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NURSFPX4010: Leading People, Processes, and Organizations in Interprofessional Practice
Dr. Shiree Southerland
November 19, 2023
Interdisciplinary Plan Proposal
There are global nursing challenges, especially with the number of patients admitted to hospitals increasing annually, thus contributing to burnout among nursing officers, shortages of staff, and underpayment due to competitive resource requirements. These factors greatly impact nurse retention, especially in institutions with few resources. The problem does not only impact nurses, but equally, it affects the level of care given to patients. This plan will help some hospitals realign their strategies, especially in providing progressive implementation steps by hospital management. The recommended application of this proposal would be in a collaborative approach to management, particularly in the hospital’s staffing and better remuneration of the nurses to help them focus on their practice.
Objectives
The first objective is to enlighten staff members by offering education to all nurse managers and senior administrators on the significance of transformational leadership in a hospital setup. The education of top hospital managers will also highlight the benefit of an inclusive decision-making process, especially on medical processes, it implies that junior nurses will equally be allowed to voice their concerns on particular issues affecting the operations and running of the hospital.
The second objective is to provide a well-framed plan to increase nurse remuneration and lower rations between patients and nurses. Implementing this proposal would improve the hospital’s reputation among the public and earn approvals from many organizations. A good hospital reputation is based on patient care, staff remuneration, and local community relations (Wensing & Grol, 2020). Thus, a hospital benefits from good public opinion because it will receive more referrals and funding from government and donor organizations.
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Questions and Predictions
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How will the plan enable strategic technological innovation and healthcare delivery?
Technological innovation is a key pillar in healthcare development, given that more people are being treated and diagnosed remotely without having to be in hospitals. This plan will enhance already developed technology unto how it can be implemented to reach more people and ensure equitable healthcare. It will ease the burden of overload per nurse, thus solving the problems highlighted in Metropolitan hospital.
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How does the integration of technology enhance collaboration in hospital management?
Collaboration is one of the pillars of safeguarding patient welfare through good healthcare practices. It has successfully been used in various hospitals and institutions to implement better working environments among nurses and other professionals. This plan intends to highlight some of the collaboration steps that can be taken by hospital management, especially in addressing human resources.
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How will the plan be implemented?
The plan is vital for the progressive development of the hospital processes and ensuring top-quality healthcare provision. Implementing this project will guarantee good service and deliver an improved association with the public in the promotion of the hospital. Thus, its implementation would be done by the hospital’s top management using a top-bottom approach. It implies that transformational leadership will begin with the hospital’s top leadership as it trickles down to the junior staff.
Change Theories and Leadership Strategies
The main change theory identified is transformational leadership; these changes are meant to realign the hospital’s leadership based on steps put in place by transformational theory. The plan will contain detailed changes that would transform the health sector, thus enhancing improved patient care. One of the key changes that the process will initiate involves technological changes. Technology is the future of any industry. Ignoring its influence in an organization may jeopardize competitive advantage. Implementation of the plan will be anchored on Kurt Lewin’s freeze, change, and unfreeze theory (Hussain et al., 2018). The simplistic nature of this theory makes it very easy to implement any progressive theory, especially in highlighting the benefits it brings to the organization.
In realization of the proposed changes as per the plan, it is vital to explore effective leadership as a theory by which institutional transformation can be achieved. Thus, it is recommended that transformative and effective leaders be put in charge of the plan implementation phase. It will bring significant achievement to the project and enable progressive considerations when executing steps as advocated by transformational theory (McGowan & Reid, 2018). The team leaders for the interdisciplinary unit must exhibit teamwork, good communication skills, vision, effectiveness, and ethics in implementing the guidelines. Collaboration remains critical in implementing the plan because leaders must collaborate and work together for effective leadership to be achieved.
The whole project implementation plan is anchored on teamwork and guarantees the effective realization of organizational goals as a group. Collaboration ensures that all goals of the organization are realized through the synchronization of work for effective delivery. Technology plays a big role in ensuring teamwork because it guarantees the eventual completion of projects within acceptable timelines. Both collaboration and communication would deliver teamwork if effectively implemented by a transformational leader. This healthcare plan is vital for transforming hospitals for effective service delivery and patient care.
Team Collaboration Strategies
Collaboration is a key trait of transformational leadership. Implementation of this proposal plan requires collaboration from various individuals in the health facility. The significance of collaborative efforts is stressed by evidence-based, patient-centered strategies, which form part of the key components of interdisciplinary plans. Thus, it is important to consider various collaborative strategies which would be useful in the realization of the objectives of the plan (Rosenberg, 2019). The first collaborative strategy is the inclusion of technology in addressing some of the challenges realized in the health sector.
Team-building and teamwork is a collaborative strategy that has constantly been used in various organizations to ensure collaboration among workers. This strategy will guarantee effective communication and collaboration among workers at the hospital. However, for effective implementation of this strategy, proper leadership must be implemented to ensure or guarantee the plan’s implementation. The workers must equally be motivated to deliver to the best of their abilities.
Required Organization Resources
There is a need to put in place a comprehensive resource allocation strategy that will eventually guarantee the effective implementation of this proposal plan. Three main resources must be available for the effective implementation of the plan, human resources, finance, and time. These three have to be considered effective for proper implementation failure, to which a number of the project deliverables would fail to be implemented appropriately. This plan will attract a budget of $5000 which will be used to hire experts, training, and team building exercises.
References
Hussain, S. T., Lei, S., Akram, T., Haider, M. J., Hussain, S. H., & Ali, M. (2018). Kurt Lewin’s change model: A critical review of the role of leadership and employee involvement in organizational change. Journal of Innovation & Knowledge, 3(3), 123-127.
McGowan, M., & Reid, B. (2018). Using the Plan, Do, Study, Act cycle to enhance a patient feedback system for older adults. British Journal of Nursing, 27(16), 936–941.
Rosenberg, K. (2019). RN Shortages Negatively Impact Patient Safety. AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 119(3), 51.
Wensing, M., & Grol, R. (2020). Theories on implementation of change in healthcare. Improving Patient Care, pp. 21-44. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119488620.ch2