NHS8040 21st-Century Health Care Leadership
Unit 1 Discussion
It Takes a Team!
To develop high-performing teams, a leader must first understand disciplines other than his or her own. In this discussion, you will examine individual professional contributions to health care and public health teams and the roles and responsibilities of interprofessional primary care team members.
A multidisciplinary approach to address patient, family, and community needs requires mutual respect and understanding among various health care professionals. In a multidisciplinary team, each discipline contributes independently to a patient's care or to a new policy analysis or formulation. In an interprofessional team, members work closely together and communicate frequently to optimize outcomes for the individual, family, or community. This type of team is organized around a common set of problems and meets frequently to consult (American Public Health Association, n.d.).
After reviewing the unit readings, please begin your initial post by defining the terms multidisciplinary and interprofessional, and then discuss your experiences in health care or public health teams. Give an example of a successful team and an unsuccessful team if possible. Analyze whether each team was multidisciplinary or interprofessional.
Be sure to include at least one APA-formatted citation (in text plus full reference). The citation may be from course textbooks, assigned readings, or an outside source.
Note: For all course discussions, be sure to adhere to the requirements for initial posts and peer responses addressed in the School of Nursing and Health Sciences Faculty Expectations message (FEM).
Response Guidelines
Read and respond to your peers' posts according to FEM guidelines. In each response, compare your own experiences to those of your peer. Ask for clarification or comment on the learner's analysis of whether the team was multidisciplinary or interprofessional. If your response offers an alternative viewpoint or refers to the ideas or work of others, your assertions must be supported by citing an outside source, using APA formatting.
Reference
American Public Health Association. (n.d.). Promoting interprofessional education. Retrieved from http://www.apha.org/policies-and-advocacy/public-health-policy-statements/policy-database/2014/07/23/09/20/promoting-interprofessional-education
Learning Components
This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:
Define effective leadership.
NHS8040 21st-Century Health Care Leadership
Unit 2 Discussion
Whom to Contact? Whom to Consider?
While it is still early in your doctoral education process, it is important to begin thinking about where you might complete your doctoral capstone project and who could be your preceptor.
Use this discussion as a place to solicit feedback from your instructor and peers.
Consider the following:
Do you live in a rural setting?
What resources would you need to be successful in this process?
Do you have access to professionals in your discipline with graduate degrees, preferably doctorates, who could serve as your preceptor?
Are you currently working in a health care or public health setting?
If so, is there someone you could ask for guidance in this area?
What skills do you need to be comfortable in an informational interview when you must secure the site and preceptor for your project?
What are at least three questions you plan to use in your leadership or preceptor interview for feedback?
Refer to the guidelines in the FEM as you prepare your post.
Response Guidelines
Read and respond to your peers' posts according to FEM guidelines and provide feedback pertaining to leadership or preceptor questions.
Learning Components
This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:
Describe leadership styles.
Describe the preferred qualities of an effective preceptor.
NHS8040 21st-Century Health Care Leadership
Unit 3 Discussion
Communication Style Case Study
Use Case Study: Communication Style Match in Chapter 3 of your Interprofessional Health Care Team text and the results from your communication assignment to complete this discussion.
In your initial post, describe how you would communicate with team members in your discipline who exhibit each of the four communication styles. Incorporate the concepts from The Johari Window as described in your text.
Be sure to include at least one APA-formatted citation (in-text plus full reference). The citation may be from your course text, assigned readings, or an outside source.
Remember to refer to the guidelines in the Faculty Expectations message as you prepare your post.
Response Guidelines
Read and respond to your peers' posts according to FEM guidelines. Provide feedback on the learner's suggested communication techniques for specific types of people. Ask questions or request clarification. If your response offers an alternative viewpoint or refers to the ideas or work of others, your assertions must be supported by citing an outside source, using APA formatting.
Learning Components
This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:
Describe leadership styles.
Define ethical stewardship.
Identify effective communications strategies.
NHS8040 21st-Century Health Care Leadership
Unit 4 Discussion
Leadership Profile
One of the best ways to understand leadership is through the evaluation of self and others. Our personal case studies document who we are and who we might want to become. From your analysis, you will begin to develop a personal philosophy of leadership, which will guide you in your health care or public health career.
In your previous courses, you identified a leadership theory or style that aligned with your views of leadership. For this discussion, expand on this theory or style and analyze what you have learned about yourself to describe your personal leadership philosophy. Provide a brief example from your experience where emotional intelligence was used—or could have been used—to improve or facilitate a complex situation. Consider how this relates to the theory or style you have identified as your own.
Be sure to include at least one APA-formatted citation (in-text plus full reference). The citation may be from your course text, assigned readings, or an outside source.
