Individual Responsibility Versus Victim Blaming in Health Promotion   Health promotion and disease prevention are based on the idea that optimal health should be promoted and disease should be prevented wherever possible. The focus on preventing disease often leads to tension between encouraging individuals to take responsibility for their own health, on the one hand, […]

Analysis of a Pertinent Healthcare Issue   The Quadruple Aim provides broad categories of goals to pursue to maintain and improve healthcare. Within each goal are many issues that, if addressed successfully, may have a positive impact on outcomes. For example, healthcare leaders are being tasked to shift from an emphasis on disease management often […]

Change Implementation and Management Plan   It is one of the most cliché of clichés, but it nevertheless rings true: The only constant is change. As a nursing professional, you are no doubt aware that success in the healthcare field requires the ability to adapt to change, as the pace of change in healthcare may […]

Workplace Environment Assessment   Clearly, diagnosis is a critical aspect of healthcare. However, the ultimate purpose of a diagnosis is the development and application of a series of treatments or protocols. Isolated recognition of a health issue does little to resolve it.   In this module’s Discussion, you applied the Clark Healthy Workplace Inventory to […]

Developing Organizational Policies and Practices   Competing needs arise within any organization as employees seek to meet their targets and leaders seek to meet company goals. As a leader, successful management of these goals requires establishing priorities and allocating resources accordingly.   Within a healthcare setting, the needs of the workforce, resources, and patients are […]

Personal Leadership Philosophies   Many of us can think of leaders we have come to admire, be they historical figures, pillars of the industry we work in, or leaders we know personally. The leadership of individuals such as Abraham Lincoln and Margaret Thatcher has been studied and discussed repeatedly. However, you may have interacted with […]

Analysis of a Pertinent Healthcare Issue   The Quadruple Aim provides broad categories of goals to pursue to maintain and improve healthcare. Within each goal are many issues that, if addressed successfully, may have a positive impact on outcomes. For example, healthcare leaders are being tasked to shift from an emphasis on disease management often […]

Review of Current Healthcare Issues   If you were to ask 10 people what they believe to be the most significant issue facing healthcare today, you might get 10 different answers. Escalating costs? Regulation? Technology disruption?   These and many other topics are worthy of discussion. Not surprisingly, much has been said in the research, […]

Workplace Environment Assessment   How healthy is your workplace?   You may think your current organization operates seamlessly, or you may feel it has many issues. You may experience or even observe things that give you pause. Yet, much as you wouldn’t try to determine the health of a patient through mere observation, you should […]

Developing Evaluation Questions   Evaluation takes place at various points within a program’s life cycle. It requires different types of questions to elicit the information needed to improve the program and determine its effectiveness. Some of the most commonly used questions are focused specifically on the processes, impacts, and outcomes of the program.   To […]