. Responses of “I agree” or “great post” does not count for the word count.
• Follow APA 7th edition
• Points will be deducted if the above is not followed

• Remember to use and follow APA-7th edition for all weekly assignments, discussion questions, and participation points.
• Here are some helpful links
• The is a great resource

 

 

Category	Points	%	Description
Introduction	30	15%	Introduction clearly introduces your focus area and purpose of the assignment.
Pathway to Excellence or Shared Governance Model Components	45	22.5%	The key components of either the pathway to excellence or shared-governance model for the project are clearly articulated.
Evidence	30	15%	There is a minimum of three scholarly, empirical evidence sources supporting your area of focus.
Examples	40	20%	Examples clearly demonstrate the impact or importance of either your pathway to excellence or your shared-governance model project related to nursing and how you will engage your staff and leadership.
Conclusion	30	15%	Concluding statements summarizing content are present.
Text, title page, and references are consistent with APA format.	10	5%	Text, title page, and references are consistent with APA format.
Ideas and information from other sources are cited correctly.	10	5%	Ideas and information from other sources are cited correctly.
Rules of grammar, word usage, and punctuation are followed.	5	2.5%	Rules of grammar, word usage, and punctuation are followed.
Total	200	100	A quality assignment will meet or exceed all of the above requirements.

 

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Grading Rubric

Assignment Criteria	Exceptional (100%) Outstanding or highest level of performance	Exceeds (88%) Very good or high level of performance	Meets (80%) Competent or satisfactory level of performance	Needs Improvement (38%) Poor or failing level of performance	Developing (0) Unsatisfactory level of performance
Content Possible Points = 175 Points
Introduction (include focus area)	30 points	26 points	24 points	11 Points	0 points
	Introduction introduces your focus area and purpose of assignment clearly.	Introduction introduces your focus area with minor lack of clarity or elements.	Introduction of your focus area lacks occasional important element or specificity.	Introduction of focus area has multiple instances of inaccuracies	Introduction of focus area is not present.
Pathway to Excellence or Shared-Governance Model Components	45 points	40 points	36 points	17 Points	0 points
	Identification of key components of either the pathway to excellence or shared-governance model for the project are clearly articulated, with no inaccuracy.	Identification of key components of either the pathway to excellence or shared-governance model for the project is articulated with rare inaccuracy.	Identification of key components of either the pathway to excellence or shared-governance model for the project lacks occasional important elements or specificity.	Identification of the key components of either the pathway to excellence or shared-governance model for the project has multiple instances of inaccuracies.	Identification of the key components of either the pathway to excellence or shared-governance model for the project is not present.
Evidence	30 points	26 points	24 points	11 Points	0 points
	At least three empirical, scholarly evidence sources supporting your area of focus are included.	Empirical, scholarly evidence sources supporting your area of focus included with rare inaccuracy; or only two sources are included.	Empirical, scholarly evidence sources supporting your area of focus lack occasional important element or specificity; or less than two sources are included.	Empirical, scholarly evidence sources supporting your area of focus have multiple instances of inaccuracies.	Empirical, scholarly evidence sources supporting your area of focus are not present.
Examples	40 points	35 points	32 points	15 points	0 points
	Specific examples clearly demonstrate the impact or importance of either your pathway to excellence or your shared-governance model project related to nursing and how you will engage your staff and leadership.	Examples demonstrate the impact or importance of either your pathway to excellence or your shared-governance model project related to nursing and how you will engage your staff and leadership, with missing elements.	Examples clearly demonstrate moderate impact or importance of either your pathway to excellence or your shared-governance model project related to nursing and how you will engage your staff and leadership.	Examples clearly demonstrate little impact or importance of either your pathway to excellence or your shared-governance model project related to nursing and how you will engage your staff and leadership.	Examples are not present.
Conclusion	30 points	26 points	24 points	11 Points	0 points
	Concluding statements summarizing content are present and accurate.	Concluding statements summarizing content are present with rare inaccuracy or missing elements.	Concluding statements summarizing content lack occasional important elements or specificity.	Concluding statements summarizing content have multiple instances of inaccuracies.	Concluding statements are absent.
Content Subtotal			_____ of 175 points
Format Possible Points = 20 points
Text, title page, and references are consistent with APA format.	10 points	9 points	8 points	4 points	0 points
	Text, title page, and references are consistent with APA format.	Text, title page, and references are consistent with APA format, with two to four exceptions.	There are five to seven APA format errors in the text, title page, and reference pages.	There are eight to nine APA format errors in the text, title page, and reference pages	There are more than 10 APA format errors in the text, title page, and reference pages.
Ideas and information from other sources are cited correctly.	10 points	9 points	8 points	4 points	0 points
	Ideas and information from other sources are cited correctly.	Ideas and information from other sources are cited correctly, with two to four exceptions.	Ideas and information from other sources are cited with five to seven errors.	Ideas and information from other sources are cited with eight to nine errors.	Ideas and information from other sources are cited with more than 10 errors.
Grammar Possible Points = 5 points
Rules of grammar, word usage, and punctuation are followed.	5 points	4 points	3 points	2 Points	0 points
	Rules of grammar, word usage, and punctuation are followed.	Rules of grammar, word usage, and punctuation are followed, with two to four exceptions.	Rules of grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation are consistent with formal written work, with five to seven exceptions.	Rules of grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation are consistent with formal written work, with eight to nine exceptions.	Rules of grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation are followed with more than 10 exceptions.
Format Subtotal		_____ of 25 points
Total Points			_____ of 200 points

 

 

 

 

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