“Measurement is the first step that leads to control and eventually to improvement. If you can’t measure something, you can’t understand it. If you can’t understand it, you can’t control it. If you can’t control it, you can’t improve it.” —H. James HarringtonEffective nurse managers recognize the innumerable challenges in contemporary health care organizations—and, they pursue solutions.As you continue to progress professionally, you will likely discover many opportunities for improvement in your own workplace.
You are conducting an initial family counseling session with the Robertsons. The family includes Dan Robertson (the father), Marie Robertson (the mother), and Peter Robinson (the 10-year-old son). The family has been referred to you for counseling. Dan is an alcoholic as well as a drug addict.
August 7, 2017Imagine this is the only position of its kind in the organization. From this perspective, design a performance appraisal program to assess your job performance.
August 7, 2017“Measurement is the first step that leads to control and eventually to improvement. If you can’t measure something, you can’t understand it. If you can’t understand it, you can’t control it. If you can’t control it, you can’t improve it.” —H. James HarringtonEffective nurse managers recognize the innumerable challenges in contemporary health care organizations—and, they pursue solutions.As you continue to progress professionally, you will likely discover many opportunities for improvement in your own workplace.
“Measurement is the first step that leads to control and eventually to improvement. If you can’t measure something, you can’t understand it. If you can’t understand it, you can’t control it. If you can’t control it, you can’t improve it.” —H. James HarringtonEffective nurse managers recognize the innumerable challenges in contemporary health care organizations—and, they pursue solutions.As you continue to progress professionally, you will likely discover many opportunities for improvement in your own workplace. For instance, you may notice issues with the performance appraisal system, operational planning, staffing, or patient classification system. Clinical problems such as hourly rounds, medication errors, fall risks, or any other problem you observed are also prime for needing change. As a leader/manager you can contribute toward addressing these challenges to produce positive results and create sustainable change through a structured process of strategic planning.For this Assignment, you explore one challenge that you would like to see addressed in your organization or one with which you are familiar. You will continue to work on this Assignment over the next several weeks. This Assignment also serves as your Portfolio Assignment.
