NSG423 Policy, Trends, and Ethics in Nursing

NSG423 Policy, Trends, and Ethics in Nursing

Unit 5 SWOT Analysis Worksheet

1.  Watch this YouTube video for a 2-minute lesson in using SWOT analysis:

2.  Based on your annotated bibliography and review of the literature, as well as on what you learned from the readings and discussion, list objectives you hope to achieve and interventions you would implement in proposing a solution for your health issue. Complete sentences not required; a bulleted list is sufficient Be specific and realistic. 

Example: Your objective isn’t to cure world hunger, but it might be to develop a food insecurity screening and intervention program in public schools. This would be a realistic plan to present to lawmakers as a possible solution, thus encouraging them to enact policy to address the issue of hunger. This assignment will be the first step toward you developing a policy brief (Weeks 6 and 7) to theoretically present to stakeholders as a potential solution to your identified health issue.

Objectives

To help with better education and management for type 2 diabetes. Also to make potential complications of diabetes know before it becomes to late.

How would you meet these objectives? List your interventions briefly as bullet points

● Providing more health screenings

● annual diabetes education 

● awareness of risk factors 

3. Complete the four-square SWOT analysis to explore the analysis for your selected health issue. 

a.  Identify three strengths, three weaknesses, three opportunities, and three threats.

Strengths

1. Strength: more pre screenings 

2. Strength: education programs

3. Strength: risk factors Weaknesses

1. Weakness: physical weakness

2. Weakness: lack of financial resources

3. Weakness: transportation

Opportunities

1. Opportunity: future treatments

2. Opportunity: Healthy diet

3. Opportunity: exercises Threats

1. Threat: staff shortage

2. Threat: health insurance 

3. Threat: health complications

4.  Explain how you might capitalize on the strengths and opportunities and minimize the weaknesses and threats in the implementation of your solution. Complete sentences not required, but a thorough and specific explanation is. Avoid general or sketchy statements.

Strengths

1. Providing more and easy accessible pre screening will bring more awareness to signs and symptoms to look out for. 

2. Requiring patient to attend a educational course will help with patient with prevention of long term complications and management.

3.  By making testing for type 2 diabetes apart of health exams to be test for diabetes. Testing she be complete starting at age 30 or if symptoms are present.

Weaknesses

1. Not managing diabetes properly can cause full body weakness and fatigue. 

2. Lack of financial resources can make it hard to met program goals and outcomes. 

3. transportation issues can make it hard for patients to get to the educational trainings  and pre- sceenings.

Opportunities

1. Advancement of at home treatment options.

2. Healthy meal plans for patient with diabetes the with management.

3. A good workout regimen will not only allow for patient to feel better but help with diabetes control and prevention of further health complications. 

Threats

1. With the current shortage in health it will make it hard to provide educational class for patient with diabetes or pre – diabetes. 

2. The cost of medication and treatment may be a burden for those who do not have health care coverage.

3. Having diabetes can cause a lot of health complications. Patients not aware of they signs and symptoms can cause long term damage.