Remember to follow the requirements for discussions addressed in the School of Nursing and Health Sciences Faculty Expectations message (FEM).
Response Guidelines
Read and respond to your peers' posts according to FEM guidelines, addressing the following:
Compare the leadership theory or style with which the learner identified to the one you chose. Comment on the characteristics the learner would like to develop or ask for clarification or elaboration. If your response offers an alternative viewpoint or refers to the ideas or work of others, your post must be supported by citing an outside source, using APA formatting.
Learning Components
This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:
Define ethical stewardship.
Explain the importance of ethical leadership.
NHS8040 21st-Century Health Care Leadership
Unit 5 Discussion
21st-Century Leadership
One of the major challenges facing health care and public health leaders in the 21st century is creating and leading in complex health care delivery systems that present many challenges for health professionals as well as patients and the general population.
In your initial post, identify two key challenges facing leaders in your profession. Discuss two strategies that you, as a leader, will use to transform the next generation of professionals who will be creating health care and public health delivery settings. Finally, identify which leadership theory informs your choice of strategies.
Be sure to include at least one APA-formatted citation (in-text plus full reference). The citation may be from your course text, assigned readings, or an outside source.
Remember to follow the guidelines in the FEM as you prepare your post.
Response Guidelines
Read and respond to your peers' posts according to FEM guidelines, commenting on the strategies discussed. Suggest ways to enhance the effectiveness of those strategies or ask for clarification or elaboration. If your response offers an alternative viewpoint or refers to the ideas or work of others, your assertion must be supported by citing an outside source, using APA formatting.
Learning Components
This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:
Explain the principles of evidence-based practice.
Define health-related gaps, problems, or opportunities.
Explain the importance of ethical leadership.
NHS8040 21st-Century Health Care Leadership
Unit 6 Discussion
Community Building
Community building can be particularly effective as a tool to prevent or mitigate conflict.
For this discussion, assume the role of the health care or public health leader of a community health center in a high-need urban community.
In your initial post, explain how you will include the voice of the patient or consumer. Why is this important? Relate this to the IHI Triple AIM or the six aims for health care improvement described in Crossing the Quality Chasm. Identify potential barriers and describe how these barriers might be overcome.
Be sure to include at least one APA-formatted citation (in-text plus full reference). The citation may be from your course text, assigned readings, or an outside source.
Refer to the helpful links in Resources and remember to follow the guidelines in the FEM as you prepare your post.
Response Guidelines
Read and respond to your peers' posts according to FEM guidelines. Comment on the ways the learner plans to use community building. Suggest ways to enhance the outcomes of the community building or ask for clarification or elaboration. If your response offers an alternative viewpoint or refers to the ideas or work of others, your assertions must be supported by citing an outside source, using APA formatting.
Learning Components
This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:
Explain the importance of safety and quality on project implementation.
Explain the appropriate considerations for selecting executive sponsors.
Identify the voice of the patient or consumer.
NHS8040 21st-Century Health Care Leadership
Unit 7 Discussion
Diversity and Inclusion
For this discussion, choose a current local, national, regional, or global issue and briefly describe the situation and the aspects of diversity informing the situation. You may also choose to use the gap, need, or opportunity identified during your leadership interview. Explain how effective health care leadership skills are needed to address the situation.
Be sure to include at least one APA-formatted citation (in-text plus full reference). The citation may be from your course text, assigned readings, or an outside source.
Be sure to follow the guidelines in the Faculty Expectations message as you prepare your post.
Response Guidelines
Read and respond to your peers' posts according to FEM guidelines, commenting on the tenets of diversity and their inclusion in health care and public health, suggesting other ways the learner might implement tenets of diversity, or asking for clarification or elaboration. If your response offers an alternative viewpoint or refers to the ideas or work of others, your assertions must be supported by citing an outside source, using APA formatting.
Learning Components
This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:
Define ethical stewardship.
Explain why ethical issues must be addressed and reconciled.
NHS8040 21st-Century Health Care Leadership
Unit 8 Discussion
Ethical Uses of Databases
For this discussion, adhere to the guidelines in the FEM as you address the following:
While upholding ethical use of administrative databases is paramount to protect human subjects, some argue that strict regulations impede population health research. Discuss the issues most germane to the protection of human research subjects when conducting analyses on large administrative databases. How do researchers manage the issue of informed consent when conducting research in large datasets containing protected health information (PHI)? Should these same rules apply to health data uploaded from personal electronic devices for health care improvement or research? Why or why not? Support your opinion with citations from professional literature.
