Healthcare Budget Request – Budget Development   How do you make difficult decisions? Do you carefully consider the repercussions of each choice? Perhaps you discuss possible outcomes with others. Maybe you rely on tools for help, even if the tool is a coin that can help you reach a conclusion with a simple flip.   […]

What does it mean to “fit” within an organization? In considering nurse recruits, how important is it for a potential nurse hire to share the beliefs and values of the organization? Yet, is fit important in all areas? In what ways might different perspectives on quality nursing be welcome in a healthcare setting?   These […]

Think back to an experience, either recent or particularly memorable, in securing a position in a healthcare setting. How did you become aware of the position? Was the job description an accurate representation of the duties and responsibilities of the position? What was the interview process like and were there aspects you would recommend changing? […]

Workplace Discrimination: Understanding Legal and Ethical Requirements   Much of employment law and ethics is intended to avoid or address discrimination in the workplace. Based on your own experiences, or those of family or friends, you may be aware of the damaging effects of discrimination in hiring, promotion, compensation, and myriad other aspects of work. […]

Evaluating Performance Management Systems   Note: You will begin this Assignment in Week 5 and it will be due by Day 7 of Week 7. Plan your time accordingly.   Depending on your experience in healthcare, and other fields as well, you may be familiar with a performance management system or primarily with one aspect […]

Influence of Diversity and Inclusion on Organizational Culture   Note: You will begin this Assignment in Week 8 and it will be due by Day 7 of Week 9. Plan your time accordingly.   There was a time when diversity might be gauged by physical differences alone, and being included might be considered inclusion enough. […]

Impacts of Employee Empowerment and Psychological Safety   Note: You will begin this Assignment in Week 3, and it will be due by Day 7 of Week 4. Plan your time accordingly.   How does healthcare compare with other fields in markers, such as employee empowerment and engagement? Investigating that question is one purpose of […]

Understanding Legal Mandates   Think drug use by healthcare employees and harassment, sexual or other, of employees in a healthcare setting, and you have two scenarios that are sure to test your knowledge and judgment as a nurse executive with human resource responsibilities. Check yourself, and draw on the perspectives and responses of your course […]

Think back to an experience, either recent or particularly memorable, in securing a position in a healthcare setting. How did you become aware of the position? Was the job description an accurate representation of the duties and responsibilities of the position? What was the interview process like and were there aspects you would recommend changing? […]

What does it mean to “fit” within an organization? In considering nurse recruits, how important is it for a potential nurse hire to share the beliefs and values of the organization? Yet, is fit important in all areas? In what ways might different perspectives on quality nursing be welcome in a healthcare setting?   These […]