Deliverable 1 – Time for a Change Competency

Integrate leadership and management principles with knowledge of healthcare policy, finance, and regulatory guidelines to enhance quality care and patient safety while functioning within legal and ethical parameters of professional nursing.

Scenario

You were recently promoted to the position of Director of the Medical Surgical unit at your local hospital. You just finished meeting with a group of Directors who were discussing the Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) rates. Your unit’s CAUTI rate has not decreased since the implementation of a new policy over a year ago. Financial repercussions of the high CAUTI rate cannot continue. You have been given the task of reviewing the policy and creating a SWOT Analysis, offering recommendations for change.

Instructions

Integrating principles of leadership and management, create a SWOT Analysis of the policy linked here Click for more options . In the SWOT Analysis, include the following:

· S: Strengths of policy

. Choose strengths/positive aspects of the policy, including regulatory guidelines.

. Support choice of strengths with current literature.

· W: Weaknesses of policy

. Choose weaknesses/concerns of the policy related to regulatory guidelines.

. Include weaknesses/concerns of the policy related to financial guidelines.

. Support choice of weaknesses with current literature.

· O: Opportunities

. Include opportunities for growth or improvement of the policy.

. Include perceived opportunities for financial, legal, ethical, quality and safety.

. Support choice of opportunities with current literature.

· T: Threats

. Include perceived threats to financial, legal, ethical, quality and safety.

. Support choice of threats with current literature.

· Propose clearly stated and concise recommendations for change.

. Include descriptions of necessary actions.

. Use evidence to support your recommendations.

Be sure to use professional language and attribution for credible sources with correct APA citation, spelling, and grammar.

rubric

Strengths are analyzed completely and are proven with current literature.

Weaknesses are analyzed completely and are proven with current literature.

Opportunities are analyzed completely and are proven with current literature

Threats are analyzed completely and are proven with current literature.

Recommendations are fully developed and have strong evidence for support.

Communication is professional, well-constructed, and succinct and contains comprehensive detail.

Minimal to no spelling and grammar errors that do not detract from the audience’s ability to comprehend the material.

Sources used are credible, support the purpose of the assignment, and contain insignificant to no APA errors.