Response Guidelines
Read and respond to your peers' posts according to FEM guidelines. Comment on the learner’s opinion regarding the usefulness of large data sets and ethical issues surrounding such use. Identify public and health policy that ensure proper data handling and protection.
Learning Components
This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:
Describe the ethical use of data.
Explain the importance of ethical leadership.
NHS8040 21st-Century Health Care Leadership
Unit 9 Discussion
Final Project Charter Considerations
Note: Try to make your post as early in the week as possible to allow time for responses to your questions or concerns.
As you complete your final assignment, please use this discussion to check in about any questions you have, seek peer input, or share any new learnings or insights you have had.
Remember to adhere to the discussion requirements addressed in the School of Nursing and Health Sciences Faculty Expectations message.
Response Guidelines
Responses to this discussion are not required. If you respond, please try to do so promptly, and refer to the guidelines in the FEM as you prepare your response.
NHS8040 21st-Century Health Care Leadership
Unit 10 Discussion
Reflection
For this discussion, explain how you, as a health care and public health leader, would develop and evaluate ethical practice strategies for promoting patient safety and managing issues generated by health disparities. In addition, identify and describe skills needed to guide, mentor, and support others in their efforts to achieve excellence in practice.
Be sure to include at least one APA-formatted citation (in-text plus full reference). The citation may be from your course text, assigned readings, or an outside source.
Remember to adhere to the requirements in the School of Nursing and Health Sciences Faculty Expectations message.
Response Guidelines
Read and respond to your peers' posts according to FEM guidelines, critiquing the ways the learner suggests to develop and evaluate ethical practice strategies. Recommend ways to enhance the outcomes or ask for clarification or elaboration. If your response offers an alternative viewpoint or refers to the ideas or work of others, your assertions must be supported by citing an outside source, using APA formatting.
Learning Components
This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:
Explain why ethical issues must be addressed and reconciled.
NHS8040 21st-Century Health Care Leadership
Unit 3 Assignment
Interview and Leadership Analysis
Overview
While it is still early in your doctoral education process, it is important to start thinking about where you might complete your doctoral capstone project and who could be your preceptor. This assignment provides an opportunity for you to evaluate a potential leader to serve as preceptor at your proposed capstone site. Your interviewee should be in a health care leadership position with a graduate degree in a health care-related field. Ideally he or she should have a doctorate, but a master’s degree is acceptable.
This assignment has two parts:
Interview a health care leader who could serve as your preceptor for your capstone.
Summarize the interview in a 3–5 page paper.
With guidance from the health care leader you interview, determine a gap, need, or opportunity that will serve as the basis for the remaining assignments in this course. It should align with a strategic priority of the organization or health care system.
Keep in mind this could also serve as a capstone topic. Explore the feasibility and fidelity of this with the leader, including alignment with the capstone process and timeline.
Instructions
The following corresponds to the grading criteria in the scoring guide, so be sure to address each listed point. Consider reviewing the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed.
Evaluate the primary leadership style of a chosen leader in a health care management position.
What are the leader’s credentials and what is his or her formal position in the organization?
What role does the leader play in the organization, system, or public health arena?
Is he or she a mentor to others?
How visible is the leader outside the organization?
How would you characterize his or her leadership style?
What is his or her role in communication?
Is he or she viewed as a change agent?
Assess a leader’s organizational role as it relates to quality, safety, and evidence-based standards.
How is the leader’s role interdisciplinary?
What is one example of how this leader facilitates, participates, or fosters interprofessional or interdisciplinary collaboration?
What is an example of how this leader champions quality and safety in the organization or public health system?
Explain the rationale behind the selection of a leader to serve as a preceptor.
Describe why this leader is qualified to be a doctoral preceptor.
Is this person trusted and respected in the organization and community?
Identify the connections he or she has to formal and informal power and how might these be leveraged to assist you in a quality improvement project or evidence-based practice change.
For example, could you get help with navigating policy, recruiting team members, enlisting buy-in?
Identify a gap, problem, or opportunity for a capstone project.
Can this be connected to an organizational, systemic, or public health strategic priority?
What are the implications for patient outcomes and safety?
In the context of the health care system identified, how will you include the voice of the patient?
Summarize a leader’s ability to provide ethical stewardship and oversight when accessing sensitive organizational information.
What is within the leader’s capacity to protect?
What challenges has the leader encountered with regard to the ethical use of the organization’s private data?
How does a leader provide oversight with communications related to organizational information?
Write coherently to support a central idea, using correct grammar, mechanics, and APA formatting.
