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Collaborate with a nurse leader to identify a QI project. …
Collaborate with a nurse leader to identify a QI project. 
Describe how to manage fiscal resources necessary to deliver care in accordance with safety standards while implementing the identified QI project

Meet with a nurse manager who is responsible for managing fiscal resources, including the department budget.  This individual can be from inside or outside the organization where you practice.  Discuss the standards that are used by the organization to ensure for the provision of safe, quality care.  Ask specifically about the National Patient Safety Goals, Core Measures, and if applicable, ANCC Magnet Recognition and how these impact the budgeting process.  Inquire about how the manager learned how to  plan for an manage fiscal resources,  how and when is prepared, challenges associated with the budgeting process, how he/she has advocated for additional resources, if politics are involved in the budgeting process, and if/how research or other types of evidence/data  are used to ensure adequate resources. Be sure to discuss the questions listed below to answer the discussion board questions. In addition:

Identify and describe a Quality Improvement Project with the nurse leader is currently involved in. This can be on the unit or organization level.
Analyze how this project impacts the budgeting process
What challenges or barriers did the nurse leader report related to the budgeting process?

The learning activity aligns with:

Course Outcome 4: Discuss application of research to nursing management; 
Course Outcome 7: Appraise public and global environments for effective delivery of care by integrating the knowledge of sciences, health care systems, policies and trends. 
Course Outcome 9: Examine nursing leadership and management skills in a variety of settings using the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of professional nursing practice

 

Answer the questions in your initial post using the writing format of:

Introduction (first paragraph)

Body of Discussion Post (content paragraphs)

Conclusion (final paragraph)

Each paragraph should be at least three sentences and long enough to cover the content. 

You must have in text citations, reference list, summary of your chosen scholarly article in correct APA form at.

You must include references from the literature for your initial post and each response in correct APA forma t.  

Search the literature for an evidenced-based article in a peer reviewed journal that is less than 5 years old on Nursing Leadership and Quality Improvement.

The articles you are searching and summarizing should be used to inform your post and support your thoughts and ideas. This is not separate from your discussion post, use the article to support your post and include in text citations.  Your summary should be brief answers to the questions provided to you

Article Summary Questions to be answered in brief paragraph format at the end of your post:

What is the main topic of the article?
Was this a research article?
What information or knowledge did you gain from the article?
How did it pertain to the discussion topic

TEXTBOOK INFORMATION: Huber, D & Joseph M (2022). Leadership and nursing care management (7th ed.). Elsevier.  ISBN: 978-0-323-69711-8

American psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.) American Psychological Association. ISBN: 9781433832161