Report to Senior Leadership
Deliverable: Impact Report to Senior Leadership
Write a 4–6 page impact report to senior leadership that identifies the challenge, analyzes how it affects the organization from a nursing perspective, and details the new position.
Example paper of expectations attached to use as example. ******
- Use systems thinking and leadership theory as tools to approach this problem.
**Construct the report with the following headings:**
The Nursing Challenge:
- Identify the nursing challenge and its impact from a nursing perspective. Choose from:
- Patient/staff safety, confidentiality, management/staff conflict, poor patient-satisfaction survey scores, or nursing staff shortages.
The System/Organization:
- Explain how the nursing challenge creates a gap or conflict between the organization’s statements and practice.
- Identify the organization type—that is, specialty hospital, teaching hospital, major health care system, et cetera, and summarize the organizational structure, its mission, vision, and philosophy statements.
- Use systems theory and systems thinking to explain the gap or conflict.
SWOT Analysis:
Use the SWOT Analysis Template linked in Required Resources and include the SWOT analysis table in your paper. *Table is in attachment*
- Identify organizational factors that impact the situation using a SWOT analysis.
- For example, a budget cut may cause short staffing, which relates directly to the problem.
- What factors within the system may facilitate a solution for this problem?
The Position:
- Assess how the new nurse leader position will have power and influence and impact patient outcomes.
- How will this position affect change within the organization?
- Identify key leadership skills, knowledge, or abilities required for the position.
Additional Requirements
- Written communication: Written communication should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
- APA formatting: Resources and in-text citations should be formatted according to current APA style and formatting.
- Length: The report should be 4–6 pages in content length. Include a separate title page and a separate reference page.
- Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point, double-spaced.
- Number of resources: Use a minimum of three peer-reviewed resources.