NHS8040 21st-Century Health Care Leadership
Unit 5 Assignment
Project Charter Part 1
Overview
The project charter provides an overview of the proposed project and is a working plan for how it will be executed. It contains key information including the who, what, when, and where of the project and how it will be conducted. For this assignment, you will use information from the interview you conducted and the template linked in Resources to develop the first part of the project charter for your project.
Instructions
Drawing from the gap, need, or opportunity for improvement identified in the leadership interview, begin to develop a project charter for the topic. Although this project should address a relevant gap, data or contextual evidence may not be available. In that case, you may use fictitious information for this assignment or obtain data from the general literature (make sure to cite the source).
Using the Project Charter Template provided, complete Part 1 for this assignment. Write in the narrative where indicated. Be succinct but be sure to include all required information. Use citations as needed and include the reference list on the last page.
The following instructions correspond to the criteria in the assignment scoring guide, so be sure to address each point:
Create an acronym to identify the project name.
Get creative! A good acronym is memorable and distinct.
Justify the selection of departmental and executive sponsors.
Describe briefly why you chose these sponsors (fiscal, political, other support?).
Describe the overarching aim of the project, including the impact on a process or systems change.
Include a specific goal you hope to achieve by the end of the project.
Summarize the specific project strategy or intervention that will be used to accomplish the goal or aim.
Identify and provide a brief description of project team members and reasons for your choices.
Describe the impact the project will have on stakeholders, including patient safety and quality.
Be sure to note how you will include the voice of the patient or consumer.
Write coherently to support a central idea, using correct grammar, mechanics, and APA formatting.
Example assignment: You may use the assignment example, linked in the Resources, to give you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide would look like.
NHS8040 21st-Century Health Care Leadership
Unit 7 Assignment
Project Charter Part 2
Overview
Continuing to draw from the gap, need, or opportunity for improvement identified in the leadership interview, complete Part 2 of the Project Charter Template begun in Unit 5.
Instructions
The following instructions correspond to the assignment scoring guide criteria. Part 2 of the project charter should:
Summarize the proposed project.
Describe who, what, when, and where in a concise manner.
Include the estimated project duration and budget if applicable.
Align the project purpose with at least one strategic priority identified in the leadership interview, including rationale for change.
Justify the business case for the project.
Speculate as to the impact on people, processes, or systems.
Explain the objective evidence to support the need for the proposed project.
Provide contextual information identified during the leadership interview.
Include available local, regional, and national data as empirical evidence of the need for change and cite sources appropriately in APA format.
Justify choice of three SMART objectives related to the proposed project.
Summarize what the project will and will not address (project scope).
Summarize the project deliverables, including milestones.
Identify the high-level "products" to be created, such as an improved process, employee manual, or formal policy.
Include a timetable with daily, weekly, and monthly milestones.
Write coherently to support a central idea, using correct grammar, mechanics, and APA formatting.
Example assignment: You may use the assignment example, linked in the Resources, to give you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide would look like.
NHS8040 21st-Century Health Care Leadership
Unit 9 Assignment
Final Project Charter
Continue to draw from the gap, need, or opportunity for improvement identified in the leadership interview to complete Part 3 of the Project Charter Template.
In addition to completing Part 3, remember to revise Parts 1 and 2 based on instructor feedback from the previous assignments. You are also required to create and submit a data collection tool in Excel and submit as an appendix to your project charter. Refer to the helpful links in Resources as you complete your assignment.
The following requirements correspond to the criteria in the assignment scoring guide, so be sure to address each point:
Analyze organizational or system strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) in relation to the selected project aim.
Support the SWOT analysis with contextual information specific to the organization or health care system.
Identify and rate major known risks (low, medium, high risk) that could be barriers to the project.
Explain major assumptions for the project, including a description of logistical constraints that may affect the fidelity of the project.
Summarize pertinent ethical considerations that may be encountered during the project.
Address protected health information, HIPAA, human subject considerations, equitable care, and appropriate use of data.
Describe the communication strategies that will be used during the project.
Specify how the project manager will communicate to the executive sponsor, project team members, and stakeholders, including frequency of status updates, project team meetings, and so on.
Include descriptions of any visual tools or processes that will be used in communication such as Gemba walks, Gantt charts, dashboards, or safety cross.
List proposed outcomes and corresponding metrics to measure the outcomes.
Operationally define outcome measures.
Operationally define process measures.
Describe the purpose and use of the data collection plan.
Include a description of primary or secondary data, source, data integrity, and data security plan.
Attach a data collection tool in Excel appropriate for the data source and time frame for the project; include this as an appendix.
Write coherently to support a central idea, using correct grammar, mechanics, and APA formatting.
Example assignment: You may use the assignment example, linked in the Resources, to give you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide would look like.
