Organizational policies and practices to support health issues
Quite often, nurse leaders are faced with ethical dilemmas, such as those associated with choices between competing needs and limited resources. Resources are finite, and competition for those resources occurs daily in all organizations.
For example, the use of 12-hour shifts has been a strategy to retain nurses. However, evidence suggests that as nurses work more hours in a shift, they commit more errors. How do effective leaders find a balance between the needs of the organization and the needs of ensuring quality, effective, and safe patient care?
In this Discussion, you will reflect on a national healthcare issue and examine how competing needs may impact the development of policies to address that issue.
To Prepare:
Review the Resources and think about the national healthcare issue/stressor you previously selected for study in Module 1.
Reflect on the competing needs in healthcare delivery as they pertain to the national healthcare issue/stressor you previously examined.
Post an explanation of how competing needs, such as the needs of the workforce, resources, and patients, may impact the development of policy. Then, describe any specific competing needs that may impact the national healthcare issue/stressor you selected (Nursing shortage and burnout). What are the impacts, and how might policy address these competing needs? Be specific and provide examples. Note Healthcare issue/stressor is nursing shortage and burnout
Please Use the following resources with one extra
Kelly, P., Porr, C. (2018). “Ethical nursing care versus cost containment: Considerations to enhance RN practice” OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 23(1), 6. doi:10.3912/OJIN.Vol23No01Man06. Retrieve from
https://www.doi.org/10.3912/OJIN.Vol23No01Man06
Laureate Education (Producer) (2009b). Working with Individuals [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.
Milliken, A. (2018). “Ethical Awareness: What it is and why it matters” OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 23(1), 1. doi: 10.3912/OJIN.Vol23No01Man01. Retrieved from https://www.doi.org/10.3912/OJIN.Vol23No01Man01
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